The morning times., 1896-07-05

ing short of a miracle will save landed
property IN England now. And" he con-
tiDued, 1.-The maddening part OF this place
is, that we believe Somewhere here, either
in the house or grounds. there are jewels
aDdtreasure hidden. and we can't find them "
..What do you mean?'' asked with as
constituent.
well" said Lord GleDcoine, "about
fifty years ago my grandfather was turn
ing out old boxes and safes. and lie found
a record. or rather diary, of an ancestress
OF ours, Lady Glencoine in her own
right. who was the owner of this house az
the time when Cromwell was making hnvoc
in all the English places. She had kept
this diary for years; and the last record
IN it is an account OF Cromwell having
arrived at Gloucester, and n report or an
intended raid on this house. and she writes
that she is, at that moment, about to hide
what she calls her priceless jewels In n
place only known to herself, go that they
may tc safe. Whether she did or did not
was never known, aud the only other
entry in the diary is a few lines. written
evidently by the maid. who tells or the
soldiers Invasion that night. and that
my lady disappeared and was never seen
again; 30 whether she and the Jewels
were carried off by Cromwell's men, or
whether She was murdered for the sake OF
them remains n mystery; only my grand
that she sent for several architects and
arciacoloGists from London. who searched
all over the house. and did succeed III
discovering two secret staircases. but there
was nothing in them, and no one ever found
anything"
How very. very extraordinary!
i.exc!aimed. land how deeply interesting
Rut were none Of the jewels ever fouho
again?"
Nothing" he answered-''in fact. I'll
my grandfather bought Il few there were
no ornaments in the family OF any tor'
and that there were a plenty in the oid DAYS
is n certainty. because ali JiIe ianies " hos
pictures l will Show you tomorrow eve
extraordinarily beautiflh jeweis ON thei
heads and necks up 10 the time l tol'
YOU OF. and since then all those whose
portraits have been painted have been
noticcably without any.
"Opc feels inclined TO go and have q
| scarch.' said, laughing, as we all aros'
| to leave the dining room.
Il KNOW he answered, las boys, we
used to be for ever looking and hoping
| hut we were always disappointed, and ga'
| IL up in despair ut last"
We passed out Of the dining room INTO tb'
drawng-room which was hung with ol'
English tapestry. i'll wonderful preservation
We clustered round the large wood lire
| for it was "A chilly evening late in october
| with slight FROST
.Didn'tI hear Glcncone telling you abou
| the lost Jewels" asked Lady Glencoine, al
| she knelt ON the rug, and threw another
log onto the already blazing fire
YES" l answered, land l was i'm
| mcpscly Interested. Ii sounded such won
| derful tale-rather like fairy story
| think"
II cannot help telieving," she answered
that they are somewhere here, ana th;i
| some day they will he found; only an
| afraid IL will be too late for us she added
| sadly. Then suddenly she turned TO me
Mrs Haywood do you believe in ghosts:
BEFORE | could answer. my cousin, Hiida
| Broughton, broke in:
ION. YES: :didn' you know, ,LadyGlencoine
that Beatrice is ii great medium! she c'ii
write automatically, and sees al sorts o
strange things in a crystal Dali she I
wonderful person"
rising from the rug My dear Mrs. Hay
wood. how exciting, | am so deeply inter
ested in these things. Why did you neVe
tell me about it,?
Il don't know" answered shyly. dt
| il sometimes have been Il member oi The
Psycbical Research Society for some time
and | took TO IL then, more or less; nut
have not done il for Il long time now
But you know. Eeatrice," said Hhda
lyon have done some wonderful things
with your crystal"
Well" l admitted, II did see some
rather curious things, and l made lew
prophecies that came true
Have you got IL here?'' asked Lad
| Mary eagerly. DO show it to us"
What are YOU all so excited about
asked Lord Glencoine, coming into the
| room at this moment.
| "Oh, Herbert cried his wife, "Mrs
II ali nf pNfrlprdlu.frN
| things; she writes automatically, and has
! a crystal in which she sees things, and we
are dying to see her do it,
II will go and get it," answered, see
| ing that nothing else would satisfy them
| and left the room and made my way up
stairs. The moon was Just rising and pour
| ing into the gallery windows. which, II
| spite of the artificial light with which i
| was lit, gave it ghostly lock, and
| shivered slightly as l hurried through
| Though I was not a nervous or magma
| tive person, sill felt, each OF the thret
| times / had walked down this gallery, Z
| consciousness that Some one or ,nethnf
| walked with me. There were 10 steps
| there was no sound--but there was some
| thing. and this time il seemed to be eSei
more defined and more conscious.
| picked up my crystal. and, as quickly
| as could, made my way downstairs A.
i entered the drawing room / was greeted
| with immune erable questions: where woult
| ] sit? must the room be darkened? shoulo
they all hold my hand and wish? in fact
| que stions for which no one waited for m
| answer were poured into my ears.
| A S soon as there was n luil spoke:
| You can leave the room exactly as it is
| I must sit where / get no reflection or
| the crystal, and l do not want any one tc
| touch me-"
Lord Glencoine gave nae a chair, and
| moved it about till got into what | con
| sidered a suitable light.
Now l said. lis there any one WHO
wants particularly TO ask something? o
| course can't promise that shall see what
they wish, or in fact anything; but cat
try"
"Ob, 1 know" cried Charlie Giencoine