Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-11-01

du win ~. she Ntnls shu Nc %touut sue
gave was, that she rushed quickly up inme-
dlaiely on hearing the words. She went to
the door Of the blue room and saw nothing.
and stopping to listen, heard sound proeeed-
ing from the whi,s room. She stole softly to
the door. kneellnr down looked beneath il, as
il fis badly, II you REMEMBER. She said that
she saw sudden and brillian, ligh, in the
ram. but nothing else. She arose and hur.
ried down the stair, and ha, first tim. said
nothing of her adventure, being afraid that IL
knew 1t ! should Pr,'ent her repeating the
experiment
II ~as after that night ,ha, ] saw her on.
day IN the garden stisnliVely examining the
window, Of the house. The upper windows ,s-
pecially. A few night. after. she had gone
about ten o'clock To ih. stair. Sh, had s,,l.
.d her,olf nn the uPcenao,t step, anl had the
patience tn wait iIll Nii-in few m.Anl,s Of
elc,en. M vas mll abul ihiI iusi.al. but
then she heard the nsiling Of 'llk. Wy
light loo,,lsp, and she looAed rounj towards
the top u the stair. Al was. .dsEk but this
iime she had taken dark lsnNin With he's,
and she made tn. light lash out She saw
by that light an old and srinLled fas,, with a
CHASTITY Pallor and Patch Of Pa.uI On Zach
check. II Looked round ,h. wall a, Il to call
down the slsir, the pale lip. moved. and the
words were pronounced Margaret bounded
up two steps, and saw the figure swiftly .kim
and glide along the passage; !, seemed to D.,li
into the door OF the white rOom-thatNas the
odd phrase ofthe girl-snd she went forward to
the door. In an agony of fright she thew
,$rn the door, and 10 Ihere she declared she
saw-remembcr, am only repeating What
the servant sald-she slw-Oh, ! can't tell
what llJy-a glrl standing in a white
dress, "A long white dress thea she appear.
ed To nv IN flames. The figure turned It's face,
and then the girl remembered nothing more
hu, the sound Of her own shrek and iall.--I
There We found her, Is told you and you
know the rest On learning that frum the
nurse. resolved on leaving tie hous,.
wrote next day TO Lord H. and my letter
think sou read.
Yes, | did, replied Lady II. ri.ing.
She looG hold OF Mrs d : hand, adding
&" mus, go now can say nothing more
at present. but promis. that you shall hear
lrum me in the course Of day OF Two. !
will see what can bs done
She hurredy look leave and drove oa, ha'.
ing siaid ncarl, an hour altogether.
In the course Of three days Mrs ID. rscsiv.
ed from her ladyship packet, seni carefully
enclosed ia parcel by o,ach. 1t contained
roll vt paper closely written, aud a note irom
LADY n. Il WS as lolIors
My dear Mp D.--i cannot resist the
strung inclination leel to send you a manu.
script relating To the ALTAR OF which we spoke
ou Tuesday last. You know that Lord II
and we're cousins Our grandfather Was
man stang. and peculiar habits From the
age ol,hlryhyeh he vas afflicted with blindness,
aud IN Consequence he Kept a SECRETARY, who
wruts lor him, read to him, ana was for many
years his constant compaplur. Tins man,
Frcnclman by birth, was an intelligent aud
kiud.hsared person. knew him well when
! Mas a child At Ellngham; Cranmors was
never inhabited by my erandia,her,-within
my recollection, At least.
When ~.s a girl of sixteen, I happened
tn ask Mr. L. what was tie reason Of
N, grandfather, dislike n Cranmor.. | had
then .ccn ,he old manor for The first time IN
NV Iil-, and It's antique beauty had made
deep Impression on me. The old nan--he
was then about seventy, though foil Of acute.
ns.s aud Nlgor-the old man told me that II
VAS SINE melancholy family catastrophe OF
which Cranmore had been the scene. Al that
time he would tell me no more, but shortly
before his death be- sent nc lhc I,pen which
| enclose To you. must JUS, add that on his
death bed my father oTacled solemn prom.
lse from Lord H. and myself, ,ha, We would
never on any account sleep a, Cranmoro.-
You know how hIthiully We have kept that
/ promise, which wa, the sole cause of nay re-
fusing your kind otirr OF accommodation for
the night, Believe ne, dear Mrs ID.
iours very truly,
ELLgS II.
There were some explanatory nodes IN the
margin OF the Ms. ~ Lady lis own hand.
A. may be supposed. .Mrp lost 10 rim.
IN reading the packet, which was en,iIlod,-
Paper, relating to he family Of H. ooi!eaed
and tron'cr,c,d by Mr.. l.. for hsr Lady'h'P.
Ds.,d l7ss.
The noble family Of II have bees possessed
Of the lands and manor of Cranmore siace the
re,go "f King John-of their other property
need not .peak-ii Is II Cranmore that am.
! feel, required To say what know.
Your ladyshlp, wihcst doubt remember,
having expressed considerable anxiety to know
why the late lord never inhabited the beautiful
manor house Of Crsnmpre. With his reasons
! was well acquainted bu, was at that time
under promise never to reveal to your lady
ship the tumors and tales that were curren, in
the country fifty or sixty years ago.
Abou, that space Of tine has elapsed since
a large party wa, assembled. to celebrate
Christmas a, CunmUe manor. From the
late lords own liPs hssrd the following ae-
count Of ~ha, occurred at tina, time. The
family who we're presen, on the OccasDn coo-
sisted Of the late lord, then Mr.. -, his half
brother then having the title, Two sisters Of
the latier, and young lady To whom he had