RH1NEGOLD.
Benenth'the mystic- winding stream
Tha Rhlneoiaida warded well tbe sold;
-And, like dim voices in a dream.
Their nong a thrilling legend told.
""He who molds a ring from this
Hliall rale the earth and air above;
But first he must renounce the bliss
And wondrous oy of woman's love."
So ran the old dt-iuive lay
That set man's limn and brain at strife:
3ut Love proclaimed a twtter way.
For be in lord of hnii' tn life.
Krst win the womatiV H-i'-fletu4 graoe.
Then weld the riiiK of i n- ;in gold:
Upon her hand the circlet piuee:
Then love is power, and both you bold.
W. J. Henderson in New York Times.
A GHOST STORY.
"All gbost storiea tuay be explained
aid Mrs. Marchuiont, smiling rather
oomfally. and addressing a large circle
vt friends and neighbors who. one Cbrist
wts evening, were seated ronnd her hos
pitable hearth
-Ah! yon think so? Pardon nie if 1
cannot agree with you," said Mr. Hen
aiker, a well known Dublin barrister, of
burly frame and jovfal countenance
Camed for his wit and flow of anecdote.
The ladies of the party uttered excla
mations in varions keys, while the men
looked attentive and interested. All
that Mr. Henniker pleased to say was
wont to command attention, in Dublin
at least
So you think all ghost stories may be
explained? What would Mrs. March
mont say to our old woman in the black
bonnet. Angela? And the barrister
turned to his quiet little wife, who rare
ly opened her lips. She was eager enough
MW.
1 wish 1 could quite forget that old
woman. John, dear." she .said with a
hiver
"Won't you tell us. dear Mrs. Hen
siker? Please please dor cried the
"ladies in chorus. - '
Nay. John must tell that tale," said
the wife, shrinking into herself as it were.
No one knew how it happened that the
conversation had turned upon mesmer
ism, spiritualism and other themes
trenching upon the supernatural. Per
haps the season, suggesting old fashioned
tales, had something to do with it; or
maybe ' the whistlipg wind. mingling
witb the pattering of hail and rattle of
'uab wheels, led the mind to brood over
-ancanny legends. - Anyhow, all the com
pany spoke of ghosts; some to mock,
others to speculate, and here was the
witty lawyer prepared to tell a grave
tale of his own experience.
His jovial face grew stern. Like the
Ancient Mariner, he addressed himself
to one in company, but all were silent
aad attentive.
-'You say all ghost storiea may be ex
plained, Mrs. Marchmont. So would 1
have said a year ago; but since we last
' met at your hospitable fireside my wife
and I have gone through a very astonish
Tttg experience . - 'We "can a tale unfold.
No man was betteiynclined to laugh at
gbost stories than L - ' -
Well, to begin my true tale. We
, wished for a complete change of scene
last February, and Angela thought she
would like to reside in the same county
a her sisters and cousins and aunts"
"Dorsetshire, i believe. Mrs. Henni
ker." interrupted the lady of the house.
Angela nodded.
ITI intended to take a. house for my
family, leave them comfortably settled
to it, and run backward and forward be
tween Dorsetshire and Dublin. Well, it
o happened that 1 did leave them for it
angle day during the three; months of
my tenancy of the Hall. I had seen a
wonderful advertisement of a spacious
dwelling House, with offices, gardens,
pleasure grounds to be had for fifty
, pounds per annum. 1 went to the agant
-to make inquiries
' ls this flourishing advertisement
orrecty asked 1.
"Perfectly
'What I so many advantages are to
be had for fifty pounds a year?'
'Mont certainly I advise you to go
and see for yourself.
"I took the agent's advice, and Angela
was enchanted with the description I
was able to give her on my return A
unarming little park, beautifully planted
with rare shrubs and trees a bowery,
eclnded spot, so shut in by noble elms
as to seem remote from the world. The
noose snch a iimnsion as in Ireland
would be called manor house or cattle
large, lofty rooms, thoroughly furnished,
every modern improvement. My wife,
as surprised as myself that a place of the
kind should be going for a mere song,
begged me to Bee the agent again, and
close with him. It was done at once. I
would have taken the hall for a year,
but Mr. Harrold advised me not to do
eo. 'Take it by the quarter, or at least
by the half year.' he recommended
"I replied that it appeared such a de
sirable bargain that 1 wished to take it
by the year. His answer to this was a
reiteration of bis first advice. 1 can't
tell you how he influenced me. for he
really said no more than 1 tell you; but
1 yielded to bis evident wish without
knowing why 1 did so. and I closed with
aim for six months, not a year."
'Glamor, Mr. Henniker t" (
' "It would ; seem so, Mrs. Marchmont.
We went to the hall, and Angela was de
lighted with it ' The snowdrops lay in
-nowy masses about the: grounds the
garden gave promise of beauty ' as the
. season advanced. How the children ran
over the house! how charmed we were
with every nook and corner of it! Our
own bedroom was a comfortable, large
, room, opening into a very roomy dress
ing room, in which 'my wife placed two
cribs fot- our youngest boys. Hal and
Jack" - v . .
" "Don't 'forget to say that our-- bed
chamber.' opened 'from a sitting room '
interrupted Mrs. Henniker
"Well, for three weeks we all slept the
sleep of thejust - in our 'really Bplendid
suite of apartments. Not a grumble
from our servants nothing but sattsfac-
tioa with bur rare bargain.: 1 was on the
point of returning to dear 1' dirty Dublin
-nnd the Poor Courbv-wtaen"-rr-; -j.
""When?" We are all attention. Mi"
Z&eanikar." .
A ngela uud I werejsitting in the draw
ing room uudeV tedTOniunoW 1 have
described, when a"ftd jbrv startled ns
'Mother, uiother.ferT
"The little boys ' were in bed in the
dressing room Angela dropped her tea
cup and dashed otit ofHhe'room.' forget
ting that there was no light in the rooms
above ns ' "' -'-'
"i caught up a candle and followed her
quickly We found th children sobbing
wildly Jack's arms were almost strang
ling his mother, while he cried in great
excitement. 'Oh, the old woman in the
black bonnet! The old woman in the
black bonnet! Oh--oh ohf
'I thought a little fatherly correction
would be beneficial, but Angela would
not suffer me to interfere.; She tried to
soothe the little beggars, and in a few
miitutes they were coherent enough, in
their story. A frightful' old woman,
wearing a black bonnet, had been in the
room. She came close to them and bent
over their cribs, with her dreadful face
near to theirs ? ;
' "How did you see her? we asked
'There was n'o candle here.
"She hud light about her, they said;
at any rate, they saw her quite welL An
exhaustive search' wils made. 1 No trace
of a human being wiib to be found. I re
frained from speaking to the other chil
dren. who slept in an upper story, though
1 softly entered their'roohis and exam
ined presses and 'Wardrobes and peeped
behind dark corners, laughing in my
sleeve all the while Of course we both
believed that Hal 'had tieen frightened
by a dream, and that "his -little brother
had,, roared from:' sympathy Don't
breathe a word of this to the servants
whispered Mrs. Henniker
" 'I'm not such a fool, my dear. I re
plied But pray search the lower re
gions, and see if Jane and Nancy have
any visitor in the kitchen." she continued
'She came through your"; door, mother,
from the sitting roonl.' sobbed Hal. with
eyes starting out of his head.
" "Who. love?" asked his mother.
" 'The old woman in the black bonnet
Oh, don't go away, jnother.
"So Angela had to spend the remainder,
of the evening between the children's
cribs. : ' ' '-' i f .i i .. .
,:, 'What can we--do tomorrow even
ing?" asked she. -'I have it! Lucy shall
be put to bed beside Jack. Lucy was
our youngest, aged two. . ;-; ': t
'All went well ';next night There
was no alarm to summon us from our
papers and novelti, indj we" went to bed
at 1 1. Angela remarking that the three
cherubs were skiing beautifully, and
that it had been gpoti move to let
Lucy bear the other two company. I
was roused out of a sound sleep by wild
shrieks front the ihr4e children ''
' rWhatr More'liiid breams? This sort
of thing hiust be put a stop to." I said,
and i confess I was very angry with the
young rascal MySiWewas fumWing
for the match bdi.ir95Hushr she whisper
ed, 'there is somebody in the room." And
L too. at that instate tfJt the presence of
some creatm-ejeyepjjiselves and the
children The candle lighted, we again
reconuoiteinhlni to be seen in
dressing rbofnbftoa or the drawing
room beyond, the door of which was
shut But the curious sense of a pres
ence' near us stronger than any feeling
of the kind 1 bad ever previously expe
rienced - was gone. You have all felt
the presence of another person unseen
You may be writing you have uot
heard the door open. but though yonr
bacli ts toward tne---visitor,, you know
somehow that he has entered. '" '
"0,uite true. Mr. Henniker but there
is nothing unnatural or unpleasant in
that sensation. A tt -r-.
'.'Nothing, of cur9e-l jmerely instance
it to give" you some idea 6t what we felt
on that occasion. We were astonished
to find the sitting room untenanted.
Meanwhile poor Hal. Jack and Lucy
shrieked in chorus. fOh the old womaii
in the black bonnet! Oh, take her away !
"Poor Angela, tumbling,' hung over
the cribs trying to soothe the children.
It was a good whijlej before they could
tell what had happened "She came
again. Raid Hal; ' and she came close,
close to ine. and she' put her cold face
down near my" cheek till she touched
me. and i don't like her oh. 1 don't like
her, tnotberr ' - --- '-- . . . .
" 'Did she go to Jack" and Lucy too?
- 'Yes yes: and she made them cry a
well.
' 'Why do you not like her? Is it tlis
black bonnet? You dreamed of a black
bonnet last night, you know," said I. half
puzzled, half provoked.-'
" 'She's so frightful.' cried Hal.
'How could you see her? ' There was
no candle. ' " ' 1 """ "
"This question perplexed the little
boys. ' They persisted 'Xha.t she had h
light about her somewhere. 1 need hard
ly say that there was no comfort, for ns
the rest of the night." " 'If any one is try
ing to frighten ns out of the place ni b
even with him yet.f eaid it. My wife be
lieved that a trick had been played upon
the children, and she was most indig
nant. ' s y
Next day.the'cribs were removed to
the upper story, and Charlotte and Jo
anna, our daughters of twelve and four
teen, were put to sleep in the dressing
room We predicted atf end to the an
noyance we had beet Suffering The
nurse was a quick emjiefed ;woman.
who would not-Stancfatiy nonsense, and
Hal's bad dreams would be sternly driven
away., ' We eettttij'ourselves to our com
fortable light "'reading by the drawiag
room fire. Suddenly there was a cdhi
motion overheads WfOPtcryw-eurprisefl
more' than' terr1fiea'',it 'Founded to us
Angela laid hecbookdowTi -quickly an. I
listened with jUl her ears. Fast flying
footsteps were beard aboyef the clapping
of a door: thdn-cuBry scurry the pat
ter of bare feet downt the staircase. W
fiurried across tbeaJH. and saw Char
Totte in her tkihfeolrh S-eiurihihg-'Blowiy
Tip the kitchehrjfrrff'wlth'a puzzled ex
pres8iononrheriipneat face.
--. " 'WhaVon,)4rjbiSFe you doing, child?
cried Angela. -
" ' I w giving chase to a hideous old
woman ma blackffggnet. wSfodaobe to
mtrudo'lipon us,' panted ClWlotte. I
awb topur, rotmil junped out of
and ,the aitting.coom, Tben 1 saw hoi
before me going downstairs, and I ran
after her, but the door at the foot of the
kitchen staircase was shut She cer
tainly could not have had time to open
it. and 1 don't know where she can nave
gone to.'
"This was Charlotte's explanation of
her mad scurry downstairs. Her down
right sensible face was . puzzled and angry-
' ..
" 'So you see the little ones must have
'been tormented by that old wretch, who
ever she is. They didn't dream it, father,
as you thought. . Wouldn't I like to pun
ish her!""
"What a brave girlP' cried Mrs. March
mont . "Brave? Oh, Charlotte's as bold as a
lion! She went back to bed: and when
we followed her, in a couple of hours,
she was sleeping soundly. But I can't
say either of ns slept so well. If a trick
was being played upon us it was carried
out in so clever a manner as to baffle me
completely 1 need not say Jhat I made
careful search of every cranny about the
handsome house and offices: and if there
was a secret passage or a door in the wall
anywhere it escaped me. We had peace
for a fortnight, and then the annoyance
recommenced.
"Angela's nerve was shaken at last,
and she began to whisper, 'There are
. more things in heaven', and earth, Ho
ratio'" "John, you are making a story." in
terrupted Mrs. Henniker.
"It is every word true. 1 am coming
to an end. 'Angela, in spite of her dis-'
claimer. did believe in a ghost in a black
bonnet. Charlotte believed in her, but
did not care about her ghostship. The
nurse and cook and housemaid declared
they were meeting the horrible appear
ance constantly, and they were all three
in a mortal funk. As to the children,
they would not leave off clinging to
their mother, and fretting and tremb
ling when evening came. The milkman,
the baker and the butcher all told the
servants that we would not be long at
the hall, for nobody ever remained more
than a month or two. - This was cheer
ful and encouraging for me."
"But you had never seen the charming
old woman all this time?" ...
"No: but I saw her in the broad day
light; I had a good long look at her. and
a more diabolical face 1 never saw no,
not even in the dock. I was writing let
ters in the study about 12 o'clock one
morning, when' 1 suddenly looked tip,, to
see the appearance that had excited such
a turmoil in my family standing near the
table. A frightful face a short set wo
man dressed in black gown, shawl, bon
net this was the impression I received.
But she looked quite human quite ev
erydaythere was nothing ghostly in her
air-i-only the evil face curdled one's blood.
I stared at her. and then I took up a fold
ed newspaper and threw it at her. ' My
motive in so doing was to frighten her
who had frightened my wife so mch
Courtesy such a creature need not expect
from me. being, as her villainous counte
nance proved, one of the criminal class.
The newspaper fell upon the floor, after
apparently going through the figure, and
there was a vacuum where it had been
1 'was not touch shaken; however,- al
though - my theory of a- human - trick
ster dressed like a woman seemed over
turned.'"' " ', ;''; - " k - -
"Did yon tell Mrs. Henniker what you
hadseen?r-., . ,....' , ...
"Naturally ' 1 did. At this period we
talked of nothing else. She saw the: ap
parition twice herself. Once she entered
our dressing room and Saw - the figure
bending over a sleeping child (it faded as
she looked): another time she was with
me in the drawing room, when she laid
down her book and whispered, 'See, see.
near the door!' There, sure enough, was
the appearance that had visited me in
thestudy in clear daylight, 1 did not
make her out'quite as distinctly now be
cause our candles did not light up that
end of ' the long room, or my older eyes
were not as good as Angela's."
"What did Mrs. Henniker dor
"She started up and ran to catch the
old woman in the black bonnet."
"And did she catch her?"
"She caught a shiver nothing more!
"After this I resolved to give up the
hall at once, sacrificing four months'
rent for the sake of my wife and chil
dren, whose nerves would have soon be
come shattered had we remained. . I
went to Mr. Harold and told him how
disagreeable the place was to us. He
was grave and very guarded in manner,
confessing that no tenant stayed more
than a couple of months at the hail
that his client certainly made consider
able in consequence that . he had done
his utmost to find out what was wrong
with the house, but all in vain. Mr.
J- would not speak about it, and
when strenuously urged to explain re
plied emphatically, '1 shall never tell
you the story of that house."
"We dismissed the servants with hand
some presents at once on our return to
Dublin, so desirous were we that the
children should never be reminded of
their terror; I think they have not heard
the old woman in the black bonnet
spoken of since we left the halL and the
younger Ones have probably forgotten
her.' As to us, we can only say that the
mystery is unexplained." Argosy.
Whoa.
"A little Indian boy who attends school
at Oldtown, Me., takes an intelligent in
terest in his lessons and does not simply
learn them by rote. i. ,,i ;. . .
The teacher had been giving instruc
tion in punctuation, and closed by say
ing emphatically r" ",' !
."Now. when yon come to a period yon
must stop!" , i.,.'.
A little black eyed girr then got up to
read, and went 6b in a reckless manner,
PayTOg 'o attention to . the , periods,
- whereupon the- bright little Indian boy
poked her . in Jthe side and called out
lustily-'-'' -.f --.i-i-' in;a -,
"Whoar Youth's Companion.
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" Papa Yes. v
"Jurdan is a river, aint iXT .
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