Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-11
The nystsIg at DeeDdsle.
BY CHARLOTTE BREME,
Concluded.

hotice my brother. He was changed
ne mad lost that buoyant look of hap
plness that had ever distinguishes
MIN; his face was pale. and his eve
were Swallowed. as though by Ion.
watching. That cheerful humor tina
mad been one Of his chief charms hat
disappeared; he was silent and gloomy
absorbed in anxiety; but the creates
change Of all was the way in whic!
he watched his beautiful young wife.
CIarice was altered, too; she was a
time more lively and laxative. wiIc
CUISINES OF song and melody would
sometimes startle me; yet when She
was most gay and cheerful her bus
Dand watched her most closely. | was
conscious OF mystery before: | saw
deeper one now.
What had come over nv Iirbt.
hearted brother! He was most kind
ana devoted to his wife; | never saw
more attentive husband; he obeyed
hef every wish, and never contradictnd
OF opposed her.
small you go abroad in the spring.
Guy" | asked him one morning. as We
stood by the draWing-room window.
DO not think So he said sadly.
"It would do you both good" said /,
II you go OF III this quiet way much
longer you will become so melancholy
that you will never be cured
i see no help for it," he said, list
lessly.
Nonsense, Guy, l replied. AS soon
as Clarlce gets We'll go to Naples or
Paris for few months.
l cannot leave Deepdale,'' was The
answer.
Any one would think there was a
SpeH upon the place" | continued.
Poor SIR John would never leave it."
Guy shuddered Clarice, who over
heard my last words, joined us.
What are you saying about spells,
Florence! she asked, with a strange.
excited air. is there one upon this
house,"
NO, my darling said Guy, draw
ing her away. Florence often talks
nonsense; do not heed her.
Htlll the cloud, whatever it was,
deepened. Guy had become so duIlI
and gloomy that | could hardly rec
ognlze my cnce Iight-hearted brother,
often u1ed to cheer him by talking |
OF the little stranger, to whose com |
ing | looked forward with intense de- |
light, but no smile ever frightened nv
brothers wan face when | pictured
his little child.
II you have any pity upon me, |
Florence, cease" he said one day, |
abruptly, when L was upon my favor
lite topic. l looked at him in aston
lshment Yet the pale, sad face
touched me-
Il cannot think, Guy" l exclaimed. |
lmpatently, what has come over
your"
And Heaven grant you never may.'
he replied, hastily
One night | was sitting reading by
ny bedroom fire; had grown so ~
terested III my book, | could not Law it |
down till it was finished. The house |
was profoundly still, all the servants
had been long in bed, and | was sud
denly startled by hearing a loud, long
laugh. IN the quiet of the night it'll
sounded horribly; it chilled my blood
With fear What can it be-" |
thought.
At first | was too beWildered to |
move, but when the fright had passed
| hastily opened my door and went
out into the corridor All was quiet.
My room was near my brothers: l |
raped at the door.
Guy" | asked, is anything the mat |
ter? | heard such a strange noise"
1t was Mrs. FentOn who replied. |!
Mrs. Eardlcy has been i'll, and l am
getting her Il cup of tea"
The next morning, when l joined
Clarice and Guy at the breakfast table,
| was struck by the paIlor OF his face
Dark rims round his eyes showed that
he had watched all night.
Are YOU better, Clarice?" l asked
my sister. Il was sorry to hear that
you were i'll during the night"
Il was not ILL., she replied. Il had
some bad dreams, and they have made
my head ache"
why, Mrs. Fenton told me she was
making you some tea" l exclaimed,
hastily.
You have been dreaming, Florence"
laughed Clarice.
No." answered; when l raped at
your door she told me So
1T is all mistake" interrupted
Guy hastily Say no more, Florence.
Mrs Fentvn came i'll after Clarice was
asleep thinking she had heard ne
call He made Il gesture of silence,
and | said no more, but l felt none the
less anxious and depressed.
The same evening | was walking in
the twilight l love on the lawn, when
Clarice Joined me. She had looked III
and flushed all day; there was a
strange. startled look upon her face.
She threw one arm around me, and we
went up and down the cedar walk TO-
gether We began speaking Of Guy,
and | told her | thought Deepdale was
too quiet for him-that it did not suit
him.
1T is not that" she said; "somethins
else is the matter with Guy"
"Oh, Clarice,' | cried earnestly
tell me what it isl
will you promise ME never to tenT
she said. l promised, and she con
tinued, in a tone of great excitement
DO you notice how quiet and gloom,