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DOCTOR’S MISSION
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BY EMILY THORNTON
A u th o r o f “ R o y R o s s r l l ’* R o i b , "
" G L i i n i o r , ” “ T h i F a s h io n a b l e M o t h e r , ” E t c . -
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'C H A PT ER XIV.—(Continued.)
No sleep visited her weary eyes until
lon| after midnight, she was so unhap-
py and so unnerved by all the events of
the last twenty-four hours, and again and
again nhe prayed that ail might go well,
and nothing terrible result from the loss
of that dreadful knife.
Rising with the alarm of the uenal
bell that rang to awaken the household,
the poor girl again commenced to review
the problem that had presented itself to
be worked out the night before. Once she
asked the question«':
Should she worry 8lr Reginald by tell­
ing him the accident that had befallen
her, or should she not?
Before deciding positively, she resolv­
ed to psy the corridor a morning vjslt,
and by listening, study out, if all was
going on as usual.
This resolve she instantly carried into
effect. Turning mitw more from her
room, down the ('o^i|idor, fha placed her
ear close to the panhl, and listened in­
tently to hear If any movement could be
discovered within the concealed room.
All was still! Not the faintest mo­
tion was perceptible; therefore, feeling
greatly relieved, she returned, quite sure
that all must be well, and firmly resolved
to »ay nothing of what bad happened,
and while keeping silent endeavor to
drive the entire circumstance from her
own mind, and so be at peace.
The day passed on as usual, and wtieu
night brought her to the shelves, she once
more found to her satisfaction alienee
reigning, and felt that now, indeed, all
was right Poor Ethel! She little knew
the fearful consequences ye* to ensue
from her first blunder.
The third afternoon had arrived, and
nothing had transpired to lead her to
apprehend the least trouble from that un­
fortunate occurrence. 8he had, therefore,
regained the courage she had lost and
was fast driving the entire circumstance
from her mik'd.
This afternoon Sir Reginald had ex­
pressed a wish for music, therefore she
had brought her guitar to bis bedside,
and had sung several ballads for his
amunement.
“I think,” at length he said, interrupt­
ing her, “that it grows cloudy. Please
look out aud tell me if a shower is ap­
proaching.”
Ethel arose at his bidding, and after
examining the sky returned, saying, as
she resumed her scat:
“There is, indeed. A very black cloud
is lying in the west, which foretells a
hard shower.”
“Then put aside your instrument and
draw close to me. as I have some pri­
vate instructions to give you in regard
to a new work to be done to-night. Are
we entirely alone?”
“We are. Mrs. Fred on left the room
to prepare you some nourishment, and
your wife and niece are in the ’grounds,”
replied Ethel, trembling, «he knew not
why.
"Then listen intently to my instruc­
tions. If that «form rages about half-
past nine or ten o’clock to-night, you
must visit the Haunted Tower and put in
motion tome machinery I have erected
there.”
“O. Sir Reginald,” murmured the
shrinking listener, “please do not ask that
of me.”
“You just attend to my orders, and do
what I tell you to do. Never dare dis­
pute my will."
The baronet then proceeded to give
minute directions for the lighting of each
light, aud also for the movements of
the frightful and hideous image there
concealed. At its conclusion he remark­
ed:
“Do you tliink you understand every
particular of the work I now require to
be done?”
“ 1 do." replied Ethel; “but, sir, my
soul revolts from the whole thing. I
consider it a wicked deception, and 1 beg
you to excuse me from undertaking it.”
“Who cares what you think about it!
No one asked your opinion. Do it you
shall, so do not dare to utter another
word against It.”
“Sir Reginald, I have faithfully per­
formed your wishes in regard to feeding
the animal, whose life you value go high­
ly, knowing that to preserve the life of
even the least of God's' creatures la a
duty, but I can see no possible necessity
for striving to impose upon the credulity
of the inhabitants of &is quiet place.”
“That, I tell you, is my business and
not yours,” was the angry reply. “You
are here simply to attend to my work,
and I have well paid you for doing eo.”
“I know «bet; but surely I am at lib­
erty to point out no error in your wlrties
and judgment Sir Reginald, this thing
that you ask me to do is wrong, and I
entreat you to carry it no further. You
say you have done this yourself for twen­
ty-five years; surely that can answer any
purpose you may have to effect by it.
Please, then, be satisfied, and let this
thing rest!”
"I tell you I will n o t” replied the
baronet, fairly purple from rage; “do
youJiot sec that your obstinacy 1« throw­
ing me into a terrible and injurious ex­
citement? I command you to obey my
wishes. If you dare refuse, you shall
leave my house this night, even though l
know you have not where to lay your
head. Do you hear?”
“I do,” murmured the distressed girl.
“Will you obey?"
No answer came, the only reply Phe
could make being a burst of tsars. Mad
dened by her silence and sobe, the baro­
net started up until, leaning upon bia «el­
bow, a thing he had been expreesly for­
bidden to do, as It would jar his hip,
he shook his fist violently in her face,
while be demanded in fury:
“ Will you obey?”
“I will!” she at last gasped, between
her sobs. Poor girl! seeing his violent
excitement, and remembering her aunt’s
last charges, aha dared not refuse.
“Then see that yon do It,” he return­
ed, more calmly, as he sank back with a
groan upon* hie pillow.
There waa no escape from the dis­
graceful duty that awaited her, so at
her usual time ahe took the lighted ean-
dle in her hand and started with tearful
eyes to attend to the task before her.
- CHAPTER XV.
After Dr. Elfensteln had asked per­
mission of Sir Reginald Glendenning to
search the Haunted Tower ha felt ex­
ceedingly puasled over hla future course.
Resolved as he was to penetrate the mys­
tery of that place, be could not under
stand how the thing w«a to be accom­
plished.
In all his visits to Sir Reginald, al­
though reserved iu manner, fate every
nerve had been on the alert. He had
been told that the room occupied by the
present baronet was the one where Sir
Arthur had met his sad fate. Knowing
this, he fairly studied that room.
He noted its width, height and
breadth; the height of the two windows
from the floor, the sise of those win­
dows, and particularly he noted the one
from which the rope had dangled that
had been used to lower the body to the
ground.
He bad several times walked to that
window, as if meditating over hia pa­
tient’s cam, aud looked out, surveying
the ground below, and the distance from
H to the lake, which was visible through
the trees.
From the house, which he visited daily
in hte professional calling, he often drove
around, examining the stables and out­
buildings, and sometimes slowly went
around the tower to view the ruined part,
and to see if by any means he could ever
effect an entrance. ,
One day, it was the one on which
Rebel started for the eventful walk, he
in such a drive noticed a small, well-
trodden pathway leading np to a clump
of bushes. Instantly the thought struck
him that behind those bushes, conceal­
ed from view, might be an open passage
to the place, although he felt certain
there was no doorway. The more he
thought of this the more be waa sure it
must be the case.
Why that well used path through the
grass if not for some such purpose? Yes;
some hutnan feet were in the habit of en­
tering there, and he resolved to return
to the place, under cover of - darkness,
and investigate those bushes.
Fnll of this discovery, and full of hope
that he might yet penetrate to the mys­
terious tower, he touched hia horae with
the whip and drove hastily away.
But just as be emerged again into the
ramble, be saw Mini Belle Glendenning
gaaing at him from an upper window,
and felt mortified that she should have'
noticed hia ride around the premises, as
conscience whispered it must speak to
her of a prying nature.
Feeling, however, that it waa done,
and could not now be recalled, he passed
on, and proceeded to visit the homes of
several sick persons who needed his ad­
vice and assistance.
On his return it was that he suddenly
heard a wild shriek of terror, and looking
around, had seen Ethel in that dangerous
situation, while the nearing train told
of the death that awaited her. Springing
to the ground, he had rushed to her at
»¡■stance, and had wrenched apart those
stiff fastenings and drawn her from her
peril.
After he had left her at the Hall it was
hard to recall hia truant thoughts to their
proper sphere, but with set teeth and a
firm resolve, he plunged into study, and
active work, in order to be at pence with
himself.
The great suffering of a new patient
even detained him by hia aide until, after
midnight the second evening, and a third
time had night folded the earth before
relief came to the weary one, and Earle
Elfenstein waa at liberty to pay the
lonely ruin the desired call.
Then a violent storm was raging! Tbit
etorm was, strange to eay, the first that
had occurred 1» the evening since his
night voew of the haunted tower, and
it» dancing demon, just five weeks be­
fore.
Not wishing to be seen by any of ffue
inmates, he did not venturfe out until af­
ter nine o’clock. Then the wild wind and
drenching rain served to retard his prog­
ress to much that it waa full quarter to
ten before he felt the worn pathway
and crept behind the clump of thick, wet
bushes, where, once concealed from view,
he paused to light a amall dark Lantern
he had wisely brought with him.
By Che aid of this he proceeded to ex­
amine what only seemed a dull, blank
wall. Close Inspection, however, reveal­
ed a large stone that was loose, which
he easily drew forth, making a clean,
unobstructed passageway, through which
a man could creep, and without hesita­
tion in he went, landing directly upon
an old, but still passable floor.
4 » we ring hte light, hs paused to ax-
amins this floor, and found to his sur­
prise, wet tracks upon It, that told plain­
ly that very recent footsteps had paassd
that way. Following these, the young
man walked in a direct line acmes the
building, until he reached a door, which,
upon trying, he found to his chagrin, se­
curely fastened.
Even while hs paused to reflect upon
his next movement, distant footsteps fell
upon hie esr, Just beyond the door, and
hurriedly hs darted back, extinguishing
hid light as he did so.
Just in time was this movement made,
for a hand unhooked the fastening, open­
ed the door, and there, to his unmitigat­
ed surprise, stood Ethel Nevergall, the
girl so much th# object of bis thoughts
since that narrow escape of hers,, with a
lighted candle in her hand, peering into
the darkness beyond.
Had she seen him? he asked himself,
creeping like a thief towards this unfor­
tunate house, and hearing his steps, had
She come to warn him sway?
No! the thought was absurd, and hs
soon saw «hat she came seeking merely
a covered basket, not observed until then,
standing Just beyond the door.
How pale she looked, as he viewed for
one moment her sad face and—yea! sure­
ly, those were tears that fell from her
beautiful haael eyes upon her cheek.
The sight of those tears caused him to
take one step toward her. but ahe fortu­
nately did* not sSw him; but drew to the
door, after securing the basket, and he
then heard her little feet start down the
corridor.
**
Resolved not to be balked in bis ef­
forts to unravel this nlgbt one mystery
at least. Dr. Elfensteln pushed again to­
wards the door, sad to his joy, it this
time yielded to his touch.
Poor Ethel! this night for the first
time had been required by Sir Reginald
Glendenning to visit the tower and follow
out directions he gave her in full, for
producing the illusions that were to terri­
fy the unsuspecting public.
In great agitation then, and still weep­
ing, she had proceeded to the fulfillment
of her loathsome duty, and in her grief
and excitement, for the first time forgot
to fasten the door, after possessing her­
self of the food.
This forgetfulness accounts for the
entrance of the doctor into the corridor,
and enabled him to follow her advancing
figure, softly in the distance.
CHAPTER XVI.
Wiping away her tears, poor Ethel
placed the basket of food and knife upon
the floor, by the entrance of the tower,
as Sir Reginald had told her to attend to
the business in that quarter before ad­
ministering to the wants of the conceal­
ed quadruped.
At laat the weary steps were climbed,
anud ahe stood panting on the broad land­
ing, juat below the upper windows of the
place. It was standing on this landing
that her part of the ghostly work was to
be performed.
Taking then a long handled torch, with
which the colored lights above were to be
touched in order to light them, she ap­
plied the candle to it, and reaching op
soon had every ohe illuminated and flam­
ing sway iu fiha usual unearthly looking
glara.
•?;
In doing so aha never observed the
tall, silent figure of the man who had
crept after her and now stood in the
•hade below, intently watching her every
motion.
The stuffed form before her was next
to be attended to. Taking, therefore, the
lamp from within the head she lighted it,
and putting it back almost exclaimed at
the effect the colored light gave the eyes.
Winding the crang slowly, aha saw
that it worked as she supposed it would,
and soon the impish figure was swung
aloft a*d stood dancing to and fro, to
tha terror and dismay of all outward be­
holders.
With tears still falling over her pale
cheeks, Ethel stood with her eyes fasten­
ed above, upon tha swaying motion« of
that frightful looking image,. when her
heart almost stopped within her, and a
wild cry burst from her lips as these
words fell upon her ears:
“Is it possible that this is the occupa­
tion of Miss Ethel Nevergail this stormy
night?”
Turning, she saw advancing towards
her, and fully revealed by the lights
above, the form of Dr. Elfenstein.
“Oh, doctor,” she wailed, as she buried
her face in her hands, and burst into low
sobs of shame and dismay, “how came
you here to witness my disgraceful
work ?”
Then suddenly remembering her
charge, and true to the interests of her
employer, ahe again seized the crank and,
lowering the image, extinguished that
head lamp, as well as the others, leaving
everything in darkness but for the feeble
flare of the one little candle she had plac­
ed upon the floor. Then turning, ahe
faced her accuser.
“I came, no master how; suffice H that
I waa determined to unmaak this flaring
fraud, and so allay the fears of timid
women and children. Certainly in doing
fhte I never expected to discover that
Misa Nevergail was the prime mover in
this outrageous piece of work!”
Ethel listened to the cold, hard words
in otter despair, then fluttering like a
wounded bird to the side of the indig­
nant man, she laid one small, -white hand
on hia arm, which was shaken off in dis­
dain before she could utter one of tha
following words:
“It is the first time I ever did this
thing. Oh, believe me; surely you must
remember that I was in Liverpool when
you saw that sight, tha time when It last
appeared Y*
"Yes, that is true; I had forgotten. But
that does not absolve ydu from to-night’s
ghastly deception,” was tha still cold re-
ply.
(To ba continued.)
Love In a Newport Cottage.
Tese—Poor May! Jack M lstry ask­
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with love In a cottage w ith him.
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One pound of flour, half a pound of
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two of ground ginger, the grated peel
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Mix all weld together, add a cup of
molasses, beat it well, pour it on but­
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over them. Bake In a rather slow oven.
When done, cut it into squares, and
roil each square round the finger as
It is raised from the tin. These are
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snaps sold by confectioners.
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He says th at those who thought It was
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M utton P ie.
Cut some cold mutton into neat,
square pieces, and place them in a
deep pie dish, with a liberal seasoning
of pepper, salt and pounded allspice.
Scatter plenty of flour over, and add
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pastry is cooked, then cook slowly, for
the meat to stew, for three-quarters of
an hour.
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disturbed, which permeates the house.
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Jars as flour vases and plant holders
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AUSTIN WELL DRILLS
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Made In all slses end
styles. Write for Cata­
either in the uncolored or the tinted
logues and list of use rain
the West.
varieties. When the Jar shows splashes
of bine, green or red a t the top of
the glaze it is well to repeat the tone
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on the raffia.
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In Ironing, the laundress should be
Instructed to hang upon one side of
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the clotheehorse only such articles as
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siring.
By separating those which
need a stitch or button the work of P. N. U.
No. 30—1004.
searching through the clothes basket
rritlo g ti
and the tumbling of the freshly laun­
I t e th is peper.
dered pieces are avoided.
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A little time spent in making rolls
for breakfast or dinner always gain*
great appreciation from the household.
This la easily done If a good recipe
promptly atop the falling?
,1a a t hand and the oven heats rapidly.
Your hair will begin to grow,
Sometimes, too, the rolls will bear re­
too, and all dandruff will dis­
heating and be as good aa when fresh­
appear. Could you reason­
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excellent. Take two pounds of flour,
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a little salt, two ounces of sifted sugar,
f.Ill 11« t
ipoadlt i
four ounces of lard or clarified beef
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dripping and two eggs beaten into twe
tablespoonfuls of yeast and a pint of
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warm milk. Knead the dough thor­
oughly and set it to rise near the fire.
Then divide into twelve or fourteen
rolls, <ple«e* on -botteveil baking sheets
and set before the fire to rise to a
“ ■ p e a k fo r Y o u r s e lf .
proper else. Then hake In S steady
Lord Leicester of Holkham, nearly
oven for half an hour and place on a
a hundred years ago, was a widower,
sieve till cooled.
and In tha latter part of his life nearly
B u r n S h ort Cake.
blind. H e enjoyed an Intimate friend­
Make a rich tea-biscuit crust, bake ship with hie neighbor, Lord Albe­
In Jelly-cake tins in not too thick lay­ marle, and had. In hia own mind, se­
ers. When done, split open with forks lected Lady Anne, one of Lord Albe­
and b atter while hot, three layers be­ marle’s daughters, as the future wife
ing enough for one eake. The two of hla nephew and the mistress of
bottom layers and one top make the
Holkham.
best shape. Take about three good-
One day Lady Anhe came along to
sized, thoroughly ripe bananas and
Join hla morning ride, and Lord Leices­
shred finely with a fork. Spread a
ter seized the opportunity of asking
layer of the fruit on the crust, adding
her:
the least bit of salt, and sprinkle well
“Anne, my dear, how should you like
with powdered sugar. Add the next to be mis trees of Holkham?”
layer In the same way. On the last
“There is nothing I should like bet­
one spread fruit very thickly well mix­
ter,” answered Lady Anne, drawing
ed w ith sugar, so as to form sort of
herself np in her saddle.
Icing. Serve with soft custard flavor­
“Then I shall send by nephew Will­
ed with vanilla.
iam to court you.”
Lady Anne drew herself up still
B e e f R o ll.
Two pounds round steak, chopped more, and tightening her rein, replied
fine; two well-beaten eggs, one-half calmly but very gravely:
“I shall never be mistress of Hoik-
teacupful rolled crackers, one-half cup
warm butter, one-half cup sweet milk, bain on those terms.”
It was then the old gentleman’s tu rn
one small onion and a little sage; sea­
son w ith salt and pepper, mix all to­ to rein In his horse. He looked his
gether with a stiff spoon. Put in a companion hard in the face, and asked
deep, square bread tin and bake one her, “Why, you don’t mean to say you
hour in a hot oven. Baste quite often would marry me?”
after it begins to brown. The onion
“Yes, Indeed I would. And there Is
or sage can be omitted it not liked, nothing I should wish more.”
and any kind of other flavoring for
This was a wooing that was not
meats added. This is very nice hot for “long a-dolng.” and it led to a most
dinner or sliced cold for lunch.
happy marriage.