New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-29

tnt tn5t fnr severe Illness She lived with an old
nncle who spoiled her but indeed every one spoled
N.lv who was so loved that she never III !sSed the
parents who ded when she was quite y3anS Hhe
often STAYED with TX, and It was AT our hnuNe sh
met your uncle Ralph, who was Just pack IRON tHe
Crimea with his arm IN u sing ana inVailucu ~
was not srrprIsing no and Nelly fell III love with
| one another. 1t Eas beautiful noble affection
tbnse two had for each other. No worlS can
InScr,hc the perfection of the union between them;
| II wasus ii they had provision their JOY was NOT
! to last. ,. .,o ,oJ lin, whom
! NeIv Raiph and accepted an invitation u spcnu
| fortnight with some people iii the North "i
England. They were MI ana Mrs liaIspy nc -; vi
/ Nelys godfather. and as they had mostly INru
abroad they had neither of them seen her as yer; so
| they not only invited her 10 stay with them, out
/ also kin lly Included Ralph and M IN the InVitt-
Ii,n hey were a ChilileSs couple, who spent thrlr
| lives wandering ahout. but had now taken for
We IT a somewhat lonely country house about hiteeh
| miles from York. "
| "Mt ana Ms. Harvey were pleasant and Kind,
| but we liked Inn better than her. she being Il
| selfish spoiled little woman who had her OwA way
! in most things. There was continual cnh i w
ani fro of guests III the queer rambling oid hanOr
House. ana time passed quickly ana happllE 'nrl",
! Potlchomanla was all the rage Just then. we were
mad about II and used to cover everything emma we
cnuld get hold of with every sort OF bird, peaSt
griffin and flowers, and were never satIsied tlli we
haJ arrived at complete sickness, till everything
| around us was in n hopeless mess. RaIphs Wohhdtd
arm prevented his hanllin5a gun AMI lonihS INC
| snort ,incn. SO he was our Will all, th"n%h
ink Int for his love for Nelly he would not have
! cared so much for 1t. , - -
" wa. late an the weather very stormy, so
we ladies mostly stayed indoors; spending many an
hour in one small room. which Mrs, Harvey handed
over to MS to do we liked III. 1T was called tue
! odd and End ROOM because any smelly, MESSY,
uutidy work might lie doue in it. Ii was strange
little chamber, not cheerful but very quaint
There was huge black oaken press wonder.nny
carved which filled up one WALL and the hide"us.
ness of some of the faces which peeped from ~
gurgoyle fashion almost passed belief he sculptor
| who had been able to carry out such dehlohlsh
IDEAS must have been either mad or wicked. some
old armor hung on the walls which had trick Of
ratilngfg hOstily on windy days wh'le SOME u.H
indlstingushable pictures, IN whlch YOU cou .i
pcrceive now an eve and now month, were tHo
sole ornaments of the room. In one OF thcSe pctuIes
all that could he seen emerging from the prevailing
obscurity was hand in bold relief h0InlhH
dagger from which the blood dripped. lherc was
no mistake about the blood for oni recently, some
one hal daub d the big drops freely with splashts
| of rcd IL was hoird To look at Just bony hand;
a dagger the blood. and all the rest dafkrGs,;, !
always sat with my back TO H. ana s"cu . S w.
Harvey would have the vermllllon wasr,l out, out
! she was not imaginative and did not mind IT,
| The room had wide window which opened
| door fashion on tn balcony whose stars le1 mt
! an nntidy plantation or wilderness of hinge trees
! There was only some Indian mating on the moor,
with rough table and few 60 anon cnams 80 ~
! was not made a better use Of Mrs Harvey was
always grumblinG there were so few beh.ro9m nr
charming for bachelor. bein4 40 far away from rae
house that man might smoke himself mo mo
stupidity if he wished or could get out I'M" 'n'
eS We az had becn ouly ten DAYS at the Manor House
when Mr.. Harvey was summoned awav'9h nusi i
We all missed him. He was so kind and unselhsh
do think Doris nothing wins its way To the heart
so much as unselishness. Soon aiter his departure
we were one afternoon finishing a particularly
ugly vase and were grumblng at the iast-""hhg
light when Nelly exclaimed; ".
III declare We must finish this tonight. We
will have candles. 1t is so odd there should be
none here but | will fetch some from my room.
When she 'cturned with them already lighted MrN
Harvey had come into the Odd ana Ina rooui Us
she generally did at this hour to bid us mo the
drawing room 10 amuse her at the cleaning time.
She shook her head when she saw Nelly. saying
'You must not bring any lights here
ave aIl stared and one of the girls present
exclaimed We only want to he hers for hall an
hour longer dear Mrs hsrvey Just 10 dmG MIN nd ,
there is nothing to catch fire here; 1t is quite
safe ,.
husband has forbade this room being used after
dark or lights being brought into IT, The owner of
the house made HIM promise this. 1T IL most
absurd and inconvrnlent ana MAKES one Oh the
rooms practically useless -.
g" Rnt what rs the rotsOnT asked Nelly. pntting
the old-fashioned china candleStlck on the table.
and CLASH ng her hands en- gcrly. ! am sure there
is n mystery. Why. il may even be a ghost, ana
what fun that would be
al saw no fun in the to me appalling ldca
Surely Won believe in ghosts. Nelly WHISPERED.
-. Believe III ghosts. you ridiculous anne. 81
ke to FAR fancy things DO Tell me the secret dear
Mrs. Harvey and will promise to sing you every
song remember as we SIT over me IRE. t.v..
al would tell YOU at once If knrw, slld MIS-
Harvey. looking admringy at bright, winSomc
Nelly who stood leaning against one of the proec.
tons of the oakon press her beautiful lace ana
figure standing out in exquisite reHei against the
AZ do not know the secret continued Mr4
Harvey, nor. / think. does Nr Harvey, or h. has
nnt told II 10 me BIT YOU know hos reserved IA"
is: here she sighed with 4 femme ncomri1s' sort
Of air. i qu &c sure i D. all nonsense Tor INC
Iolts have been burning fully ten minutes and
uothn. has happened yet. However. we must o'cy
ord g. f you m" more cnad E"U g a. We
women Ralph had left the house that r"rhht ANA
was not 10 Pee back til the next "'eWntl riurt-
autly lett the room taking the candies VAN no.
The next morning were sitting ia the break
fast-roOm We were a Ecu party Only ~ men lnst
then being iu the hpp.c, AMI were biN pi'hh ht
purely feminine arrangements for the dav, when
Mrs Harvey looked uP both cross AMI annoyed
from letter oDo had been reading
1T Is 80 proyohlng. his leiier i IRON Mr7.
/ Ncnahlrs who wants 10 come h'te t0-hiSht l"i
! tlire DAYS en- ronte for Dcare Hall There n 40
time TO put her Oh and nave not ii hDie or coshor
I'VE ali coudoled with Der: then Nelly said
/ Annie and don't where We sleep, gave her
/ our rOOin-we can 90 anywhere
a. But where Is the anywhere TO be-, almost
/ snapped our hostess whose temper was IKE snip
/ which only sails well IN perfectly amout. waters
/ There is shakcdown IN Mr. narNe,s dTrH ing
/ room: one of You can have tiht. INT wHat u 90
/ with the other know not Oh course the trouble ~
! only for to night, as Mr. Lspinas,e must 20 TO-
/ marrow and tL,n her room is vacant ! Thought
/ Mrs Harvey might have squeezed u both INTO hrr
/ spacious rooms, but the lhconvchlenrhg herself
/ was not in her line, AMI We could not snggr'' IT,
"sI have it, sad Nelly, Iut ne on "a bad or
mattress in the Odd and End room. ] want to
spend one night there and lind out tie mystery. ]
am sure II il only mice.
II was acnast Nelly, don't dream Of such
thing | have "a horror OF that room; you shall
not sleep there
/ Mrs Harvey said. How wish ! could LET YOU
sleep there Nelg and would bnt for this rdic-
uous prohibition. Besides u any ono slept there it
| should be Captain Saitpris. Ills room COGlI be
| made to do for Mrs. Ncnnbles. and | am sure Mr..
Harvey woulduOt nina Sslecpng there WI! nave
| has things moved before he comes back tonight
If the room was to he used at all, IT certainly
| ought to have been that way but Nelyh one fault,
| ohstinacy now lose to the surface She was re-
| solved TO have her way. Mrs Harvey too, was on
/ =. tIa.n uula l,f lac. Len.