Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-24

you, but here ~ your own nreslde Is
/ the proof OF my good faith
He had kept a cruel grip Of her
wrist, and. as he finished. she fell
down fainting at his feet When she
4 recovered she was alone. She never
saw Stephen Trelease again His
body was found two days afterward
with a sword thrust through the
I heart. No one could ever prove that
the quarrel with the Englishman was
4 renewed. with this result. but Mary
Walton, as she tells the story in her
diary. clearly thinks such was the
case.
Well, the night this happened
that is. the night OF the dag Of the
Englishman's visit - old Walton's
horse came home riderless and his
master was found by the roadside
{ stricken down By apoplexy. The
secret closet had never ia all these
years been found again. In it, if his
( story was true. lies the proof which
] stephen Trelease has been waiting
Z all these years to have clear him Of
: the suspicion cast upon him.
AS MIR Walton finished his story |
{ glanced around the room. The ladies,
with the exception OF Mrs Walton,
who vas placidly knitting, seemed
awed ami a little frightened. The
men showed a drawer front, but Louise
was sitting with her hands clasped,
listening intently. saw Ned smile a
little at the rapt. sympathetic ex-
preston of her face. but she was so
absorbed that don't think she even
heard our comments.
One said that the paper must be a
report to the patriots OF the Troy
council which the Engishman limited
that Trelease had attended, and an
other that he had proved his title to
an English earlship and was intending
TO offer it all to Mary-this was one
OF the girls suggestions-and Isabel
Brown said il frightened her to think
Of it, no matter what was in it.
Mr.. Walton took from the cabinet
an old-fashioned silver candlestick
and lit the taper, saying: Here is
the very candlestick with which Mary
Walton proposed to light the English
man into the dark corners oil the
house more than q hundred years
ago
..One has only to go mp the center
stairs along the upper hall and up a
few steps to the left and enter the
west room, where Stephen TreIease
is waiting. He lifted the candle
sticx and glanced inquiringly at
Effie BlaisdeiL She simply squealed. \
..Winlock?n He didn't feel that it
was in his line. Carter" The doc
tor laughed genially-a materialistia
laugh. Miss Brown" Miss Webb2''
Arthur .Sanborn?" aHhat!n he
exclaimed, ..will no ore meet this
man and set his spirit at rest?7
just then Louise Thurston rose.
-'Gire me the light, she said. She
came forward to take it. She was
paler than usual and her eyes had
a blank, far-away gaze.
Mr.. Walton looked at her dubious
Is, but with latent smile. and slowly
placed the old silver piece in her fin
gers. She held it up for moment
as if waiting for some signal. The
taper's light fell full on her face,
with the parted lips and wide, alb
stracted gaze.
She had on velvet dress that fell
in heavy folds to the floor and the
soft lace on the corsage was draped
in some old-fashioned way. One
thought with curious thrill that She
looked as Mary Walton might have
looked on the night thar Trelease
disappeared. Ned laid his hand on
her arm. ..Don't 60, Louise" he
begged.
Her answer was swift movement
toward the door. and we watched her
ascend the stairs and the glimmer of
her light disappear Then we waited
and waited. | think we all felt a
little queer, for some reason or other,
and we learned how long minutes
can be.
Don't take the ghost so seriously.
Ned, said his father finally, cor I 4
shall think Louise the drawer Of the
two
'And there's a chance. after all, .
smiled the doctor, '.that Trelease
may not put in an appearance.
But Walton did not respond to rail-
lery. "She might be badly frightened, $
he said, ''off there by herself. after
such an uncanny story. He had slip
ped his hands into his pockets in
frank forgetfuluess OF his surround-
ings and was pacing up and down
the hall.
Father" said Ned, appearing in
the doorway with open watch in hand.
81 am going up there, Louise has
been gone fifteen minutes"
''Let's all go" said Winlock. II
think that with such support ! might
find courage myself to peep into a
haunted chamber.
He and | followed Ned closely as
the latter sprang up the stairs and
hurried down an unlighted passage
way, where an occasional cobweb
hing from the uncovered beams to a
low door. II opened at a touch and
admitted us to room full of strange