The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-06

spSzs-Voaho, SA&Ftg tnfo the vaTant air that gave back no image, bus extended itself in limi,less expansion into vast. aa-absorhing gulf. which seemed to in- y1te him forward in pursui, ef the dread. ansubstantial essences that roamed it's d,m and dismal depths. Rallying his scattered for,itude. his firs, idea was tha, of selfpreseration. His new home was T. sh. and thi;her he hied him as fast as h.s trembling limbs would permit The old mistress was the only one of the fam lly who had not retired. To her he re- counted his houitying experience. She was greatly concerned. ot the existence of ghos, or spirit near the old castle she was fully persuaded. She had heard of II from others older and wiser than her self. members of generation of which there were now few survivors, and there were several instances in which l, had made itself visible to persons with whom she was acquainted. Such thing never occurred. she told the young man. with out some accompanying calamity, and when the ghost manifested tokens of a vindictive disposition. as on the present occasion, the danger was near and alarm ing.
 It came ,o pass as the old lady feared and predicted. Within an hour the en- fortunate young man was stricken with a mortal sickness. Next morning he was a corpse.
 IL has been suggested by those who have no fal;h in the supernatural. as an explanation of the catastrophe. that stephen Fenwlck had heard of the eNis- ;ence of the ghost oi Bellis,er Castle. tha, ais weak nerves con'ured the spectre up n kind of sell ganourie, and ,ha, he died from fright. Others, however. elung 70 the spectral explanation. and recalled anew inc following tragedy. which uadi- ,ion credits with converting the once lordly dwelling of the Blenkinsopps into a haunted house.
 Centuries ago. when there was Lord of the Marches on each side ofthe border who not only sanctioned but sometimes led :he predatory inroads when England had Is Gym O the Clough and William of Cleudesley. and scotland i,s Johnnie Armstrong. klnmount Willie. Jamie Tel fer and host of others, the Baron Bel lister had deadly fead with the Wedder-
 
 a;ed amid the fastnesses ot the CheViots. The country around had been literally watered wi:h the blood of their respee- tive followers. When one generation died another resumed the quarrel. Guar ter was gwen on neither side. Finally. there came diy when Baron Blenkin- sopp of Bellis,er had no male heir-the sole issue being an only daughter of sur passing loveliness. Wedderburn of Lyn- hope had an only son, who, strange to say was born on the same day and al- mos. a. ,ae same hour as the Lady Mill dfed BIenkinsopp. Yet they had at ,ained their twentieth year before George Wedderburn beheld the Beauty of Bel lister as she was locally termed. She was out with her hawks and hounds when he behe,d her from an ambush. The sight of her literally took away his breath She flashed upon his vision like Venus rising from the enamored waves-like Diana when .Adonis awoke and beheld the impassioned gaze Of the goddess. She seemed all that painting could ex- press ar the poetic imagination fancy. When nature had formed this pulse-mad- den.ng blonde beauty she had been in earnest. The result was d taul,less form welded 70 every winning grace. George Wcdjerburn was madly in love. l, was case of he Mon,agus and the Capule,s of Romeo and juliet over again Geo ge began ,o wander Tn dreams and ;o lose ms appetite. He began 10 dis- patch surrep,l,ious love letters to the Lady Mildred. In one of his letters, he wrote thus:
 Hither;o- haze I been good tutor 10 my ownc yo-,hiIl fanele> but since o; late " beas;e ;Toc lE"6 them a liitel liber,y they are -exae abroad. and have burnie thcif wings n affections flame. So that ieare they VII neser fy home agasne. Thus yr seIiae made Hic 10 wonder from admira ton spFange my love from unspoued love ,tis letter. he a,turn.e of cause which must often p.ead for nee la the court of bcauilc. since ye 9.sadvantag. of yr Wmes and ye houses prevent my presence. Maye Il there fore please VOW 10 ansseare my love with AA,nGe. and my letters hereafter with a l.ne or "A o1, VI both oi us, disacSustonSed 10 ,his neSe theme o. love, may ~riie yt freely winch our tongues. divided with modesiie and rev ercnee. could hardly utter. Meanc lyme re- eease rom him VI loves you ~oithyiie his ha.ie because hee hath noihinge tecr-r than his hartc owed 10 be an eternall bed for VT love ;a res, on. keeeaye the wish Of VI full content '.1ni h.m who must hse tise onicnted | iyh rEpi1!na- and contracted favour set A peY.c- .5 ..s haste longinge deSTes.
 irs n al harty affection.
 GRO. WEpDEsBy RSE.
 ORe afternoon in the late autumn he porter a; the barbican of Bellis,er Castle was addressed by wandering minsirel-an aged, gr4y-haired man who, IT view of the fast declining day, solsh, shelter for the night. It was an age oi hospitality and the baron having been appealed ,o, readily granted the re- quired boon. Moreover. the minstrel was invited 10 take sea, !" beneath the salt s, the festive board. After the subs,an- ,iAl supper had been dispatched and the tables cleared, the fagons of nut-brown, aome-brewed ale ciaImed attention. The minstrel. of course. was called upon 10 eniiven this good cheer with a touch of his instrument and a specimen of his powers of poetic extemporization. He swept he strings with no uncertain hand