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ALLEN OKAY; -mv- Bolntr a Few Romantic Chapter Frou tho Llfo of a Country Editor. t John n. nunc. attthob or " ITAMiaWOWWW" "nr.iM lksui.'' UAnsri or Bioroao," asti O.'umi Btoiiui. "Thoy wm to fear that I NB hclng watched," sum! Allen to hliiirlf, "unl 1 suppose thut the uoii;r I get away from bem tho better." Ho gave hi horso tho rein, and the aui Diul SMtefod awuy at brik o. !tWiHU.iiii-tii.K!.l. Tho hum of mlt nd chirp ut cricket along tho wooded mud naat phmant M1M for too lonely traveler. Thouifh lie had been eniiHidorubly rented. III niuclc, unaccustomed to the bard strain so recently put upon them, were bruised und nore. H.id not his horse boon an oav fOtt$ aaiatal he $tM not huvo tood tiio jourat. Mttg a'ono uud unln oiimliereil tho return wui Moh BWfl com fortable 1 hun hut ride of tho nitfhl before. Tlio fanners wore returning to their borne aller tbelr hard day's toil. Tho weary borne, now freed from tbt clunking chain, crunched their i urn uml "Ut ul the r stall. A Allen euntrred along the duhty roud ho envied the farmer, silting on tho dnur-itepto (Ml hi heat' il feet, the night of iwocl repose that wu before him. The country was Ihiekly net I led, uml for tbc Hrt hour or two of hi uIkU H'lo ho heard the lew murmur of voice In and about tho turn fcawaii At one lbs weary plow niun l on the front porch Mnoki ig In evculnu piio; at unolher u pair of lover werec'colui UBS tho lawn; ut a third two orlhri " pikj ehildreu wero playing prison ti their hout und laughter mulling tho Weary traveler Rlud. Hut anon the hum of voire and rene of 01 tiled away. A night "till mrre cloeoly enwrupt the oarth In her ahle mantlo a quiet reo fell over tho nccno and all be came allelic. The farmer had cooled hi feet and was hleeiiinif weetly; the plow man had auiukod hi pipe and retired; tho lover had separated with a parting ki, and tho merry childish voice were huhod in lumbor. Only vaionally wu ho aroused from hi gloomy reverie by a retle (log run ning out Into I he roud tn hark ut tbo paaalng trangor. Then ho plunged into a great ftrotvoverrl valley, anil the hoot of owl ami aernain of night hird grated Bpefl In nerve, cruising him to ahudtlor. Having only u forty-Mile ride before him, nd not wishing to enter the town lieforo daylight, Allen allowed In horo to jog long quits leisurely, while hi in I ml dwelt upon, the strange event of the last few week, lerininutiug In this most extra ordinary Journey. HOW was he to account far his htramtc ahsi nee, und would he ho ble to keep thia visit a secret from the tall, " III K, Vlltl IXHl!" dark stranger) Homehow ho felt that that tall, dark man, giving his name a X V . , Wa his enemy, ami If he had heeii pursued ho wa one of the iursntr. All night, over lonesome muds, through dark forest and along silent lane the young editor t tinned Ins Journey. When morning duwuiil he no in sivht of the vil lage where he wa directed to luy. He went to a small hotel, where lie guvo hla horse into the care of the landlord, ordering tho horao to he gloomed and fisl and that Inrakfust bo prepared for himself He slept unisl of the forenoon, IttK ut two o'clock rose, and after a hearty dinner called for his horse "Which way are you goln'l" the landlonl skeil " Hack home -up the river," be answered. " Did ye coino from up Iho river!" " Ye, air " " Been out tradlnT' "No, air. I went to u town below hereon aonie bualnoaa, uml 1 urn now on my wuy back " til.id to eeaH so hiipilaitlve u muti a the landlord was hublc tu prove, Allen paid hi bill and mounting his horse kuI1oshI away In tho direction of Turley'i 1'olnt. If ho went straight uheud he would reach the I'ulttt long before night, winch ho ilitl uot wish to do; .i, coming to a thick forest, he rode ome distance into it, und them wailed until the sun hud (joiio down ami the ahadc of twilight hud bcKuu to doepeu, when he aguni resuuusl his j nirney. Allen was almost worn out with hi long aide at sueh unseasonable hoar, uud was very nl.i-l when he f.iuml himself omn more In the vicinity of Turley a I'oiut. It was allll early, and uot wishing to ho soon by any cue, he nl aroiuul the YilUco.ontonuu; the old desertoil Ininplke some dislauce ulxiva It. Hem It was so dark that he could scarce ee an ohjivt UtTM wuas before him, hut he uiunagad to tlml the path, uud look the bona to Mic very spot where ho had touud him. and tieil him to the same live. He felt a great burdca UAad fmtn bis brvast. He tneuind to bn jut awaking from a troubled dream. Craapad hy his long rule. Ins t irT.-mil luuha aivmod hardly able to carry him to tho village. Danger waa over; a few moments more and ho would bo in his bed ratting from Ins toilsome Jouruey Allen ma. lusl the turnpike, and hod Just lipped out of ihe tamw path Into it, whru tall dark form praug Usm Win Before he could make M effort in nslt, he wa aelxed hy the ibouMvrt ml hurled to the earth A baud clutched hi throat and a abarp bright blade glittered in tho star light above him, while a voice altuoat U 03d with hate, hissl iu bis ear. " Dlr, vim dog!" tilAPTKIl XV. Till MAN ITB TB ROILsK Wlllf. Wholly uupnpansl for the sudden attack. Allen OraywoaouickUiUnuk and enuullv aw quu loai'u tils uioveun -lit bad lo tw witn liglitoing like rapidity lo ieue wrut of tbadixmMibng hand which bob too I tha aiunlemu ds.'grr. but nn.si h.. 1,1 arm be clung u !; ;,n ir,in gnu Weit, with hi hand that wu fnv. he emd laa band of Um would-be a.s.m, wbh.k waa clutching at hla thnsit until be wa al atoat auffis-ated, and tore it loose The aaaUaat had oca luaeoan the ehst of the amhahad bar led to HW oarth, but not knowiag how atniug be reallv wa. ibe young fallow aetaaily ,prllK fro U1v.r bim, aad in imnat waa ou hi knoea H clung -1th wouderful teuaiity ui tho hand which (till boat tha dagger, for be kavw that it waa cartaia death b rvlsia Ma Mi Tbo atruggte waa alien! aad deaperate, for both were strong, d-termlnod men While Allen' mil nl was taller and Ikaa blmaWf. tbo latter bad aa aihanlage in activity a no sgiu in wrNUing and boa tag. From their kuooa the atruggUug man ruao to th"ir fool. Tlio dwr fail to th ground and neitbei could get it. Tho conU)t becumo one of endurance The men worn tlghliug for life Tlioy atriigglod, turned und twisted, und fouglil Willi maildi-iied ilenMatinu until Allou ll.iallv atrueU hia antagonist on tbi hind. Tho lilow taggerod him, and uiiolhur bi-oiighl him to bis knee. Following up lhi momentary udvuntage, Allon htruck throa or four moro blow uud felled him to the oarth. Knraged und furi ous ul Ihcauddon utl mpt on his life, the young editor m-uisl Iho dagger which lay ou the ground ut hi side, and raiting the gleaming blade tu drivo it to tho heurt of bis assail int. bo cried : "Now we'll ee which dog hall diet" A piercing ahriek note ou the air, uud a li-t r form clad in pntlc white flew to wurd tliuiu und acij-d tho uplifted arm. "Oh, don't, don't ill Houven'a uumo, don't murder him!" crlod the beautiful girl, ut whoao aulieiutiun he hud gone Ui Kremhtown. "Borthu Hortha you hero!" gamn) Al len, atartlng back in surprise, not un mingled with horror, when ho rellcetod that he wu about to take Iho life of a bu III, in in- "Oh lwro him, mre him. In the name Of tho-Virgin let there lie no bhsxl ahed !" man la-nig. plead ll-i :lia. wringing her hands in ugouy. Allen tnol traiisllxed und dumb with amazement, while the dark-whiskered man. to whom her u M'aruuce wu not aueh uu Inrxplii a'ile mystery, roae to hla feet and in u voice of aupprossod thunder akid: It I very kind of you to avo my life fter plotting Oo long Ui Uko It." "Oh, Heaven I never -never dreamed it would OHM to this!" groaned the beautiful girl, atill wringing DM bunds In agony Tho master turned upon her much us a cruel father or master might upon a child or ervunt, and iu a toiw of muffled thunder auid: " Wo'vn had enough of thia -go home." In hi excitomeiit and rage Allen could dlstingulah atrong foreign accent in hi Itngnaga. which on ordinary occasion was uot jierceivable. ' Not while mi threaten each other," she answered, sobbing bitterly. "Why did you follow me I I),d 1 uot tell you toatay within ze house! ' "I know I know; but If I had not eotno you would huvo been killed," sli-answen .1, nl ill sobbing. " It makes but little difference,'' he an awered. with un outh Turning upon Allen an eye which In the durknes bluzod Willi the fire of an ungry tiger, ho aaid in a tone which trembled iu it earncatnoaa: "H would bo bettor If you leuvo this country uud never como back Youag mun. you lie very loollah, very rush not to havo followed tboadvloe of tho village, and lot the mys tery of Turley' 1'olnt alone." Ho wheeled about, luking tnn arm of Her tha, and wa gone, leaving Allen gaz ing ufter them in Wonder uud uinuzcincnt. " Will wonder never ceusul" he asked himself. " This strange mystery will drive me to madness, and how uin 1 to solve It!" He happened Ui think uf the dagger which had doubtlcas fallen from hi hand when Hertha hud como o suddenly upon them, and thought he would tulto it, as it atlghl prove a clow to this strange myatery. Ho atooped to pick it up, but it was no whereto lie found.lt wa gone Whero, how hud it managed tolipawayl Kith, r the tall stranger or Uerthu hud taken tho knife, and he was aatialled it could not have ban the former With all hi aoul on liro with jealousy, uml torn uml ruok-d by a hiindrisl cnullieting emotion, ho started down the hill toward the village. "Ob, ll-rUia, llei tha, gone, left me with out u word, after nil I have douo and suf fered," ho groaned, as he hastened to lllJ village. Hut Allen had schooled himself to bear his sufferings without a word of complaint, and next morning was in his office us usual. H iring his absence another IttM Of the M kt bud been published und circulated. He s it down ul ids desk and glanced over In mail. There were a few uiiiluirtaut let li'rs, one or two from idd iicqiiuiuiain es, IpagfalaltMlg him ou the MOflBU of his eiit-ipriae. A sunlo curled the lip nf the islitnr us he thought how far from success this venture In tho nowsp.iper builnott had come. To all iiiipilries alkiut his absence he answered thut ho hail been suddenly culled nival ou business. Not a word of hi Uaogt ud venture did be In oat ho to any nue, and tboao who saw tlio young man sitting so calm and business like ut hi desk never dreuiuisl that ho had como o near losing Ins lift only the night befnre t Ihe hands i of the master of the stono hotise ou tho hill " Hus k again, are you?" said Miss Hop kins, with usuillo ou her ahrivclisl face. "I am so gluil you have come, for I really think 1 huvo a gem of a pnein this tint " " Whul is Ihe title!" Allen asl.ed " f.ixv'i lousy Prtaa(M the old maul answered. "Very touching indeed," said the editor, Willi becoming gravity, partially uiicoii clouaof what ho was saying. " Ob, sir, 1 have alusl toura over it," said tho uiieieul uuideii, cuthusiusiicullv. "It wus lute iu the evening, and tired of the todl of the day I hud n tired to rest, and as I luy ou my bed thinking what 1 could do lo advance the interests of the '..., AVp6ic I am alway s thinking of you" she parenthetically added, looking very tenderly ut hlm-"l was suddenly seized Willi a desire to write. I Ih'Iicvo -yes, air, 1 verily believe that a voice culled ou me to w rite thai hmiii. The voice of fame" ' I'louso mud it, Miss Hopkins " No od dor in bis sober senses ever usks un author to mud his or her pnsluctlous, so the reader can Imagine how desperate was the condi tion of Allen (Iray. " Now, Mr. ttray," said tho old maid, with a feeble attempt at a blush which failed, h-wever, to appear on her powdered cheek, "do col say it is splendid utile you reully think an. Yon am such a penon lo Hatter, especially young girla." Allen wu lou deeply, too painfully an noyed liy the complication III which he found himself to observe the c, ipiettish muunerof the HioU'aa, and with no otbei "uoi - roVM naxiu," eua ankwkhxo. objet than gratifying an ambitious writer, he alls! .U" .i "Y'ou write e, client pmttry, Mia lLu au" " riie sv 1 knew U-" " l'at et me h.-ar vour ooeei " 8he uunilkl her uianuci ipt and pnv recdid: l.n i: S YOl'Ntl UKr.AM. v miss uii.tuv iioraixs. So veung, ao g illaat. bravr and Uir, Dark gray ifra aad aat'Ura hair, a. lent iiciun' . ivi Ut .'a. n . e y ;,.. .1 a, i lhu my own I Wouta y a ash aaa hers to tall Wh-a ni,l 1 at of Ion a avert apellt MmtM o aa'i me hew I kaow That Uu heart with lor 4eut total I atouidaaswer. I akoaia say l thai haepj. tul,aa day. Wan these rharmeU ryes trat Tbat oae vhoea dl ahatl be r ' da thoa, lo the toa tgrda, M) I I ox Speak to the Di at love, Uoar it h aparad 1 1 the wladi Or tho coo us of ihe doTu Allen, whoao mind had really not been 01 the poom moro than half the lime, hero asked her to whom he alluded. "Oh, I won't tell," hc un.wered, und another blu,h mailo desperate effort to truggU. through tho rouge on her cbeoK. "Now 1 don't believe I will read anymore to you." "Ix-uve it with me. "Oh. not for Ihe world." Don't you intend to have It published! be akod,' beginning to wonder why he had taken up an much of hia time. -So, no," ho answered, holding the prec krtjs luunuatnpl close to her heart ror moment he gored at her In aatonnhment, and then, before he wa nware of what he wa doing, remarked: "You are u very remarkable girl. Kvideiitly putting a wroug construction upon hia word und manner, ahe gasped: "Oh, don't I ' 1 Although Allen had read tho history of that unfortunate gentleman, Mr. Pickwick, yet so much wa ho uosorbed in the uiya tery of Turley'a 1'olnt that ho bad only " a ! M , i j given a secondary thought to tho poem, ami til Inna to tho conduct of tho autliore, ami whollv failed to discover the mutrlmoiii ul twinkle iu hor eye, and was not caring to prolong the interview. Ho said : "Very well, Miss Hopkins, if you do not wish mo to use your POM 1 will uot Insist." "Oh, well, then, you may havo It, but I wouldn't give It to another person on earth, " said Miss Hopkins, handing him tbo delicate littlo roll of manuscript. ' Arc you partial to publisher!" "Oh, hush! ' and this time tho blush man aged to wash it. way through. It is diBl- t.,J, to t,.n how far she would havo gone (for Miss Hopkin was arriving ut uu ago that make u woman anxious to marry, deaperate), hud thoy not been interrupted by a strungcr. It was u man, holding up tho front of his flapping qroad brim but with ono hand, wlui-in the other held a horse-whip of tbo tl'ifk itakt kind. Whur'a tho cditurl" be roared, in a voice of thunder. "Oh, dear!" screamed Miss I-ethy Hop kins, Iu a puroxysrn of fear, springing up from the chair whero sho had been sitting ud getting ready to faiut Whar'a tho cditur!" the stranger again yelhsl, bringing down ono foot with astump tlmtniado tho building ring. "Show mo that ur cditur, I say whur's tho cditurl" " Oh, don't don't please don't," creamed Miss Hopkins, to whom a golden upiHUtunily now seemed to open. Win could Immortalize herself und guin .the lovo of this publisher at tho same time. This wu the invincible man with the horsewhip, oomo to demand sutisfactbii of the editor. "I WANT TIB RKE THE EIIITI II. Every bad has heurd of "the in.in with the horsewhip," many editors have formed his acquaint alien, und it is useless to say that this individual is thought by muny to be au indispensable cheek to oditora. "tlit out a1 my Way, gul whur's the cd itur!'' roared hoof tho horsewhip, dancing in Ins fury. "Oh, dun'l. don't, don't !" screamed Miss Hopkins, wringing her hands and falling upon her knees before the enraged country man. " On, I part blm spare huu this tune; for in.v sail- spare him !" "I Woal doit. I won't. Whur's the ed itur! I'm er gum' to hosswbisip him, 1 don't kcer cf it's ut a funeral " Allon ivlio tiaii linen ftt:lndiui7 ei Mil and uppurcutly uneoneenied ever since the ar rival of this stormy struugor, uow sisjko up for the first time ' We will eveusc you, Miss Hopkins," he suid, as calmly us if some ordiuury mutter was under discussion l,euve nie with this man; he undoubtedly bus some business to transact." "Ye pet I hev. It's important, lis), un' I'm anxious to git at it." " We will excuse you, Miss Hopkins.." "Oil, I will faint!" "I let out In the open air and you will feel belter." " Hut, oh, dour, I am so afraid " " No one intends harming you -excuse me, but I must be alune for a short time." He osuicd the dour us be spoke und Miss Hopkins, sobbing und simpering, left the uftlce. " He seated, sir," suid Allen to the iu furiated fanner, who stood somewhat uiuucd that the editor did uot quake uud tremble before bim. " 1 want to see the cditur," be bawled. " You shall see him, but (here is no need for you to be In such au extraordinary hurry Ho seated." With a growl something very much like un oath, the man threw himself into a cliulr, und Alleu, with amazing cooluess, asked : " Now, sir, what do you want to see the editor for!" " I want to wear out this hosswhoop on him," roared the enraged husbandman, bringing the whip with a savage whuck down upon the desk, "1 am mad; I tell ye 1 am mud, uud when 1 git riled 1 out mount ains." " You am mistaken, sir; you are not half o mail as you think," Allen coolly rc uiurkisi "Tell no why you aro mad I" "Thut piece that piece in yer pupcnaboul me that 1 misrepresented, slandered and hod ou Sain Herrin 'bout the com knife." Kor Ihe llrst tune Allen now nvoguiod the ourugcii man as tionrgo iah'Ikt, Ins loriuer correspondent from Uilly't I'rock. "Well, Mr lavpor," said Allen, folding hi arms very ipnetly, "them wa a tina undcntanding Ivtwivu us on that matter, you know you told me il waa all a harmless joke, while Sum Hen in say s it was a ma licHHia slander." "Sam laill" "Well, he la the man you want to see then I published your mpmscnlatiou of the matter; and, ut his request, published his, which wa only Just aud right tbat the public may draw their own conclusions Now, us lo the islttor for whom you am looking, yuu nu t huu on your former visit, and he luu not changed so much that you uced fad to nxvguuo hun. But I really think the proper thing f.ir you and Sam Herrin lo do is to settle your disputes with yourselves ami not be dragging them Into the newspaia'i-a.' Having given this wholesome advice, the editor cooly turned lo hia desk and began writiug Kor aeverul muiute Ocorgr Uvst sal glowering about the office like a bafll.M l.gcr. Ihcu riaiug, be said: " 1 want my paper stopiasj " " la your aubacriptloo pault " Alleu asked, taking up a large book and opentug it, " I paid half a unllar on It, an' 1 awa'r I taaa't pay a nuther cent I don't want yer paper any mom, nuther " It'a agalnet all rulea to atop paper un Ul the eurau-rlptinii la paid la full " V u ne i' 'il writing a if the violent dancing and cunlng at hi back did not di turb him Thia subsided hi a moment, aad tie hisard the nag of a ettver dollar on the deak at which he waa w nttaf , the dour Uuwucd anttafully, aad tba mag with the ,, none. A terrible noise with , " ;;.iT,rward attracted the editor' . ... JI.. looked through the wludow .:. apiaf dancing and yelling i.;;,alK,ut a hundred W ian ,, . I was the best man on dirt It mat with the horsewhip from bdij 'a Crock. CHiPTKK XVL A IltSPE'tATn IIETKBMISATIOH. Allen amlled. The mur. from Billy s Craafc Imd cultivated hi. Ul-tomper until he waa enabled to fly into a passion on the s!i"btost notice. Borne men do this appar ently, for no other reason than to inako themselves miserable. (Irowing tired of the silly fellow sa, the editor turned to In. desk and tried to bury himself in his business. Out notwith standing the many exciting and ludicrous events, his mind was not wholly won awu from the mystery which seemed to be rcah iv blighting his life, uud kept bis thoughts f'roru business In his busiest mom-'tits, nmld tho most exciting events.tho cry : 'In lloaven's name spare bim!" rang on Ins ear The sweet, soil fooo of tho mystic girl, whom he could not but lou- seemed nlways before him. pleading with her largo bluo eyes for relief. " Who ure you ! Who arc you t" he nskel himself again and again as tho vision rose before hi mind. Ten thousand tormenting tlend eemnd constantly aggravating Inm with their doubts and fears. "I will know the worst," ho declared to himself. " If I have to beard the lion in his den, I will know all- The stranger from Billy's froeg was ior gotten, so wholly was Alien absorbed with thoughts of the stono house on the bill. The die lifid Brown wearv with cursing and striking the uir, and, us no one necmed to dispute his title D u "me oesi luanuv dirt," he left tho vHhJge, to carry to Ins friends a wonderful story of how ho hud Btda the editor quail. The editor, meantime, silt in oblivion or his existence, when he wus staffed by u sob Looking urotind, hi- was not u little surprised tosee Miss I.eetby Hopkins stand ing just within the door. Why. Miss Hopkins, aro you here!" tlit wondering editor ask-d. " Ah, arc you hurt!" she sobbed, hysteric ally No." he answered, in ustonislimcni. Oh, I that is -sir I was ufraid that , a o ...... I Miaa V! enee HUU oeeil nunc you, Ma.s,,.u , i Hopkins, sinking into u chair. "I assure you thut I am uninjured." " Hut ho looked so furious!" "There is little danger in looks." - tad I had such a dread of him." u (. ,, gone now, and can do you no in jury," said tho editor, misinterpreting the old maid. "Ob, Mr. dray, I -1 would not have bod him injure you for the world, und we were talking so pleasantly, too, when he came In." -Sown were," returned Allen. "I be lieve we were talking about the mystery of Turley'i Point, wart we not!" " No, no oh, you rogue, you know about What we wero talking," said Miss l.eethy, wiping her eyes und blushing profusely be hind her handkerchief If hoi ipreliendcd Miss Hopkins he did not proteud to, but iu a cool, even voice suid : 'I was going to nsk you something about that old bouse on the hill." " Don't you know il is u forbidden topic I" "Yea, generally it is," he answered, with a sigh. 11 It is not every one that I would talk with on thia subject, but us we huve Ottt itonally exchanged cnnlidencc on other subjects, we mlghtOO this." "t ih. of course." Khe nanagad lobluah quite profusely now, uud coyly pinching at tin' folds of her dress, gathered them down into narrow plaits. "I t hought you mold be willing to tell me all you knew about the matter." "i Hi. yes." Sh- si ;licd and gavo him a glance from the corner of her eyes. "What is tho nam j of the mm who lives in the stono house!" Allen usked, without noticing her look or nuking un effort to translate it "Some say it's t'.illins.biit he b is u great, big 'French Dams, something like Dd Col liour, which l hey suy is bit rat! BattW, aad that ho took the nam of C illins iu place of it, Ih-cuuso it is easier to pronounce." "BoW many havo they in family at the rock house!" "Thai is very dlffl 'tilt to ascertain. Some suy them ure several, others that there arc not many. Thoy h iveugood many servants, but, ui all talk French, 00 ono can Uud out uny thing from thOBL" "Did it never strike you that there is :i great deal of roui nice ubaut this singularly mysterious old house on tho hill?" "Yes, sir, it has," she uiiswered; "and I believe that it would bo uu excellent Iheino for a story." "It might. What do you know of it!" "Oh, not much." "How long have you known that lull, dark whiskered uiant" "1 don't know him ul all." "Y'ou mean you have no formal acquaint ance!" "No, sir." " How long since you first aw hiiul" "Three or four years ago." " Had he been here before that time!" " I l.iivo heard that he hud. He has been ttlBg at the old stone house on the lull, at shori periods, f ir several years." "1 believe you said that it young lady was once seen within tbOOt walls!" "Yes, sir; that wui only a few months ugo. 1 have heard that she was seen again within the iasi few day s. Uoiu one discov ered her sitiinu on a rustic seat beneath uu old oak, at a spring ou tho hillside, between the village and the rock house." " Who is she!" " No one knows. She seems to lie au ml dltlonal mystery. It is generally Itippottd that she is tho daughter 'of the durk whiskemd master of the stone house." "She luu no rtttnblaaoa to him what ever," iuternosod Allen. "Y'ou have seen her then." " From the description 1 have had of her, she ha no resemblance to hun." "No. yet parents and children are some times very dissimilur." " IK' you think she has lived there long!" "No. ir, she can uot have been them mom than a f-w mouths at most" uu I we red Miss Hopkins. "She was never seen ubout the place until reeoutly." "Have you ever heard of uny children being seen or heard there!" " No, sir." " Do TOO think there am uny!" "There are none. They would Hud it im possible to keep a child within those great walls so quiet ami silent that it would not s en or heard by someone, ' answered tht schisi: toucher. " D.s's that dark whiskered man make frequeut trip away I" "I (oppose ho does it is seldom, how ever, tin; any ono ever ace him go away or come b ick. Fur weeks ul a time he is nol soon. an. i then we know he is awav from the old In use ou the hill. Then all of a and den he ta discovered walking ubout th ie ; house, or even coming to the village, oai muii.ng tlio acquaintance of no one Seine p vplo think tha; he is the chief of a banditti and gnea away tu hi rende . m tto -ahmally. then there i an old mother i.iin n .10 ocncn iu wiicucnui. tine say. he ia a w nurd, and that the strange eights eon aud strange voice heard there so often arc the result of his wild lacauta liona and invocation of the evil apint. I have hoard people say that they have beard scream, shrieks and wild, demoniac laugh tor Iroui within that old house, which al oat froze tho blood in their veina" Allen, having witnessed aome of those trango atgbu aad board aome of those mysterioos aoiaea, did not think that ahe wa exaggerating thorn in the least But au atrong common eenao uud bim that there waa nothing supernatural in all be had aeen aad heard. It could all be wry easily ac counted for if properly understood He waa not en much interested in the house ud the Mvaieruua aural n.i jhU eaaaatca llum it uawliim, ttyMhlM B 'uV'yod know any thlog of tht youog -rt,y- 2555 S awwaaata flitted over bcr face which ho 3 not understand, unlos. it was a tinge Wdvou ever hear any. hlngnbout her!" ..(jnlv what I have told you, she an were.1. "She has never been een but BMeOsU have told much more of the great .toot houao on the bill than any one knew had he choso to do so, hut ho determined to keep his counsel to himself. The conversation began to drag, and as It was growing late, and alio considered the young editor free from any further danger S present. Miss U'othy Hopkins left tha office. Allen's faco was convulsed wi h mental anguish, and, striking his dosk with his (1st, ho said: .. tu. i,..- fe enmieh. B" it life r death,' misery or happiness, Heaven or hell. I will ptOOt tlmt mystcry-i wm - I . .,,!,.- .nn riaes. 1 will go to tho V.1UIV WHiun-i " - tall stranger and demand un explanation. even if he shoots mo ueau ou uu laaamr Death is preferable to another night of mis ery and doubt." With this desperate resolve fresh on his lips and engraven In his heart ho soiled l ,,,.,.,,. T,itiv tn close the office. HIS 11.11, Ullll RV1IH left the village and hurried up the old disused road to tlio great stone nouso ou vuo uu. CHAPTER XVII. HOW TDBI.KV H I'DINT OBFKATKIl IIKKSEI.r. U'U,, A lint, Cruv reached t lie lmuse un tha inn Inataari nf iroiug uround it as be had done on former occasions, ho walked direct ly up to the great front gale ami irieu 10 tnter it; but it was looked. His first thought waa to scale the wall, which he could have done by going to tho rear, but seeing u servunt i tho front yard be called to him. " 1 wunt to see your master," he said. Tim servant, who understool some En glish, shook his head, saying: "Ze monsieur goue-zo monsieur gone. Monsieur no come no come ban Jour mon sieur!" And turning ubout. went away. Allen waited a long while at the gate, hopinghe would see some one else to whom hn ennU anneal. Darkness oumc over tho earth, and he was at last forced to leave. Slowly and sudly ho turned about and went down the hill, his head bowed in thought. "After all, urn I not a fool !" he said." Why need I care! What can she be to me!" But it was folly for him to attempt to drive her en e, frntn his mind: it had been indelibly stumped upon his heart und could never be effaced. She had been no coquette secKing conquests; she had made no advance nor evinced uny boldness, even when visiting him by night, to have bim take the little boy to Frenchtown. She seemed tn have been reared ill seclu sion und taught to lonk upon every one as au enemy. It was only the direst necessity that induced her to trust him on that occa sion, I will banish her from mv mind." he re solved, and for weeks mudo heroic efforts to do an He u-as nurtiallv aided bv the ncttv anno.vunces, which, like the sting of hornets, tended to divert ins minii rrom greater sui fering. It was only a week after his unsuccessful visit to tho grout stono house thut he was interrupted one morning by the abrupt en trance of Mr. Tom Simmons. 'I wunt to know the truth from vou!" cried the excited Simmon. II Do von mean lo nsiiiuiito thut 1 have been telling you lulsehoods!" demanded Alien, ungrdy. " No no I don't; but I wunt to know all ol it now." 4 Toll me what it is you want to know, I WANT TO SEK Vol It MASTEK. and you shall know ull of it!" suid Allen, with cnnsideruble spirit. " Do you iu'.oud supiwrtin' me for the Legislatur'!" " I have signed, sealed and delivered mj coutruct to do so, und I certainly will." " Are you goin' to support Ucorge Strong!" " Not for Hcpresentative." " For uny office!" " v.,. " "What!" mured Tom Simmons. " For sheriff." " Is he mania' for sheriff?" " Y'os." " Why didn't you tell mo sooner! Have ye published my announcement yitl" " It is set up, and will appear with tho next issue!" " Obangt it Put me in for sheriff. I wouldn't hev the Legislatur' if I could get it. I'm goin' to run fur sheriff." " But remember your contract you wero to run for the Legislature." " I tell ye I don't want it. I've got ye pledged iu writm' to support me, un' I'm goin' to run fur sheriff au' bust bim up or dio." "But look at your contract and see if you can. Don't you see that if you refuse to run for Representative und declare yourself u candidate fur uny other office, that you forfeit to me tbt sum of ono thousand dol lars!" "It's a trick; ye've sot up a job on me," cried Tom Simmons, furiously. TU not stand it." "Y'ou have signed the agreement" "But you wasn't to work for Strong." 'Nothing wa said about whom I should or should not support for any other office. With my paper and intlueuce"l was to sup port you for the legislature, and that was all " Tom Simmons, the ambitious politician ol Turley's Point, left the office scratching hii head in perplexity and wondering how he was to get even with his enemy. Strong. He wa not so anxious to be elected himself as he was to beat Strong. Ho had only got one block from Ihe printing office when he aw his enemy entering it "There, now he' goin' in there to lay pUns to bust mo up; I know it" aid Sim mons. Allen had scarce get rid of one of tho Turley's Point politicians, and turned again to his desk, when the door of his sanctum opened and Mr Strong burst in. " I awar, things hev got to come to a fo cus !" he roared, in a fury. "Very well, air, let them focus," said Allen, somewhat spiritedly. "What is wrong!" "I've heenl yer gwine to support Bim mens." "I am" "Wht arter ye obligated yerself to " I snnnnH vis,, .1 m v . - Mv "ucnii, ana il. in ior the Legislature." is he running for the LegislatoorP " Yea." "Hev ye published my announcement yet r " It will appear this week." "Change it" Why l" "t'mnotgwineto run for ibenff r fwtao to run or the Legislatoor " "But raawarur vour noatrasa." taming a Canary. Oow Bird May Be Toght to Perch t'poa Ilia Maaler'e Noae. The method I hart followed In tho earlier truliilnu of canaries Is not orig inal with mo. I am indebted tliorofor to a Catholic priest, whose entire huc :cs therein encouraged mo to miiko tomo efforts on the same lines. Thore ure two Important prelimi naries in tho procosa: Flint, you must have no ono elae In the vicinity of the bird's cage or, better atill, In tho room; and second, a rare degree ol putioneo is requisite. Of these two essentials, moreover, I would pluce tho greater stress on the latter. The small bunch of fluff and feath ers und wurbllng unceasing, whose dainty tricks -hull form tho burden or my sketch, I culled Cap. lie wus of a bright, yellow tint, but had a bluck spot topping his head and oxtondlng well down to the oyea This ebon speck, so neatly placed, suggested his oumo. When he first came Into my possession Cap was a bit fnictious for a bird. Here, then, is the method by which I tamotl him. At a dozen intervals in tlio day I approached the cage slowly, and, pluulng one finger near tlio wires where tho perch rested, instantly jerked the linger away. This action, which may seom rathor foolish, I re peated over and over, but ulwnvs in gentle fushion, so as not to frighten the bird, but only to oxcite his curi osity. Well, it graduully dawned on tho tiny brain that I was afraid of having ray linger pecked the very impression my action was mount to convey. The canary's shyness was becoming obliterated through the novel Idea that I was actually ufruid of him! Cap began quite soon to act on this idea, and with lessening cau tion each few times. Nor did I fail to give him opportunities. By Blow degrees 1 got closer to tho wires and intruded my linger at greater length between them, withdrawing it direct ly on the bird's approach, and if he chanced to overtake and pock it 1 simulated much misery if not pain at tho mishnp. "Well, it got so at last, simply by following the above rules, that, whother Cap was eating or bathing or picking his feathers, ho left off the task and flew lo the side of tho cage tho instant my linger tippoured, and luter on, in fact, if 1 dared to como within a yard of his territory! His enjoyment of my supposed fear of him wus merged at last in genuine tompor, and he would evince it by outstretchod wings, sharp squeaks, and eyes which had us much of tho devil in them ns thoy could hold. At such unmannerly Umes ho stood on one leg, grasped the wires with the other claws, and bade me particular defiance. Cap was now tamed; so the aggra vating measures employed in bringing about this condition wero gradually dropped, and n coaxing system, which varies, of course, with bird lovers, was adopted to win confidence whore I had effectually displaced fear. Once you tamo a bird, it is advantageous to give him tho liberty of the room for a couple of hours every day. He thus baj the chance to improvo an acquaintance made behind the bars. But tame him first in the cage; this is my experience. And now let me recount somo of Cap's cute accomplishments. 1 have time aud again hud him alight on m.v shoulder or on the top of my head while I was writiug, and he had a trick of fluttering around or below from these points and poising with porfeel sang froid on the bridgo of my noso! This, indeed, was his favorite coign, albeit a trifle awkward for me. Sometimes I plotted his bathing dish on the palm of my hand, which I held out invitingly, and Cap made not a partlole of bones about alighting on tho dish rim and, after a few prepara tions, dousing down in the water and making it fly while he performed his ablutions. Having finished, he would seek the top of ray head, shake him solf thoroughly, and then mako the circuit of the room warbling at tho top of his voice. My door often stood open while Cup was out of his cage, and if I left the room his invariable practice was to fly after me and have a "lift" down stairs on my head or shoulder; while often, when he heard my step coming up and I had previously crept out without his seeing me, he would lly down to meet me. Occasionally, through inadvertence, the cage door lias been left open over night, and Cap lias awakened me in the morning sit ting demurely on tho bridge of my noso. This may not appeal very strongly to the credence of the reader, but it is a fact, as are each of tho in stances named of my canary's talent for making himself perfectly at home. -Cor. N. Y. Sun. Some persistent novel renders in the British M useum devoured as many as twenty volume - a day, and occupied thoir seats so persistently that the au thorities have been compeled to issue the rule that novels that hove been first published within tho preceeding Ave years will not be issued to renders unless somo especial reason can bo given by those requiring them. A correspondent says that he treats every man us h rascal until he proves himself honest, and that he finds il saves him many a dollar. If tho man is honest he will not suffer from being watched as you would utch a rascal, and if he is a rascal you will be greatly ahead by watching him. A company with a capita! of 15t, 000 has been formed to bui d passeugor tunnel under New York City. Pancing it said" to be declining In popularity in England. The wives of Msidi, the great Af rican chief, are his ministers of state. He has 500 of them. They run tha hole kingdom. One of tho rules of the Royal Li brary in Berlin, made with a view to preserving quiet and order, calls for 'he exclusion of all xaombera of the gentler sex. The Emperor of Japan Is rich, tie la allowed 2.500,000 a year for hit household department and his private fortune U large and Increasing. AN UNMITIGaTeT Ihe Borrowing llahiTis, ,. "" -n., in .,U. -a. ' no iitttiu of borrowln,. . less prevailed h, ii U equal probability ha, gurded as repr1,c,,n,.'l1S muny times when ,. u..,' help, in case of BuddeuaW, UOb emergency. i ... ""J tlty aa wel! as a kiudneaiT?' ency in horrawtna L7.r"N "aval l coiirngod. It destroys thsl . form which the econotaL bouMwlfe etteemi aim,-. . ... l fi;i.li. nerwor,1yp,,,p,,,l,M - a, which can be rectified bv H fortunately addicted to n 2 " slightest strength of ,m ' l of the borrowing buhli l. , 'a caU'd bv our miwi Z1' , T man uj, greatest sages mid n,. S dating bacK to lb,. i.. period has said; "If thou , JN own Borrow not. Hic 'I riiM'd: if I inn .mit in.ii.i.. 1 Ibi.M laanai l... " wrrl 1 nan iiiiiiiinir aw i ure wnne mat shrewdest f !..!. I... WM i mumim, is ropiVM'tited hv n poaro as urging upon his Wl 3 menu seniiui"nis: No ther a borrower nor u.j... Kor loan oft lute Iwib u,0 ( ... 5 Aadhormwlne nil. ,i,,. , . . '"'', The habit of borrowiun.JHf hold things is a pestUtnttTt,w! mriiiy Housewives are re pelled to carry un unthrifty Biousaiiu iiisiiaes. It Is an old. that of the unthrifty houei(t gutigeu ner new iieighliorj lot because they did not hm-, kettle or llatiron, or even atW tea, to lend, but it was er'ni thrift and n spirit of order, rig doubt soon earned the reipw, tho other neighbors. The gro t evil of the born habit, however, lies in the lt debt to which it leads. It u tl sumption of a burden in u mumt weakness which in time bwutj most too lionvy to bear, and tbc t J to cast it on may leatl lo that Ultlou of inintl that now pJ uetuications ana iruuds. X. y, une. RARE GOLD PIECES. One Coin In Shaiuokhi, p,, b Worm 1,000 or More Major Hamilton, of Shatuekh.M is the possessor of a very rartj und one that is worth at this i fl."H). It was minted in CaliM 1M.V2, just four years after the fever of 1H4!. A mint waaeUbi in San Francisco at that time. uxj of the coins were struck oil ut warded to Washington ns prooli Government did not apprbvttM there were no more m ule. Thral them are now in the pne,. ,, j United States (iovernin nt, mj fourth is in Shamokin. The Mi; cured it in a very funny way. .1 ten years ago he presented id the Soli negro vt bank, and &k havo it cashed in gold, if pe This coin was among tlio DUtf him. Mr. 11. L. Sipca, ol McCoomH Pa., has two 60 gold pleOtVM and the other ootagonaL IV one he received from Thornton He saw un advertisement offer for snle and finally purchasml I the owner for if). On the DM the head of "Liberty" sun I stars and tho date "ISii.'' 11 reverie side in a circle near the are tho words: "San Francisco. ( fornia. Wass. Molitor 4 l'a" ' Octagonal coin looks as though il been cut out by n die. Tho on sal nearly smooth except that it ehowtaj radiating from tho center. Uil other sido is the American etflj rounded by the words "Unite! of America." Both these coin-i'l a dull yellow color. They aerccJ bv the United States mint lor theri ties who brought the gold totbfi but wero not intended (or get' dilation. They contain no Ht are pure. Philadelphia Kcconl AMONG THE HAYTIANS What a Traveler Saw la Ihf the Nagro Itepuiilic. The native' houses are a'.'. -alike that a description of ow II IKlt l'l' f I If ihom nil. The walo basket work of twigs plaeU'Wii with mud, oooaeionally wu solution of lime. Tho roof b nnloVi ..f liillm lnnves. TllO lo 1 dried clay. Two rooms are found, and in them black pickan and dusky pigs disport, sleep in a commonwealth of fa1 There are a numbor of river en with a good footing for the " which you ride. At len,'t!i " " lag in the fierce sun for UW miles, the foot of the un iiintainow which extends the entire lenetM peninsula of Southern Ilaytt is rert Tho ascent is very steep in I"111 J th HHP,, fiwiteil hpasts are acca" mountainous work, and they pW without stumbling. The p u k.,,ah tht.' row i in yuu Mm wet from the bushes on eitM' Ttutra an no houses of entortaj-n but there is uot a negro hut ' you are not welcome, lood none not even a yam or an can bo obtained. The PPj3 ways polite. Nowhere havelJ a single act of discourtesy on ol the lower class N"1.,."!! women In Hayti. They ' J inside, and you arc at liberty T your rubber air bed on the "1 the jiigs and plckanlno si eerv male resident on the Prince and .Ineinel roadjiowsW than one wife. The first wl,e "?J the ruler of the establish incnt-j grim sppeailnt o'1 ncgrcs-. hair braided into nearly S hu" . lie pig-uil plaits, edm n J blow to a woman who rated aumber ttsree. Christian at The Empress of Austria traveling-basket fitted up ts is aoie to muKe soup"""- , has silver sauce-pant with ( dies, and the Empress deV'? he can make in it bettor brs any chef can concoct A society called "The Union" hat been formed t-J for the severance of the Bral plre from the opium traffh' come of the British-Indian , mont from opium last year iwo.ooa t l . . . i ne i w