The Red Cloud chief., 1889-11-22

on the rigid form Of him who had forbidden
| her to call him father: and then vanishing
away into the midnight darkness Ike q
thing Of evil. was something only those who
possessed q wealth Of daring couij do. she
must have had nerve and complete coo:roi
Of her wlll-power. also a passionate love for
the dead. to undertake this strange method
Of visiting him thus.
After q complete search Of ZEE whole
countryside, aad no trace Of The absent
ole could De obtained. tie I'll re sUpersti.
tious set that midnight vISlcre down as q
frst-class spirit. Some wen: SO far as 70
presume that Miriam Uign. have died and
that her spirit came to takea,astlook a: Sir
Rupert, and mayhap feel q throO Of tri-
Umph over MS demise.
Bat Peggy Garrison, sucerstitious as she
was By nature and education, booted the
idea as simply preposteroas. declaring that
1t Twas the young m~;sthress, in puir fish
and bud. for" said she Nth agrea. snow Of
contempt for the theory advanced. who
liver hearn tell o spirits Dovruin' out loud
over corpses:'
be thls as il may. Miriam COLD no. be
found. and SIR Rupert was bor1e 70 the
tomb OF his ancestors IN Oaklawn. with
neither kith nor kiu 20 follow him. The Old
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much feeling: "Behold his house was left
unto him desola,e, and tue Gag Of his death
was certainly better than the day OF his
birth Peace TO his ashcs-'
In due time the VIII OF Sir Rupert was
unearthed and made known. HeatherIeiyh
Hall was oequeathed 10 Miriam PercIval
Fairfax and her heirs forever" In a coti-
cl attached be pronounced an earnest wish
that Miriam Percival Fairfax must be found
and reinstated 81 the Hall But where WAS
shes In smoky London, gone TO America,
gone somewhere else; this place, that place
and the other. gossip had it, but il was but
gossip. and the stately daughter never
came
The servants were remembered hand
somelv in the viii Of the GrU:f cd master.
ana each after having received his or her
portion went their ways. Al left the gloom
and silence OF Heatherls!sa excepting the
C!arESors. They remained under lis desc
lated roof il accordance with the wish Of
Sir Rupert as Set forth In a clause Of the
last Will and testament naie known. He
desired them TO wait and welcome Miriam
On her return. All when would that BET
And CIarkson, having finished the story
OF Sir Rupert's life and death, looked at
ne with great. Questioning eyes. from
which the tears Of sad, earnest waiting
trickled down.
"Ah, me LedGy' Orse about dhrappin'
into me grave waitin' for the chi.der, an
Dime afeard she'll niver COON"
An inspiration seized ne. Peggy, il
give away a secret 10 you. Will you grant
NE any thing askr'
She looked a. me for fun Eve minutes in
speeches. amazenert, doubling ny sanity,
for all l know, for she mUrnured: Lord,
an has the terrible story ov the Easter
turned yer headE-
NO. Peggy. but 1 have a secret which I
will sell TO o something worth knowing:
though il Wont co much good after al.
with the exception OF knowing il. Of
course"
l sad this az a venture, not knowing
whether Garrison would bite az the bait
threw her or not. she sat looking az ne
Goubtively. and / knew I had another attack
10 make if l carried the w>ras.
Peggy" said /. lowering ny voice and
looking about the room as IL fearing other
ears: Peggy. would you grant Miri IN
any thing she could ask Of you; would you
give her any thing from the Hall she might
send to you for if you knew where she
wasr-
.Intaie Oh would. ma'am.r she replied.
quickly. her Old face lighting up with a
fond, e~xpec-ant yearu;ug which gave me
pain.
Well said 1, 'in the first place I know
where Miriam is"