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gers" she said, laughing. "Perhaps he

gers" she said, laughing. "Perhaps he
is mad, poor thingp'
Don Jayne could neither see nor hear
the knight In armor, but he had heard
enough of the ghost in his boyhood to re-
| member that those whose attention the
! ghost wished to attract were the very per-
sons who were both blind and deaf to him.
| AS soon as he could leave his guests I'M
noticed he made his way to the room of
| Juan, the old major-domO of the house.
He had been in the family since Don Jayne
| was baby, and to him the ghost was an
| old acquaintance.
For the first time in his life, poor Juan
appeared frightened. His lips were white
and trembling, and his eyes were start
ing out of their sockets. When his mas
ter entered the room he held up both
hands, and said, in frightened whisper:
"Why, what Is the ghost walking for?
You have doubtless seen him.
..No, Juan, 1 can neither See or hear
him: but the senorita has done so, and
all the guests"
Old Juan fell back in his chair with a
groan.
| ssYou must have heard him, Senior
Count. He is coming along the passage
| now. Can't you hear his armor clashing
and his sword clanklng over the stones?
He is in the doorway Can't you see him2"
Juan saw chat he was making q great eff
fort, and groaned again:
mo" said Don Jayne, after q few
minutes pause; s"I can hear and see
nothingp' r. -.. e..a-sr
sOh, Diosp' cried poor Juan. "Come
into the hall and see if all the armor is
there"
They went together. Almost at the end
of the hall one complete suit of armor
was missingi They looked at each other.
Don Jayme's face was as white as Juan's,
! and he whispered:
"What does it mean?'
alt means misfortune" replied Juan.
"There! He is coming toward US
again. Surely you see him now, senor?"
| stNo," replied Don Jayne; II see moth
ing"
she is making noise enough to wake the
dead," muttered Juan to himself.
| Meanwhile the guests were beginning
| to feel uncomfortable. The small hours
had begun, and who could tell how many
more ghosts might be seen that night
they moved about uneasily, and made in
quiries for the host. Teresita did her best
to amuse them, and begged them to stay
| for few more dances. Her efforts were
| unavalling, however and she sent ser
Want to find her father
Don Jayne, the moment that he had
seen the last of his guests, returned to
Juan, with whom he remained in consul
| tation.
| F T6resita sat alone in the drawing-room
! where she had that evening had SO much
enjoyment. She wondered where her
! father was, and he ha1i turned SO pale and
had not answered when she pointed out to
him the knight coming into the room.
She was not at all tired and could joyfully
have gone on dancing two hours longer.
She saw herself reflected in long pier
| glass and rose and stood admiring herself
! for some time. She looked almost as
fresh as when the evening began. At
! last she began humming a gay air while
! her feet kept time to the music. She
| danced to her own reflection in the glaGs
| till she was tired and then sunk on Il sofa.
| She wondered why no one had come to put
out the lights and shut up the house. she
| listened but could hear no sound of any
one stirring except the tramp and clatter of
the knight in armor as he made his
| rounds.
The servants were too frightened to
move from the kitchen, and Don Jayne
and Jaun were talking together in the
ma jor-domos room. Juan confessed to
| feeling alarm. He said he had been told
| by his late master that the ghost had
| walked when Don Jayme's grandfather
was away fighting in the wars The
| ghost appeared for two days and three
| nights in that very same suit OF mail. AT
the end of three days news came that
Don Anares had been slain in battle, and
the ghost had disappeared as suddenly as
he had come,
| Just then Teresita, who had been hunt
| ing all over the house for her father,
opened the door, and seeing him, she inn
mediately began talking about the ball
and the guests, and finally about the
| man In armor. .. -..-
sI think he must be tired by this time"
she said, stfor he has been walking four
| whole hours. But do not hear him now,
and although have been all over the
house to find you. I have neither seen nor
heard him."
All this excitement has tired Don Jayne
| very much.
"Let us have glass of wine,'' he said.
land refresh ourselves before we go to
| bed :" and he led the way to the dining
| room. Juan poured his master a glass of
wine and then retired.
Teresita joined her father in the din
| ingroom almost directly after Juan had
| left him. He was sitting In his usual
| chair at the head of the table, holding his
| halt-empty glass in his hand, which was
| resting on the table. Behind his chair,
erect and immovable, stood the knight in
| armor.
..Why, papa, there is our friend, the
hind you. If you turn your head you can
not help seeing him."
But her father, taking no notice of her
remark, she touched htrn, and a shrek re-
sounded through the house which brought
the servants hurrying TO the room. Don
| Jayne was dead.
For weeks Teresita's life hung by
| thread. When she recovered her gay
| spirits were gone, and her hair was per-
fectly white. It is said that one of the
| sweetest of the nuns, in the days when the
| church of Sta Maria Ia Blanca had con-
| vent attached to it, was Teresita de Yer.
ano The old house is empty, and is sup
posed to be haunted still by the knight In
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