, 1876-08-19

WIS tHthEU!nltUbEtt-eA!"
He, nerc Was = very sc'foua question. oo!y
".Thngumlubbctl," )" he rcpeatcfl. nscn,,,.,t
yo,f villain unl tic rtlolica sent to Kfn%.l,n'
sc0n1el" AMI nftcr that to .rtnlfrs upon man,
Why dl take 10 drink! Why did j 70 T" "lI T.;
90, with rlln,.a.tti:wuter en,sI!. 10 noa. Ki,.
so1onmn's !Iecii Whyi wlyl wlyt'' '"
.,,',, "can't Say, I NIL sure. Shall We say COED
=" II you arc gafng to he'd viii ro with you
Mani ow I've caught you, DO yoa Think sla: a.
lcnye yulii'
This was pleasant. ....
! shut the wI,t1osss md went, tip s.nirs. 1In
followed me. l utM'rcsse1 aud got into tJcl.
t}ncc there shut MY eyes rcsolnlclv nnd tried
to 70 to sleep. This wns ilnrussillc Ey,ry
!e,l minutes .,r 50 TT obliged to open them.
stern, and resolntc to 10 inc n mischief, Il lsa
"You aro still lierc'" nskca when tho clocl.
III slinli rtay l,crc,' lse added, $50 long n, vou
Yni shall never ccase to feel mr With yo,,, I
will make sleep mpossiblc, und will irouplo
your business lollrs.n
Wl!cn the tlay broke s]Foprcd for half an iiuur
Into heavy Inconsistencies, awak[ng suddenly
null with horror upon n'o that ut lrst did
not understand.
meista. eaw tho spectre ti1w unly When lt
came into the sunlight. Then Il WIS lI,u|v
Visible, but only, think, to myself. break.
faste'i anl nd. went tnto IT.. city, Il eams with
INC through tho rtrects; It WIS with me In nv
otllee; # ca1l'u after me up tho steps Of my
club: --....
for Il moment, / heard a whisper In my c.lr--
Il ain here" II managed 10 TX my attention
o't the subject tn l,a that accurscd yotccbeean
tu remind mu that was neither to sleep nur 10
work, n9r to havc my peace for the rest Of my
!" What YOU l,avc done, shall tto-and worse,
shall tlor y0u-l shall haunt you'll shall nako
retNorsr uni despntr ttO for yuU what you lid
to her and to me. l WILL revenge mysclf-and
What lat, done to him How was to get
rid of this a:c,sssc,l lnnatfc ghost by what
spell au. charm could lay him forever In the
l'l'u full n.itcry Of the thing was yet to co,nc
Tile sprctrct iii tho n1tcrnun, seemed to llnvo
left me. ] even fnrgot Its existence, md dnr.I
comfortably. At8 imet ny Eleanor, md per-
to lok ut some new furniture In What wns going
to he our Joint house. She eainc. Nothing,
hhppenc.l until w went tnt9 the garden A.
lca her Up aul down the walk, her hand III mnc,
Alfred, wto has hccn walking along Tho
snnl ''-tllerc was MI cdgnE Of red sanl to The
gFavcl-"wtE, bare feet ~
gnunt footprints-paralIci with my own. I
knew at onee what WIS going to happen, and l
trcmlltcl.
"NotIing, Nelly; nobody. Who should
walls in baru feet except carpcntert Let lis
% aAlfrcdl" s1lc cried, I" sec. they arc falling
still, the footprints,-as we walk. Take me In,
-takc me awny!"
ting his long feet beside mine, kcupinE step, so
That ut every football of Mine there was Q new
footprfnt Of his. bore my girl half faintipg
into the house.
HVYt.u tAN
afraid. And see-scet Oh Alfred-Alfrcdl''
With cry Of fright she fell fgtnting into my
arms. Between US and the window stood re-
venled that awful figure in It's long white grave
clothes, puintlns is long bony fingers ut me,
/ took Eleanor homo. implorcd her to keep
silence "a to what si,e had seen. | soottcl mud
Pacljcd her. assured her that It WIS fancy
was some sclluolboy devltry-a anything to keep
her quiet And thus left her, and returned,
miserable aud n,atldcncd, to BATHS with this
demon yn had fastened himself upon me.
uabic head, rs Usual, In , his hand. d. " '
said, "because 10 not wish to do her auy
hnr bni shs shall never marry
and npproaclled lne with threatening gestures
"wrctch! Wns It not enough to Interfere be-
tween mo md kerl You try to murder the Imp
plness OF another innocent girl! Can you ruth
s4Good ,,eavcns!' cried, almost beside my
sclfwith rage. "Whnt have done to you, devil
or isnatte, Tint YOU Should persccute me In this
Madagascar, villain Of tic deepest dye. Think
crpon docks and Polly. Joe Krby-Joc Kirby,
you Wcr9 always as brnzcn liar as ever step
Pxl't but III did not think you would brazcn 1t
A thought struck me.
e You cali me- doe Kirby. am not Joe Kir~
BY At all. ! never hcara Of any Joe Kirby"
WI you ars not doc Kirby" he said, III VII,
elt Iny hat-l 1ncn,i, OF coursc-"
-" Conc, t'lls Is triiling, l say a TINT you nils.
take nn for sonle o1le else. What makes you
thlnk nc Joe ktrbyfn
Because you nre.n
:" Nonsense. How long since YOU saw Joe
kirby1"
"Ten years."
=" Whit was he like when you left hint"
Much the saline as y0l,,-sauctlnontous
lonk, reldsl. l,9lr,, stunlpy figure, iat checks,
:. :. Ilad this devil q Joe Kirby any marksl"
l did lIiM-l Mcan joe. IEc did me-"
drew up my. shirt and showed him my arms,
white ind free from uny tattoo mark at I'LL.
le WAS stnpelIul.
a!u't Joe Kirby at a'ls 1.ordi i.ordI whal
u did,"
sand me to 80 AMI let out all the little &C.
Siets 9skoaa s'atf s.ss y '9 your tongue about that
=. ~ never Thought much of ghosts,'' said.
" Now shall think still less ol them"
"!;n M" ha aa!l, "go on; let INC l,nve It,"
."Wiy couldn't yDI asit before YOU came
blundctng into house with your Internal long
white shcrts Why couldn't you put tho qucs.
ton hcforu you bct,als"
WHY, iMiccI!h ho echoed. "Look here.
mate, Tn very sorry Tor th!s little instaAe-f
an,, indeed. And frightening the Young laly
un1 alI. What shallI do now to mnkc things
squire ngatnt"
t.Dol What can you do but 60 right awny1"
lie began 10 disappear. 1 seelncl to brentlle
moru freely. Ttlcn tho shape, wIllcl, had almost
Disappeared, started intn sight ngaln with u sud-
denhcss which brought back tbs horror Which
first seizcd me.
"One word, SIR" he said. aim afraid
haycnt conlr wcll out Of this HiTasr. Now s'poscc
II nnly say s'pose-l can put you On to Il goo'l
thing. Il may Dc u wreck lying fu four or 1.-Two
iAtlOm Turk's Island why; Il may he q bllrlrl