The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-09-11

she must bear her secret to the end
Its nothing, Treyanion," she
said at last; 81 believe JanetIs ghost
has unsettled my mind"
And with that explanation Tire
yanion had to be content, for Elsie
was as firm as rock "The end
will come soon enough" she
thought; ''let him cast me off then
/ if he will. Ii merciful God had
only taken me out of the world be-
fore knew what bitter dregs lie at
the bottom of cup Of bliss.
For hours she lay there, white,
sleepless, staring, her hands clasped
above her head, and her husband
pacing the room, WATCHING her anx-
iously.
For if ever man worshiped a
woman, that man was Trevanion
Hartly-the very madness and in
tensity of his love transforming it
into passion that might at any mo-
ment flash out into open jealousy.
When she arose he hovered around
her tenderly, loading her with at
tentions and caresses that turned
Elsie sick with happiness, yet always
Watching, watching, until his wife
grew white and spiritless, and felt
his love a sword suspended over her
head.
The ghost meanwhile was not idle.
1t had been seen repeatedly in the
house and on the grounds, but
oftener in the south corridor, which
adioined Mrs. Hartly's rooms. And
it began to be rumored that Hartly-
hall was haunted since the advent OF
its mistress, and that the master ate
little and slept less, and his wife was
growing as white as a ghost herself,
The last member of this highly re-
spected Hampshire family was evi-
IDENTIFY under a disgraceful cloud,
But then it was good for him, every
body said-how could he expect any
better when he had SO little sense as
to marry girl he had fshed out of
Scotch lake And everybody is
generally right; for Trevanion Hart
" had nobody to thank for his
misery but himself.
Janet saw it. the butler cook and
footman, everybody but Elsie, who
watched ana longed and 'hungered
for II SIGHT of that gbastly face with
the splotcb Of blood on it's sunken
check The winter set in wild and
stormy; the wind whistled down
from the bleak hills and whirled
souphinelv up the long. yew-shaded
avenues: The iyy branches wildly and
drearilv heat a duh refrain on the
chanel windows: but still Elsie
haunted tbe breezy corridors and
windy terraces hoping praying for
q olimnee of the Ghost to end her
suspenge or confirm her fears.
One bitter day in mid-Winter
Treyanion was suddenly called from
home on urgent business That
niobt Elsie seemed oppressed with
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