The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-02-24

nice little dinner shc gayecus toosd Az aisi
capital manager she Isustss have been,s5iu,
for everything had to be fetched from
trench ducts distance, and a triffing
slip Of memory. might have licft the $ y
household. without oil Or Worchcstsr =. p.
sauce for q week is1ONs ~ Ssl'ssi q, t',,j ]
She was little bit shy at first, first, ,'e
but quite selfp fpossessed and ev5dentl9 n
ruled hehoifsehSld ReiEfa fathefaih cfddL Odw
ed She was well eddeatea; read tifeHisih
papers and Sniagazihess playea che nPo'
harp, sang, and vas rather glad, Ia71o'
think, to have aacixlzedj jjeing totalk A
to- 1919 .z1adsmanliW g ssslsi5soi
ri have shohoyer nlnDrs insScotlandoo1G d
cflerestl,es gronsesw more plenif1E ass
certainly; but still this sport Rasfveryisis
fair, aaites good enoughasfer nIyspursW
pose. The old rgentlelaan7 went out 81 X
with me every day and shot very fair-sg4,J
", too, witf,.an, anti9ue 5zM Maaton, az :.
which had flint locks he could do, uo.r
nothing with percussion q gun. 1tID O.os
the evenings Il played At piquet with r
him, or. at chess with his daughter. = -
and after a preky heavy surfeit Of - -
balls and dinners that little bit of do II II
mestic quiet came in mos t acceptab W y.
We soon. got very fr.erdly together y
and in a iortnightJI was like ofe>of n
the family, and Mr. Ban yen tod me 50
all his private affair." stzfteffXeaI 10 sahaG
"The family property had ones been .oSs
very good, but a succession of extrav-li &
agant possessorsi had mortgaged aHo7
that part upon which money could be sog'
raised, and the barren ht ath with its 9D
old tower was about all that was left.slGf
However, the old gentleman had moth O
always been quite so much straighten-Tpc>
cd as he was .at4present, but misforrE
tun. had befallen him during the last a.
few years. the principal being a scamp e,
ish nephew of his, dead wife's, who "A
had got his unfortunate uncIe.in=law q )
to be security for him in some affair ~,
or another, and nad then been guilty
Of a dishonest trick, which that un- d,
offending relative had to pay for. --.,7-
! t.Y ou may well understand that / . =. :.
did not ask for any details upon 50 81
unpleasant subject; 50, whether this - :,
black sheep had done anything which 80
was actually felonous, ibid not learn: L
At any rate, it had cost Mr.. Bantyen geo
so dearly to get him out of the lserape, sG J
and. then start himsof to America - sot
where lie was supposed to be at pfes-s ysi
ent, that he had determined to try and 81
raise a little money by letting hisSgIS
shooting. ~ .-jA6IE 3ft - 1stzEiq emo
"It was an evident relief to therold9 ,oe
gentleman to tell me all this, for heqs7 I
was hospitable old soul, and felt un- :. Z,
comfortable at taking my money. So,.,
to relieve him, told him anecdotes 90
of rich men who let their saoeti1gseo 10
and noblemen who sold their game
september came, and the birds got 1sv
wild, but liked my quarters SO well GO
that I stopped on. -otat,ea. vtsI r i. bes
zone evening, as $ we came toward rs, rs,
the tower after hard days walking, 80
we met Miss Bentyen. who was in a I'd I
state of great agitation. ooh papa, -ss
Raymond is hcre!' she cried. Ray
mond was the troublesome nephew -
who ought to have been on the other =
Side of thesAtlantic -
.sPoor Mr.. Bantyen was very much -
perplexed by the news and began APP :.
ologiaing to me; but assured him, p
with perfect truth, that was fond Of = %
studying different samples of my fel-
low w-creatures and counted several 80
scamps amongst my intimate acquain-dr
tanees. In truth, have enjoyed the &.
society of many q man who, from his, ~
youth up, has been a source OF anxie- -
ty to his friends, hut never met q iaL
cooler card than this Raymond Fletchs1 q
er. T-g5 -t-2 % -rE5 -T-. 81
''I did not much like the look of "a
him; L missed the rolicking, reckless I'd
look of the genuine nlaacis sujct, HisIf -
expression was -craftysT greedy, andtG
malicious as. well as impudent, and he bsll
impressed one as being bad rather. I :.
than mad 10. --. - ~ E..z k4,-as.
HE spoke of his unexpected ap-Iy,, Z,
pearance as q good joke, and colEpar-, ~
ed himself tosa bad shilling. He did L =,
the honors of the house, and attempt w
ed to patronize me. He tried like -.,.
of the society he had mixed with, ask rif
ing if knew this man of the Blues, -
that man Of the Rife Brigade At q
last he mentioned ore of my own reg
fmellt, and then had to shut him
up. 80 ,......., 3
"Thcre must be some mistake" said
I, "I will not deny that you are the
bosom friend Of every man OF position
in every other corps in the service, if >
you say so, but none of the-th
know YOU, am certain" ---....
"That cooled him a bit, and MN
uEc or Two aIEGTWSFO, a
look which told me that he honored
me with his particular hatred. New.
ertheless, he rather courted me, and
tried his very best to make himself
agrcea lie.
...Have you seen the ghost?" he ask
ed me in the course of the even ng. 80
81 had thought something wanting
in Deadmoer tower, and this question
reminded me what it was. il ought i
to be haunted it was absurd that it -
should not be haunted; and at once ~
demanded her ghost Of Miss Bantyen. ol 2
She told me that tn r, certainly was -
the usual spiritual legend connected cog
with the old place. A Jesuit conspi- ao'a
r1tor, prie, t and soldier, hal been ta-- q.
ken and killed. after desperate resis-- Ia.'.
lance, in my bedroom; and witnesses, r.
credible upon other matters, had de-
care that they had seen his specter,
enveloped in a cloak, pistol in hand, 2,
in the fatal chamber, and had beendu -ile
ly T frightened into tenE insanity. 5sd7
1T -suor-as4ad +ha% the xrit,,aea ha6- +rr-.