Spirit of the age., 1865-01-07


: 'gla0@ very rich, ,o,. and :, they live in
And she rides in her own carriage, and keeps
| ever SO many black servants, and goes to
the Presidents levees
Dear mel should ike Of all things to
look into the glass, sighed Emily.
Her cousin turned round and looked at
the eight day clock, so suddenly, that they
all jumped.
and WHAT'S to hinder you It is just
five minutes to twelve. VIII you try it:
Must I go alone?'
Quite alone. And as you 90 down hold
the candle in front Of the glass and look in.
| You will be sure to see something
eNo-I dare not, said Emily, shrinking,
| back.
sits tempting of Providence said
Nancy, who was bit Of d deaconess. /
will have nothing at all to Go with it. /
should expect to see something With horHs
and hoofs looking over my shoulder
Nonsense" S, id ILclon, though she
turned rather pale. And you, Eurice :?
fOh, should never dare to trw-,lont
ask me, said the child hiding her f:lco in
her apron.
| well will try my luck, at AL events J;
and perhaps | shall see another colonel,
maybe q general, or the rresilcnt himself J;
who knows?
She took candle from the table, and a
small looking glass from the wall Eunice
legan to 'wlamper in her apron, and Mans
cy looked very uneasy.
j { uclau, don's do it. 1t is really wrong,
a'sa you wif~he sure to get frightened dseaas
/ and that dark old cellar = said Emily,
shuddering. / would not 10 it for all the
generals on earth. Stay here, Helen, and
/ will ,tellyou your fortune. You will mar
~ John Moore and so live on the Home
Farm You will haye six children three
boys and three girls-and die at the good
old age Of a hundred, universally reglet-
ted.|
No, that does not suit me exactly said
Helen, smiling. I must see if L cannot
fud my general See, the clock is OH the
stroke. BY good rights the room ought TO
be empty; but, as you are here, stay only
! go farther away from the cellar, out towards
the garden windows
She opened the cellar door softly, the
first stroke ofthe clock sounding as it creak-
cd upon It's hinges. One glance at the deep
blackness of the place. and the girls we're
only too glad to hurry across the room, and
seat themselves In It's farthest corner
Helen stood by the door, waiting till the
clock finished striking, and then prepared
!, to descend They saw her laughing face
turned towards them moment, then she
raised the glass between them and went
down. The spccta tors sat mute ard arx-
ious, watching the gleam Of the candle as
i d., ned lower aad lower, and at last went
ont e sisne The cold moonlight outside
maae tbe ,irdsc cape look dreary the glow
;nr brands on tine heath threw deep lights
ana shadows across the roc-a; there was nc
sound except the tckag Of the elght DAY
clock, the audible .heaiag Of their ,o"n
! Eunics, ice W" who - MAS I'D @hat something
, would come un Gu! of the cellar and fright
!, en- them all to death The clock gave a
| great click, tho hands had passed the
five minute mark, and yet there was no
. sign Of Helen, The two elder girls looked
fearfully at each other.
: Hush, Eunice! said Emily; and her
: Whisper, low as it was, startled them all IN
accountably You will wake father and
: mother, if you don't mind, and then We shall
| be in fine scrape.
( But where can Helen be p said Nancy
; timidly. think we had better go and
4 look into the cellar. She may ave go
9 frightened
sYes,' said Emily, rising; though Eu-
Q nice chung to her skirts and begged them no
20 leave her. Before they had crossed tn
: room, however, the stairs creaked, and the1
: started back Helen was coming up. Th
o candle shone over . face so CHASTITY aad a!
o tered was if her ghost had taken he
d place, or rather her corpse, dressed in tn
Clothes she always wore. They sprang t
ar- meet her. Emily took away the looking
glass and candle, and Nancy shut tn
cellar-door, without daring to look dowr
klunice seemed . little more at case when
er was closed, and going up to Helen, VIII
was lying back in an arm chair, with he
leyes closed, '.cok her hand and said;