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man, somlss up..Nr; Rssinsis; who will pre-
Then sight and speech seemed to return to me
II villa 1 cried. no, bleeding the plying look,
OF the men, net needing anything but tho mad
ness that seemed c6srstns through my veins like
nre as rushed on, on, TIL 1 reached the gate o.
Lady CedcviiIe was walking up and down tn,
avenue. ran up to her and clutcbod hold Of heI
Mother I cried, using the nrst word tina,
came from my agonired heart, "Jour son-Res
saw her turn as white as death, 1 saw her n,
lips refused 70 utter felt my hesd reeing fell
sn pity nG Ply S5 but but Ss
self. as shrreted ost-
"he IL dead-dcad-dea4r'
| It seemed TO me that the trees, the earth, the
sky, tho whole afr took up and re-eehoed the cry
and with II still whirring and Dining in my ears
tel soyn on tse eeld damp gra.s and vas foI
Yhcy told me went mos one fsinting.h intc
another, and it was not TIL two days later that
self IN my own iit,,s room. Iou,.c s,ttIp9 on
| chair by the bedside. She too looked dreadfdlly
i'll, poor child. She was icaniug back in her chair
| closed eyeiids; but as soon as touched her sht
started up and brushed them away.
| "Lsuie r-"Ncllc, my sister ~
She bent over me with q wealth Of pity and love
| in her dark eyes. alt will not DO long. Louie, ]
Won cS ny R nHsa
"pont speak so, Nellie. Heaven /, very nero,
full"
"Heaven IS very meroifuI. therefore I shall be
taken away. shall not be left alone in thi,
cold world. could not bear 1t, little sister
Having tasted the sweetness OF lsVe. cannot live
"Ysu shall not, Nellie. Heaven has many
ayi Sss, AND 20 ':sSGs Lou
aside.
HAD the dead como back to life. Almost, ]
rose and ai.:S The q
great 10y, len me woas and faint. One thing
unhappy without apparent cause. She came int
the room Jus, as i was dressed, and q ssdder
"Lo1iss,"I said, otsli nc what became Of tn,
wsman Reggie tried to save. lie she alive, toot'
saw she lisd to sysds an answer, but ! would
not DO pst eli: TELL ns, Louie. would rather
"She Is herc, Nellie"
an tAis houssg'
ayes; all that rsnsiss Of her,"
win you let me see herr
BETTER not, Nellie"
NAY, little sister, but wish IT,"
without another wsrd she led the way int On
adjoining room, where lay the dead bsdy. I lookel
down % the calm white fAco, with the black hall
| brushed softly back, and then / looked farther
| to the hands crossed on the stiIl bresst-and my
heart seemed for an instant to cease beating
The lctt hand lay uppermost. Scarcely whiteI
in death than 10 life, with the deep red MARI
reaching nom the wrist to the middle finger
| once mere, and for the last time, saw the HAND
| Of my dream. When I looked up Lssise wa,
| standing opposite me, gazing vistfa!ly at the
/ dead form.
"Ah, Nellie" she ssis, IS our eyes met, 81 may
| we'll be sad! II Is my late governess and deal
l friend, Miss King.
So the mystery wa. solved. Ny feliow.travsler
the apparition In the north gallery, and the VIC
man lying dead before ms now were one and the
same She had escaped from the lanatic asylum
had travelled down to Chcnworth, and, knowing
all the inns and outs Of Cedoviile Manor, had ap
pearcd in the north gallery on Oh ristmas Eve
/ apparently TO warn Reggie. What she intended
In her madness to do, or whether she had any
settled plan to Illustrate his marriage, will, OF
| this earth, never be known, but her words can't
true-Resgis did not marry In her lifetime. They
| buried her in the little village ehurchyard, and
erected plain, white stone to her mcm ory. Reg
gle and elen walk there In the still summer
evenings. We talk Of the poor young creature
whose lie was so sadly blotted cut, and ofHeav
ems great mercy TO as C.S. o.