Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-04-02

ed hia inexpre..ibly to the solitary sirl.
She began to feel that she had found
refuge. but il vas not destined 10 so-
dure fSr long. @ 'sa
She ~,s sitting at hsr windov 60,
moonlight night in July. long alter -
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lIuminou. space On - lhua- ssle 4S31f
. tan NAN. not nn1u1o Al1se1 lueu1.
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buried her kss ia she dnpsrissn Ne ull-
@.Ths s6o.r-shs ssspsa, almost maud
IDLY: tho ghost r l.s-.i
Nor did she rest until she bad taken re-
fure in Mrs Moreton's room.
The old lady listened to her tale in
trembling silence.
MY dear said she. you are mistaken
The dwellers of another world are never
allowed to come back to haunt this. You
were aslecp-you dreamed unconsciously.'
Dear Mrs Moretcn. persisted Marian.
Il was rs vide awake as am now. Itell
you saw it with my cpon eyes. II vas
| Tail auu uuu WutkCs ouA va uuW kuVStty y
She shuddered a. she spoke. Mrs.
Moretou soothci. explained. coaxed. but
iu vain. Marian would not even go back
to her own room alone, 20 complete had
been the shock.
i will go with you. my DEAR said tho
old lady u, length.
She arose, threw on light flannel dress
ing.gow and opened the door Of her
apartment. As they stepped out i1to the
wide hall. Marian uttered a piercing cry.
There, full before them. stood the ghost
Mrs. More.on drew Marian back into
her room. shu. aud locked the door. and
saRk trembling on the sofa. clasping both
her hands before her eyes.
Did not tell you 7 faltcrcd Marian,
How can you explain away Mif
Mrs. Mor-ton had no word Of suswer;
she could only rock herself backward and
forward, moaning like one in mortal pain.
You must no, 20 from this room to-
night. child she said. Lie down upon
nv bed, and try to rest
Towards morning. Marian awokc front
brief, fcvered slumber, aud found her
self alone; and when she next met Mrs.
Moreton it was at the breakfast table.
Aldebert entered tho room later. He
was pale and 4 angcly agitated. and his
mother looked wistfully up in his face as
he entered. He nodded slightly.
AT last, he added. .....
Thank God 7 Mrs. Moreton murmured.
Ansl Marian aoticed that neither mosh-
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Marian went 10 Mrs. ;Morcton. a Al.
debert had Withdrawn. and falteringly i'm
parted to her her resolve to leave More
ton Grange. Their kindness had made
it very pleasant to her; she had been
treated more as an equal than . salaricd
dependant; but the shock her nervous
system had last night received rendered
it impossible for her to remain longer.
Mrs. Moretou listened in silence.
| .Aldebert,' she said to her son. who
had just entered, Miss Ashley is going to
leave us
To leave US! And whyT
Involuatari.y Msrian's heart leapcd up.
as she saw the sudden flush upon his pale
forehead.
She .aw-,he ghost. last night" said
Mrs More,on. speaking the words with an
effort.
She will never sec II again. said Al.
debert Moretou. sadly. 'Marian-he had
never called her Marian before. aud tho
word sounded strangely sweet in her ears
will you come with mer
! He led her to darkencd apartment in
the disu.cd portion of the old Grange.
where. upon canopied couch. q corpse
Law. robed in the garments Of the grave !
There is the ghost you saw. Marian,
he said.
who is il 2 she faltercd.
.My brother Hugh. who has long dwclt
concealed within these walls. that witHes-
sed his crime and his daily atonement ol
: remorse, and who is at length set free bv
; the great pardoner. death. Immurcd In
necessary retirement through tho day. ha
was in the habit Of seeking air aud exer-
else at night; and the common people.
who had fancied him dead in France long
ago, and who delight in aught savorins oi
; superstition, believed, from IN occasional
glimpse Of him. that the Grange va,
haunted. We let the story gain crodencc;
better anything than divulgencs OF the
> truth. The long deception is over At last
and the poor prisoner. thank Heaven. il
set free. Las, nigh. be roaned ont. hal
] deliriou.. in the temporary absence Of hi.
. nurse. returning only to de-
He led Marian from the room shs
' brea,hed more freely in the fresh air o.
the poriico without.
. Marian pursued Aldcbert. in . lou
I earnest voice, 'you will not leave the
Grange now? With you oil its suushius
would depart"
Il VII. stay she answered.
But not as my mothers companion,
: Marian tha, mus, be all over now. YoE
4 must stay here n my wife
And from the wedding day Of the hei'
Of Morc,on Grange a newer. brighter liz
. dawned upon the old place. As the year.
!. erepi on. and the sound o! little children,
l voices made music around the gray walls
the shadows aed away. and no orc saw
: Aldebert and his wife ever knew wasr,
the murderer was laid 10 rest, af or hi
n long penance Of solitude and remorse
. More,on Grange vas haurtcd no l4nger
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