Telegram-herald., 1889-06-06

j 1ei-rfct Hta Elfi flf-t.s-
flu See, tae.s IiH. ta1 s.ze 2 - Mezl-
e. flr lis ls4-ta p asa A4lt Af1aael. 0e
cen. < esaTY ~ ker Isolation e. Lall Tnco4
H4a. dismissed tae servants sna ver- -
Bottom -4e Bone ~ agr ca.leAlo1, far ~
s4fel1et s-st
After her departure the sunsa.as leIs
Baliruoos fsr le, and gl11m sett.cd daau
ever the q4aiUt rooms anf p easaat halls o.
the ols fashioned gia4 So rem4saec shut
~ ia Csc city via ms 1,iosa aad clieuss. r..
uieli .ser.ng ny eoaatry hoale a. . pleasant
t1.ug 80 the past
h4t % nisll bad come back - the dear
Fam .ar house on aa errand that mafe nav
heart SEX, 4nd ! saisered a. 1 stood Ca the
gray stone steps aad rurned tie scy ia the
lsag amused lock
if a4s the Oft repeated story II mans in-
enastancy ant woBi.-a 5 heart-orrax. ! coz
il.rariou dreaded % meddle vita Bat cir
euHastauces dI4 ggins me into it tals tine. l
"as defern ned 10 sec il 70 tas bitter ed II
Eecessar7
How Auat Am-bei found out Uncle TIn4's
psrhaiogs toings in the iand q strange ila-
pulses vas never made plain 70 me- How
ever that was her part " tae tragedy u0t
niue. Nae was "a visit Bzilynook. pro
cure Der marriage c-rtihcate. together with
other important papers there. add hold
taell uAti she cane home IL gv4s enough
fQr wa ~ Suow that she WAS in trouble: 1
Wpuid have undertaken hard tasks for her
Pushing open tae door Icrossed the dusty.
Silent threshold, with prcInonltion taking
hoii % me- Something terrible was about
u nantes, itself, 1 vas sure
IEent directly 20 the sitting-roon on the
grouad toor aud kiBdled a IRE n the crate.
Tor The nigh, WIS cold ard deep shadows
were already gathering in the lonely rooms
Hlvng brouEa, q lunch with me, sat
doAn On The hearth 10 eat = bite in the li,ht
Of the cheerful blaze.
Bot tho strange precursor OF evil fol-
lowed M. Ia fact felt cold horror set
tlmg around me- and pervading the apart
uent.
Little by little the namclcss dread took
shape Until became conscious that another
besides myself was n the house, and that
a. awfll revelation was AZ hand.
The lre burned low, the shadows length
ened along the wainscoting and curtained
The corners where stlu stood the queer lit
tlc piano aud cGriousiy wrought arm chair
respectively; both having come from over
the sea from ancient Ballyn0ok, near Lon
conderry, and from which Baliynook Hall
took IS name.
glanced AZ nv watch as | flashed nv
lunch aud found 10 seven o'clock Starting
up 1 could not shake OF the curious dcpres-
son uor the feeling that something was
laneutably wrong in the Hau
Having expected 70 reach Ballynook by
daJ igat had not provided myself with the
means % light with the exception of a few
luciiers. Could I grope ny way upstairs
win ibis horrible dread dogging my steDsi
Why n0ll | was AZ home, completely at
home lu the house. And must De az the
oficc ear.y ia the morning TO attend 70 the
wants of a client
crcps stcal-hly upstairs, peer;ng about
In the shadows for a glimpse of something
knew not what. until reached the corridor
above Tie moonlight came family in, max.
iag bar of s,lvery light across 10 my aunt's
apartments. II was but step now and |
pgt NY hand on the door AsIdid 50 4 chill
crcpt over ne until shivercd For a no
neat M heart failed me, SHOULD go n or
Gee from few quaims, possbiyl And
Ga,onel
That settled t. opened the door and
wen. in, trying 20 make myself feel that
thls was my Oh home. that these were the
rooms where had 50 often laughed and
cbat-cd with Aunt Amabei. or leaned over
zee window lodges % gather blossoms from
t1c crccpers outside tue easement
Aht those dear old days were long agouc
Aud, % night. this was the chamber OF hor- /
rorst
/ found the Cabirct without the least
trouble, and. running ny fingers along the
edge, found the thy knob AZ the extreme