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-
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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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