The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-04

q ANtA 4AN Atiett
could -ae. Only one among these mist,
shapes had visible human face. -An,
that one advanced toward me with q
smile which | shall never forget. Ii ga
the fate Of young man, slightly dreop
I ed. A. if its owner wen. sily-or defer..n-
tiai, with blue, bright eyes, and gentle
handsome features, and fair hair, and lip~
T that seemed 10 be made for laughter, and
a smile that shone ike gleslm OF sun
shine there.
And in moment the face and form,
had vanished. The darkness seemed to
grow den-er heard soft steps walking
in the air. felt a. if cold wind ven
blowing in my face. Suddenly | saw the
chill "a shining far off under the white
stars. A voice that Was harsh broke Out
in hoarse laughter beside me, and then
woke.
Two days after 1t cut for Edinburg
with three objects wanted u consult
an eminent advocate. / wanted to get i
new servant And | wanted at least to
find out where the FrlS-rs were
saw the great advocate, and he con
firined my fears - Unless the missing
deed Is found. my dear sir lac said in
his blandest aecent-, your title i So de-
fectiye - To he legally worthless, should
rival claimant arise
I did not see the Frasers, but rot
their address. and wrote one letter to
the father, and four 10 the daughter
engaged a new man-seryant in this
way
Oar need Of a servant being pressing l
went, for the first and last time Of my life
10 a registry office. The shop lay in the
south Of the town, up beyond the High
street, and when ] entered II there were
several subdued-lookiug beings. unlortu-
nate applicants. suppose, standing
round Behind the counter were a man
and woman, and To the former, ha.ing
"a prejudice in favor Of doing business
with NV Own scx, begotten perhaps of
>hyness, applied He kept me waiting
a long time. Then he looked over a pro-
,ligious ledger. and read me out numer-
ouz applications which were perfectly u>es-
les At last, however, he came 10 one
which / thought would do told him
-, and he thereupon invited me To wait
little longer a. the young man in
question was likely to call shortly At
first refused. but on consideration de-
cided 10 90 out ami get my hair cut, and
then TO return and zee if the young man
were there.
When came back, some twenty min
utes later, the small office Was full OF peo-
ple. A. entered something in the look
Of the place and the attitude of the fig
ures struck me IL familiar. Bat ! dis
missed the idea at once. The shoplnan
came 10 meet nae.
The Young man Is here, sir," he said.
and he turned with wave of his hand
to a figure behind him. The figure adj
vaneed. It Was that Of eood-looking
boy rather than Of a man, slight and fair
and with the head little dropping As
the boy raised his Eice to hook at me,
started back. Feature for feature, a. clear
a. it could be, It was the face had seen
in mv dream
don't know what followed / don't
know whether my conduct appeared very
strange; don't know what the boy said
to me. or what said to him. have only
a vague idea that generally aSsented TO
everything. And / know that when /
went home to Tullybariane sydney
Loeb went with me a. my man.
Tullybar,laue l. deSolate place. It
lieS in a narrow gorge which rIns down
straight to the shore The hiiis slope up,
on either hand, and end in tumble,l rueks
and caver1is where the >s-s.-foam breaks
and the ss.a-wayes sing. The old grange
l. a rambling house. From it, windows
vou can look over the beach, and only
the falling gardens separate you from it.
On the right hand is the library, which
faces down long avenue Of tirs 10 the
sea, and beyond the library stretches the
deserted part Of the house, which for
five-and-thirty years have been mean
ing 10 repair The library was rather a
gloomy room. communicating only by a
long passage with the other inhabited
parts Of the house. Indeed, the whole
house. was rather lonely For myself, |
never minded that, but fancy il struck
my new servant a. a bit solitary and
weird
Nos laus, tell You about the doing-
Of this Young fellow. a day or two after
my return. both my mother and began
To notice something strange about him.
II was not that did not Ike him, for
took strong fancy to ham at once-and
here, tive-and-thirtv wears after, he lives
to-day, les, / think, Of a servant To IL
than faithful and trusted friend But
certainly hi, behavior WIS odd, and the
first thing Ne observed was tins;
one afternoon ! was sitting with iny
mother in the dr,lwing-room. My mother
had ordered tea. Personally am afraid
Of these unwhole~ome drinks, and never
had taken to that ~ltrreptitiouS fashion Of
working in an extra meal in the after
noon But w.is sitting with her and
talking very ii-son-oiate.y for felt thor
ougnly depressed Presently sydney
came in With some cups Of tea on tray
IA ,letesta,ble plan Of taking tea # you
must take il. but oue 10 which my dear
mother was partial He handed the tray
to my mother. and then to me. Then.
to our surprise, he walked straight ,epos,
the room to big armchair that stood
near the window. and handel the tray
to the empty chair But the armchair,
or it, invisible occupant. refused it ap-
parently, and the Hrin Withdrew.
l am endowed with large fund OF
Scottish humor, and burst cut laughing.
Ny mother Vas equally perplexed-
q lie mGSt have thought there wa- some
one sitting there, she said. He must
be very short-sighted. poor boy. lt's very
strange
He must be a. blind A. bat an
swered. or el-e have been playing
practioei joke on us. never saw any
thing 10 absurd in my life"
But in the next few DAYS / was destin-
Ell to see stranger things. asked sgd
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