Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-08-26

IN ghests-though 4 know 14N lac
that my cousins the Mac Moc&s hav'
banshee in their famiiy--as i fact
say. But about that time ] aod l.
try and dream of certain LAZY and
so one night / fell asleep as.I dil
dream. And this il Whist | dreamed
Thought ! was in ElinhurA stand
ing in Princes street, {and let ~ End
any street in England or an sers
else which can compare wit6 81.
and waiting by the Waverley n M
lnent. Opposite me Was hotel. 7hich
I suppose | was watchil !. for ut ol
it presently came, as clear ani fyid
as in life. Nellie Fraser. With s|reil
over her head. She eams Il WY I'D
! me ~sud-ssltsd <nsrs Vlss>sks< & !
face so white and miserable that
scarcely knew it; and then as step.
ped forward, she raised one hand and
pointing up across the gorge toward
the High street Hill. vanished into a
moving mist. Then the shadows be-
gan to shift aud shuttle themselves,
and presently out came another zis
ion from my dream. was there still,
standing, but all the surroundings had
changed. / seemed to be in sort OF
shop or Office. A counter was before
me, and all around me were thin
phantom figures, with no features that
could see. Only one among these
misty shapes had a visible human
face. And that one advanced toward
me with a smile shall never forget.
II was the face of a young man, slight
ly dropped, as if its owner shy or def
erential, with blue, bright eyes and
gentle, handsome features, and fair
hair, and lips that seemed to be made
for laughter, and smile that shone
like a gleam of sunshine there.
And in "a moment the face and forms
had vanished. The darkness seemed
to grow darker. / heard soft steps
walking in the air. / felt as if cold
wind was blowing in my face. Sud.
denly saw the chill sea shining far
off under the white stars. A voice
that was harsh broke out in hoarse
laughter beside me, aud them woke.
Two days after | set out for Edin.
burgh with three objects. / wanted
to consult an eminent advocate. |
wanted to get new servant. And |
wanted at least TO lind out where the
Frasers were.
saw the great advocate and he
confirmed my fears. Unless the mis-
sing deed is found. my dear SIR he
said in his blandest accents, "your ii.
tie is so defective as TO be legally
worthless should a rival claimant
arise"
l did not see the Frasels, but got
their address and | wrote one letter
to the father and four to the daugh-
ter.
| engaged new man servant in this
way:
Our need of servant being pres
sing | went, for the first and last time
in my life, to registry office. The
shop lay in the south of the town, up
beyond the High street, and when l
entered it there were several subdued
looking beings, unfortunate applicants
| suppose, standing around. Behind
the counter We're a man and woman,
and to the former, having a prejudice
in favor Of doing business with my
own sex, begotten perhaps Of shyness,
! applied. He kept me waiting long
time. Then he looked over a prodi-
gious ledger, and read me out numer.
Gus applications which were perfectly
useless. At last, however, he came
to one which thought would do. |
told him SO, and he thereupon invited
me to wait a little longer, as the
'young man" in question was likely
to call shortly. AT first refused, but
on consideration ! decided to 90 out
and have my hair cut, and then to re
turn and see if the young man was
there.
When came back some twenty
minutes later. the small office was full
of people. As | entered, something
in the look of the place and the atti-
tude of the figures struck me as famil-
lar. But dismissed the idea at once.
The shopman came to meet me.
The young man is here, sir" he
said, and he turned with wave Of his
hand to q figure behind him. The
figure advanced. 1t was the figure of
good looking boy rather than OF a
man, slight and fair, and with the
head a little dropping. As the boy
raised his face to look at me, / started
back. Feature for feature, as clear as
it could be, it was the face had seen
in my dream.
don't know what followed; | don
know whether my conduct appeared
very strange. / don't know what the
boy said to me, or what said TO him.
/ have only vague idea that gen.
orally Assented to everything. And /
know that when | went home to Tul-
lybardane, Sydney Loeb went with
Tie as my man.
Tully bardane is a desolate place.
1t lies in a narrow gorge which runs
down straight 10 the shore. The hills
slope up on either hand and end in
tumbled rocks and caverns where the
sea foam breaks and the sea waves
sing. The old Grange is q rambling
house. From its windows you can
look over the beach, and only the fall
ling gardens separate you from it.
On the right hand is the library,
which faces down q long avenue of
mrs to the sea. aud beyond the library
stretches the deserted part ofthe house,
which for five. and thirty years / have