The Springdale news., 1888-10-19

rnucn 10 know why you have become so in- dignant at the fe<tert Rea4die.n
 Look tt this piece" roarcd the infuri- ated merchant, unfolding and spreading the paper on the desk of tao editor and point ing with q finger that trcmbled with sup pressed rage to humorous sketch about a bald-hcaded merchant who had bowed legs. Dye sec that piece! Now every body in town knows you meant EC.n
 Mr Lenn was deficient in hair on the top of his head, While his lees Were on the rain bow model, and by some strange e0iuci- Gence the description in the sketch was something like hlm.
 Allen glanced at the sketch and began to laugh. Nr. Lem became curagcd, swore threw down the paper and turned to go.
 " Hold on, Mr Lenn: allow Tie to show you something about that article which has escaped your obscrvation.H
 ''What.' he demanded. savagcly, as if he would have liked to aunihd&ee the editor.
 "Don't you see at the bottom of the sketch the words Detroit Free Press"
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 "Wcll, this article was clipped from that paper, and the writar of it never heard of you and when l cut it out to use in our pa
 
 your fceiings.
 Mr Lenn scratched his bald head, and cursed himself for not having seen it be- fore; finally, after cNactiug promise from the editor to say notAln9 about t. he left the office. His name remained on the sub5erip- ton books. and in few weeks he became Aliens steadfast friend.
 That evening Allen again found himself strolling toward the great old house on tue hill. Oh, how dear had that spot become to him. Scarce q moment passed that the sweet vision he had seen on the bluff, bathed ill the golden hues of the setting sun. was not present i'll his mind. Like guardian angel she seemed lowering over him, sleeping or waking Even as he bent over his desk, annoyed by merchants, harassed by politicians and pcrplcxed with poets, she seemed eyer near, looking oyer his shoulder and smiling that sweet angelic smile, which he had never seen on any other face.
 He had made many inquiries about the mysterious family on the great hill, but his interrOgatories were met with looks or ex- clamations of horror. No one in the village cared to discuss the subject. One day the l large, -whiskered man who was repre- sented as ruling supreme at the stone house came through the village, and Allen noted the expressions of terror on the face of every one as the mysterious stranger passed. Had hc been a pestiIence he would not have been more avoided.
 = will Il ot be in time to witness the sun set from the buff, = Allen thought, as he toiled up the hill, '' but if l can only get a glimpse of her shall feel amply repaid for what 1 may undergo Ill climbing this hill. Y
 The tardy moon still fingered below the ! e+a h8A pleasant fields and scenery, which 1t was 10th to leave. The twilight shades were darker in consequence Of Luna's absence than theyWeula be in the middle of the Light, All about the tired editor rose the great forest
 Aflen viyidly lyreealled his recent journey Up the long disused turnpike, and wondered if Bertha still wandered the rugged paths about the spring. His faggjng footsteps were quiekened with hopes of renewing the pleasure he had experienced on hs first visit.
 Oh. Bertha. will I see you this evening again. he inyoluntarily asked himself as he reached the topof the great hill and the stone hoGse burst into view.
 Vast and somber in the solemn gloom of twilight stood that mammoth pile, towering up like some grand old castle. Allen, to his surprise found himself seized by some strange superstiti0us dread, and his heart beating wildly. He paused but moment at the front of the house. and, as he had done before, passed around to the rear of the building.
 Darkness had made d wonderful change in the stone hoase. Il seemed more grim, terrible and aWe-inspiring. and he could ] half believe that it was really haunted l Was it because there was no room to drive l those dceeitiul shadows away Or did the i evil spirits conceal themselves within the dark walls during the daylight, that they might roycl in the darkness; He reached the rear wall, and rding at the gate, 1 gazed through q crack. hoping to see that l beautiful being who had charmed him on q l former occasion.
 Suddenly there rose upon tho air q pierc l ing shriek, which sae2aed to chill the blood in his veins Despite his courage, Allen could not refrain from quakng with q 1 strange, supernatural dread. Before that awful shriek had died upon the air, the en- tire house seemed lit mp with blaze. It seemed as if every wndow had become q l fountain ot blazing light that Illuminated the woods for a vast distance around Did he see forms darting hither and thith- CT with lightning rapidity, was it only his
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