The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

patched up, and t the seaburn people
were very much, puzzled. IA. ..s., i:
. As tor Adelines Aersden herself;
It must BE-; confessed she was much:
disappointed iultes at. the result Of the 3in.
teryiew. Her previous good impres.
sion, y y in spite Of his enmity, had been
strengthened. enc by. Philip. !Gaveston' IS
honest st straightforward !; but she
was o sorely ely hi hurt at hif refusal to visit
the Court. She wasta little: yexed,
too, at bis cold and distant demeanor :;
: end n som sometimes thought it would be-
p pleasanter 3 nls1 top him as Of old; With
out 2 glance Or: bow:of' recognition
at all than 70 be treated % distantly'
and ceremoniously. She. had built:
+ too much, n perhaps, 81 the interview
at the ball, and not, considered sufR->
GENTLY the : strength g: tekthe M bitter feel.
ing: :she was endeayorllng a |, = to combat
4 At any .'ly:r rate she was sadly disappqint-
ed, p.9 aod !, ,Dr:, Xinacentt,who, read her
liike / z rs: eherished l volap,e, every page:
Of which one knows lq by heart, was
! :a'n'?gfY With himself foE ever max making
her the promise, and Sdopbly vexed
!'I1l !Yith If PHILIP Gayestons for: being $50
s|tubborn1Y Ypnyieldiaaga e.. 4: .::l..:
Nor M !; vas! ,'!'gl! A.delins \ Esden m n without
: another ||s cause Of j.! un9easiness, " which,
absurd " as i nay u seem f l.a to some Peo-
pie, must e 3 be mentioned tal q here as :hav-
ing . bearing on this atory. I have,
spoken before Of eestain noises of
.reXelrY said TO- proceed from old Sir
+ 1Hpgh's room, and of the terrible
sight which james Marsden SAVIOR.
at all events, thought be saw-with-
in it. Adellne Marsden had heard
all these stories, and, being an ex-
ceedingly sensible young person, de-
spite the romantic side of, her char
aeter, had laughed at them. And at
first she saw and heard nothing: But
latterly and notably since her par
tial failure to .conciliate Sir: Philip,
she had heard strange, noises during
the night, which at tirat she had at
tributed to the servant.ss who might,
she thought, have been: entertaining
friends. It turned out. however, on
inquiry that such was not the. case ;
and then. our. .heroine'bbes&n 10; geta
little uneasy, despite her common-
sense and: her. views on. women's
rights. On more than one subsequent
occasion she thought she heard
noises, and, though she never saw
anything, the knowledge that a
ghostlyyisit may be seen is we'll.
nigh as had as a vision itself.
She questioned DR.. Vincent On
the point, who laughed and reassured
her. He had never seen ghost him.
self, he said, and only longed for the
opportunity, and there were several
curious anatomical questions concern
| ing them which remained to be cleared
up. A gentleman who was apparent
ly solid, but who turned out on clos
er investigation to be peripatetic
conservatory-in more senses thar
one a hollow sham--demanded scien.
ti6c inquiry into his structure: and or
ganization. As a rule; he had heard
that phantoms, like the spirits ques.
toned by mediums, ALWAYS, evaded
this; and he added that he WAS a,
the service of any well-behaved ghos
who desired his professional. service
which, under the circumstances
should be given gratis. That was al
very we'll, but it did not prevent he,
from feeling . little nervous; 5ant
the Doctor. although he had Judge.
ridicule the best way to meet hel
fears, was not at all satisfied with he
state Of health, and worked himsel
up into a frenzy Of fury against th
Gavestons alive and dead. d.
t.. AT last Adeline Marsden :hadri
visit, or at any rate imagined 80
from the Gaveston who; had lost til
Court to her ancestor, and it presage
an event which changed the Who'll
tenor of her: life: What. she: 81,
may be described in a few words
; wha t happened thereafter will nee
more telling.
She awoke one night with the co,
sciousness that some one was in th
room besides herself. It is q weir
feeling and not q pleasant one in th
dead Of night if you are at all incli,
ed to be nervous. She: started ul
instinctively glanced to the door, an
then to the window. It looked ou
toward the sea, and before going
bed she had omitted to draw the GU
tains, SO that the moonlight streame
; into the room. Standing close to
: and pointing, SO it seemed, to. the Sc
stood q tall figure. 1t turned to her
scanned face with heavy moustach
, It was old Sir. I: hey had
! picture Of him at The. Iourt--an
! three times i shadowy' arm q seemed
} beckon her to where = 81 She Z could ju
) catch sight: Of the silver seast:Ine sbi1
!. mering in the distance. AZ d
! sprapg up the figure disappeared
, and, rushing 70 the window zahe cou
= see in the bright moonlight t'1n ig : gro,
. Of people evidently advancing up Il
D valley to the house:
81 She threw. on her clothes with a
: n0asible sneed and hastanod dou
: stairs: It took n her !: some time. to y
1 bar and unlock the front. door. 81