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A POCTQR'S MISSIOW "Glenroy,'' CHAPTER IX. (Coutiaaed.T "I am very glad to hear it," exclaimed Barle, kindly, "It seems like a pleasant pot, and I think this pure, fresh air will benefit your health and spirits. I also hare settled here, haying bought a practice." "Shall we go to Sir Reginald now 7 returned she, at the end of their ani mated conversation. "I presume he is wake by this time." "Yes! at once, and I hope I shall find him more' easy than he was thia morn-. lag." Dr. Elfenstein made quite a long call, as he had much to do to make the baro net comfortable for the night, and as Ethel saw him handle the injured man so gently, and soothe him with kind, en couraging words, she felt that he must possess a heart of almost womanly feel ing, and her interest and admiration deepened. After Earle Elfenstein withdrew, a late dinner was announced, and in the dining room Lady Constance presented to Ethel her nephew, Robert Glenden ning, and niece, Belle, his sister, the former greeting her with rather an inso lent look of admiration, the latter with a bow expressive of haughty contempt. From that moment Ethel saw that neither of. these young people would .pro mots her happiness while she remained under (his roof. Mr. Glendenning did converse with her, but it was with such an evident air of 'conudescension that her replies were brief and cold, while his sister remained silent during the whole meal, wibh the exception of answering one or two ques tions asked by Lady Constance, which answers were given in a cold, mechanical way, that told of a mind preoccupied and absent. The truth was, this young lady was surprised, and not at all pleased, with the introduction of such a rarely beauti ful girl into the home over which she held 8 way. She was intensely proud and selfish, end felt that here might be an influence exerted upon her few admirers that might interfere with her prospects. The prospects particularly in view at present were the winning of the heart and hand of the new physician lately set tled in the place. ' She had been introduced to him at the home of a friend, and had admired his elegant bearing, handsome face and quiet Kanners, and instantly had resolved to y siege to his heart. After leaving the table, the ladies re paired to the piazza, followed by Mr. Glendenning. As Belle paused to pluck from one of the vines a few flowers for her neck. Lady Constance turned to Ethel and remarked: "I suppose you have no friends in this vicinity, having but-just arrived." Ethel hesitated, while a faint blueh suffused brow and cheek as she replied: "I have found one here very unexpect edly. Dr. Elfenstein. We crossed the Atlantic on the same vessel, and as my unt was taken very HI during the voy age he attended her, and consequently, became well acquainted." Instantly Belle's attention was riveted by these remarks, and with a. sneer she exclaimed: "I presume, then, you waylaid him this afternoon in order to renew the ac quaintance." "Pardon meP' replied Ethel, with dig nity. "I waylaid no one! We met cas ually on this piazza as he was about entering to see Sir Reginald, and con versed for a few moments." "It seems to me for the future, when 'my uncle's physician visits him, it would be well for you to remember that you now occupy the position of a subordinate, and therefore should 'not put on the airs of an equal to attract his attention!" was the rude and unladylike reply. "Belle," interposed Lady Constance, who, with all her faults, was naturally kind-hearted and just, "you forget that ' Miss Nevergail in coming to us does not cease to be a gentlewoman." "Or, a gentlewoman's poor relation!" iraa the cutting .answer. "A remarkably beautiful one, how ever," said the brother. "Say, Belle," tie added, teasmgly, "you must take care or she will carry off some of your beaux!" The indignant girl gave him a glance of withering scorn, but merely said, with" an angry toss of her head: "Let . her beware how she interferes with me in any way! A word to the wise Is sufficient." Ethel could scarcely control her indig nant feelings, as she listened to these in sulting remarks issuing from the lovely lips of the girlish speaker, but after an effort she did control them, and without word turned away and again sought the side of the invalid. But she found him irritable, and hard to please, and the moments passed in his room became intolerably long, and she sighed for the time to come when she could retire to her own apartment, even though she knew a strange and annoy ing duty would follow her there. Finally the baronet told her if she was weary to go, adding harshly: "I am tired already of gazing at your pale face," then more kindly, as he saw she was startled by his rough way of speak ing: "I hope I shall feel better in the morning: if so, I shall like to have you read to me, or, as you understand music, will listen to a song." CHAPTER X. As an elegant clock, with old cathedral chimes, struck the hour of ten, Ethel, Srlda a pale face and trembMng hand, lighted a candle, possessed herself of the strange looking knife, then opening the wardrobe, and drawing back the bolt. stepped into the passage and from thence through the small door in the opposite walL She found herself In a long, straight, 4 ark corridor, that led directly to what Sir Reginald assured ner was the Haunt ed Tower. At the end where she stood. However, en the left hand side, was. a '4eit fastened with aa old-faehlooed BY EMILY THORNTON Author of " Roy Russell's Rdx," "Thje Fashionable Mother," Etc Iron hook. This led to the ruin, and with a beating heart she opened it. Close by the door she found a -small covered basket that she knew must con tain what she sought. Grasping it quick ly, she again fastened the door, as Sir Reginald had instructed her to do, and passed down the corridor. There she found the entrance to the tower, and resolving to take some bright sunshiny day to visit this spot, she turn ed, as she had been directed, to count out the number of panels on the left hand wall, and immediately discovered the faint crack, that she knew must be what she sought. Inserting the point of the knife, she turned three times, when the panels parted . and there lay the shelves. .Opening then the basket, she found food in small pieces, consisting, of broken biscuits, bits of chicken, potatoes, and quijte a quantity of meat, cut in mouth ful. This she placed on the shelves upon the wooden plate on which it was heaped. Then gently shoving the shelves, they slowly whirled around, and when (he same side returned to her, the plate stood upon it empty, ready to be placed again in the basket. "That ape must have been trained," she thought, "to empty the plate and re turn it!" She listened for a moment, but all was still. Shoving to the panels, she found that they relocked themselves, so taking up candlestick, knife and basket, she placed the latter again outside the, door, fastened it securely, and reached her own room in safety. The task required of her had been a singularly unpleasant one. She was a brave young girl, and had endured but few feelings of fear, but she had trem bled, because the thing required so much secrecy. She disliked mysteries of all kinds, and her honest, open nature re volted from the whole work. . One thing she decided to do, she should take some morning hour to ex plore the ruins, and that Haunted Tower, so that she might become accustomed to all the dangers and peculiarities of the place before other offices were required at her hands. With this resolution still in her mind, she sought the luxurious bed that await ed her, and there fell at once into a pleasant sleep, from which she never aroused until the bright rays of another morning sun stole into her room. Springing up, she dressed as soon as possible, and opening her door, found by questioning a maid, that the family did not rise until late, as their breakfast hour was from ten to eleven. All being quiet in the room of the in valid, she returned to her own apart ment, and fastening the door securely, resolved at once to start upon her explor ing expedition, as she felt that she would be for at least an hour and a half unob served, and mistress of her own time and motions. With a little of the trembling nerv ousness of the night before, the brave girl opened the intervening doors and stepped into the corridor. All was fold ed in the same solemn stillness that made the place oppressive on the previous night. " She resolved to explore the ruined parts before she sought the tower, there fore unhooked the door, and stepped out. As she did so, she noticed that the cov ered basket was still there. The door opened directly into a small rickety hall that led into several large rooms, all dusty, mouldy and more or less dilapidated. Broken windows, torn wall papers, bare rafters, seen through im mense places where ceilings had fallen, were everywhere visible. Some rooms were filled with broken furniture, pieces of old china and fragments of time-worn, castoff clothing. " Ethel looked at these dilapidated ob jects, and found herself wondering why Sir Reginald had not had the whole pull ed down and removed? Its destruction certainly would heighten the value of the property, while its presence only spoke of neglect and untidiness. One thing she observed in her ramble there was- an easy mode of egress and in gress to this part into the hall, and marks of recent footsteps on the floor told that this formed the entrance place to the person who prepared and brought the food she was nightly to place on the iron shelves. Another thing struck her; in all the premises there was not the slightest ap pearance of the concea'edT room. Only a bare, blank wall appeared upon the side where she knew it mast be. Retracing her steps after all had been examined, she refastened the door, and then sought the Haunted Tower. The door leading to this was closed, but not bolted, so she opened it, and crossing quite a large square place, she began as cending a long'flight of stairs. The steps were steep, and not at all easy, and she became very tired before she reached the top, but pressing on, she did reach it, but not before she paused to rest upon a broad flat landing; paused, too, with hor ror, at an unexpected sight that there presented itself. It was the stuffed image of a man, fixed upon wires, that worked upon the same principle as the jumping jacks often bought to amuse children. . This, however, was nearly as large as life; its head was hollow, with red glass in place where the eyes would be, so that a lighted glass lamp, placed within, would give a flaming appearance to those eyes. From each side horns projected, and she could easily Imagine what the whole terrific effect most be to an outside be holder. Thie figure she saw could be elevated and put in motion by winding up a erank to which it was attached. Ar rangements for different colored lights were also on every hand. After carefully examining all the ma chinery, until she perfectly understood its working and the whole wicked plan to give supernatural appearance to the tow er, Ethel passed upward until she could gase without hindrance from the tall win dows of this lofty place. . Then exclamations of delight escaped her. for there she could catch aa unob structed view of the grand panorama that stretched for miles and miles away on every side. But she did not linger, fear ing she would be seen by some of the villagers, and her presence reported to Sir Reginald. This visit she knew would be displeas ing to him, if he wished H to be a place that should fill every heart with fear, in order to keep from it visitors by day as well as by night. CHAPTER XI. Day after day passed,- during which Ethel became quite accustomed to her routine of work, and quietly persevered in her duties. Nothing difficult to accom plish was required at her hands; nothing beyond spending a couple of hours each morning in her own room writing letters, of which an abstract was taken from Sir Reginald's own lips; then an hour or two reading the daily papers for his amuse ment. Very often would he find a chance to .whisper the question: "Do you perform your evening tasks regularly and well? Does all go on aa safely as I could wish?" Then when the answer came, "All goes well," he would seem so satisfied and re lieved that she felt almost happy in giv ing the information. , About a montih after her arrival at Glendenning Hall she had been reading one afternoon a work in which he was particularly interested, when she was in terrupted by the entrance of Dr. Elfen stein. - As the baronet motioned to her to re main where she was during the inter view, the 1 regular nurse being absent, and as .the doctor might need some things from her, hand, she became interested in the conversation that ensued. Dr. Elfenstein was rather a small talker, and this natural reserve tended to malce his professional interviews at the hall brief, and usually confined closely to his medical work. But this morning he seemed to linger, and conversed quite freely upon many of the topics of the day. Finally he com menced giving an account of the severe storm that had swept over the country the night before the baronet's accident, and ended by relating his own adven tures, and what he had seen in the tow er. "Sir Reginald. I thought I would tell you this, and ask if you can explain the meaning of the spectacle then manifest ed?" "I cannot," was the reply Ethel watch ed for with anxiety. "I am told by peo ple far and near of strange appearances in that tower, but I have never seen a thing of the kind there myself, therefore, put no faith in the story." "But you may believe me, sir, when I assure you such things are really to be seen there. Now, in order to satisfy my mind, and perhaps enable me to explain the mystery to the frightened inhabitants, I crave your kind permission to visit the premises. Have I that permission?" "It is impossible for me to grant it When these things were first whispered about twenty-five years ago, we, as a family, were exceedingly annoyed by con stant visitors to the spot, and the thing became so much of a nuisance that it was closed forever from all inspection. No, you must not ask this, doctor, as I can not consent to the place being entered, after being so long sealed. As it is, take my word for it, and be satisfied. It is merely a vagary of the brain, an optical delusion, something better to be forgot ten." Dr. Elfenstein said no more, but in wardly resolved to pay a surreptitious visit there, if not a permitted one, as this mystery he determined should be unrav eled. As he rose to leave, he happened to glance towards the young girl opposite to him, and saw her head bent low over the book she held, while a sad and paines expression had floated over her speaking face. After the reading had concluded, the baronet said he would excuse her further attendance upon him, therefore she start ed out for a ramble over the grounds. She had not gone far, before she re gretted having done so, as she was join ed a short distance from the house by Robert Glendenning, a person she instinc tively disliked. This young man was a great admirer of a pretty face, and from the first look into Ethel's . speaking eyes, and upon her rare beauty, he had acknowledged that he had never seen a person that so exactly met the standard of the beautiful he had raised in his soul. But her proud bearing in his presence, her shrinking from. his approach gave such evidence of her dislike that he felt irritated, and con sequently determined to annoy her in every way possible during her stay at the hall. - (To be continued.) Lessening the Risk. - A certain woman, says the New York Times, had been using the mails for fraudulent purposes. After the case had been rendered, the Postmaster General issued an order barring her letters from the mails. Then she sent him a pathetic letter, asking for a pri vate hearing, that she might lay hez case before him. "I feel sure," she wrote, "that if I could get a chance to look straight into your beautiful brown eyes, you would hear my story." The Postmaster-General, after think Ing the letter over for a few mo ments, indorsed it: "Respectfully re ferred to the Secretary of War for ad vice," and sent it to the War Depart ment. In due course of time it came back with this indorsement: "Risk one eye. Elihu Root" Auto-Cracked. Alderman Timothy P. Sullivan was standing with a party of friends at the entrance of the aldermanic chamber last Wednesday discussing the political situation and other kindred subjects, when some one remarked: "I tell you that the American citi zen is an autocrat." "Well," replied the alderman, "he may be born an autocrat, but from all present signs he is liable to die an auto-cracked." New York Times. Capitalists In Paris. Not more than 2,500 persons in Paris have a capital of as much as $200,000, and' nearly one-third of those axe foreigner, - - Going to Jerusalem!"' became the war cry of the Sunday school army of the world, when the Idea of holding the world's fourth international con vention in the Holy City was first sug gestedat the tenth meeting of the In ternational Sunday school convention at Denver, Colo., in June, 1902. The late B. F. Jacobs, of Chicago, was ap pointed chairman e. k. wabben. 0f the world's com mittee, but upon his . death the mem bers elected Edward K. Warren, of Three Oaks, Mich., to succeed him, with W. N. Hartshorn, A. B. McCrillis and F. C. Clark as associates, and these four accepted the labor neces- JERUSALEM THE sary to carry the great project to a successful issue. The most conspicuous line of prepa ration was the chartering of two large steamers the Grosser Kurfuerst for the American and .Canadian delegates and the Fuerst Bismarck for the Brit isu and European representatives. One uniform Incentive prevailed to see Jerusalem, for centuries the center of the religious life and history of na tions, from period to perod and gener- ZABA I, AND OF THE PHILISTINES. ation to generation maintaining its po sition, unique in the world, as the chief city of the country, where Christ was born, taught and died. An in spiration has always attended the in numerable crusades of the past for conquest, but the highest ideal seem ed, expressed in this peaceful pilgrim age, representative of the convictions of many millions. So great was the pressure of American applications for transportation, that the original allot- MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF CRUISE ments as to delegates such as New York, 28; Michigan, 19; Ohio, 31; Illi nois, 32, etc., were modified, and book ings allowed, irrespective of the terri tory from which the applicants came. The Grosser Kurfuerst sailed from New York in March with 800 delegates, 400 more to board ship at various Eu ropean ports. The ardent picture was in every mind of passing a fewdays among the tents dotting the hill on which Christ was crucified. Many of the delegates had attended the three previous notable conventions of the body, bad been at the first convention of July, v1889, at London, where 350 American representatives attended, at which the Earl and Countess of Aber deen were prominent, and great honor shown to the delegates by the Lord Mayor and other dignitaries. Many, too, had been present at the second convention at St. Louis, in September, 1898, where delegates were welcomed from Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark. Switzerland, Norway, France, Italy, Holland, and where Ori ental representatives made powerful appeals for India and Japan. A still greater number recalled the third con vention of July, 1898, again held at London under advanced and encourag ing auspices. All these meetings had been notable, but that of Jerusalem seemed invested with interest far greater than that attaching to these for mer conclaves,as crystallizing the relig ious convictions of many peoples. It was a reverent journey, to a country where Christ had made His home, where they might trace the paths He trod, view scenes familiar to Him, hallowing His memory, vivifying His sufferings, and enlarging the concep tion of salvation through His atone ment. About everything that human skill MOSQUE OF OMAR. could devise was brought into requisi tion for the comfort and pleasure of the ship load of delegates that this continent sent to the little spot in the east, where three continents join. They had a musical director and an official photographer of their own, and the steamship company spared no pains to make the 'long sea voyage as joyous as possible. The run from New York to Gibraltar was marked by one call, that at the home of Christopher Co lumbus after 1473. Passing the frown ing cliffs of Spain, the next port of call was Algiers on the African side of the Mediterranean. The ship ran into the harbor of Valetta, the capital of Malta, and thence through the archi pelago to Greece. A Sunday service was held on Mars Hill. On through the Dardanelles, passing ancient Troy, the pilgrims proceeded through the sea of Marmora, arriving at the capital of the Ottoman empire, and de voting two full days to visiting Con stantinople. On the first day of April the com pany passed from the European to the Asiatic side, and gave twenty-four hours to Smyrna. Those having Da mascus for an objective point, left the ship' at Beyrout; those who had plan ned, for a run through Galilee and Sa maria, left at Calfa. Down the west coast of Palestine the Grosser Kur fuerst ran, until the pilgrims witness ed the dropping of the anchor at Jap pa, from where delegates passed on to Jerusalem, to be present at the four days' session of the convention. The convocation was in a measure one of the most unique in religious history. Involving as it did a trip of seventy-one days, while the delegates present came from every quarter of the globe, and represented an aggre gate membership of over 25,000,000 Sunday school workers. The actual enrollment of delegates was 1,526, Church of England having most dele gates, and Toronto receiving a majori ty of the votes as the point of meet ing for the world's fifth convention. 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