Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-11-23
brief pause, wAssA was broken by 4

ishment or warning.
While one might have counted hun
dred the two men stared at the APP
partition, and then with common i'm
pulse they turned their gaze to the pic
ture on the opposite wall. When their
eyes were again directed to the spot
where the woman had stood she had
gone.
"What does it mean? Who is she?"
Ellis questioned by and by.
II know no more than YOU" Durant
replied, solemnly, and there was indeed
no doubling his words.
ut must have been some one belong
ing to the house." Ellis reasoned.
Durant shook his head.
"There is no one in the house, so far
as l know, but old johnson and his
wife, ard besides she-it disappeared"
ut is very strange"
80 strange that our bargain is Off.
I will not sell the hail." Durant said,
and Ellis looked his amazement.
"Not sell the hall" he echoed, an
grily.
mo"
"But you cannot believe that"
mo matter, I will not SELL" Duran,
interrupted.
Don't be superstitious, Durant. You
cannot be in earnest. / have taken a
fancy to the place."
81 am sorry, but will not SELL"
Look here, man. Will another five
thousand not tempt your"
mo, Ellis, l am not to be tempted.
Please say no more"
"But you cannot attach any impor-
lance to the-the"-Ellis hesitated-
"to what we fancied we saw?"
81 don't know" Durant answered,
truthfully enough. "Perhaps we saw
nothing. 1t may have been fancy in
my case"
There was an uncomfortable pause.
"Will you take hand at cards, Ellis,
or go to bed? ?" the host asked at length.
Ellis yawned ostensibly.
ITO bed, If you don't mind; and
trust none Of your ancestors or ances-
tresses will pay me visit"
There is little danger of that" Du-
rant laughed, "but you will find few
modern comforts in your bedroom. l
hope, however, Mrs. johnson has seen
to the airing Of the sheets. Shall ]
show you the way?"
Durant led his guest to the room as
signed to him, and early next morn.
ing both returned to London.
On the day following Guy Durant re.
ceived two letters. One bore the post
mark of the post town nearest Duran1
Hall, and the address was in his daugh
ter's handwriting.
Dear father" it ran, 81 hope l did
not startle you very much last night
One of Aunt Alice's servants has scarlet
fever in a rather bad form, and she
took advantage of long-standing in
vitation of Mrs. Kingsley's-I was al
school with Pauline Kingsley, yor
know-to send me to Kingsley Court
There is a short cut from it, as per
haps you know, to the hall. Paulin,
Kingsley is getting up some privat,
theatricals, and she and ran over tt
the hall last night in order to rummagt
through some old silks and things il
mammals room. You won't mind,
hope. We passed through the hous'
without seeing anyone, and Pauline in
sisted on dressing me up as cour
lady of ancient days, and then she dis
covered wonderful resemblance in m,
to Lady Annals portrait. We ran dowI
one Of those old little staircases tina
the house Is so full of and entered TIL
library by disused door that founi
out when Aunt Alice and / once staye'
at the hall. Guess my astonishmen
to find you and another gentleman a
dinner. After pause / FASTENED bacl
by the way came. Pauline never go
in at all. We felt like a pair of yer,
badly behaved children as we ran bacl
to Kingsley Court. Poor Mrs. Johnsoi
must have been very busy in tn
kitchen, for we never once saw her no
her husband"
Guy Durant laid down the lette
when he had read so far and gave
characteristic laugh.
The explanation, however, was no
pleasant reading.
$50 Meg was the ghost that led IT
to refuse very advantageous offer
Her masquerading has resulted in som
mischief" he said, and finished read
ing the epistle.
In few minutes he turned his al
tention to the second letter. 1t wa
from the Durant lawyers, and warne
him against making a sudden dispose
OF his property.
eve have learned" Boscroft & Mar
ners wrote, that a large and rich vel
OF copper ore runs through your PROF
erty. Our knowledge came to US by az
cident, as also the fact that Mr.. Kirb
Ellis is aware of the existence of tn
copper ore in your property. We tru'
you have not sold Durant Hall for an
sum, however large seemingly"
Guy Durant did not laugh over III
last letter, and ii was some conside
able time before he said:
$50 there is something, after all
said and done, in Lady Annals war;
ing. '"-Catholic Fireside.
Oldest of Church hell Towers.