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Later dinner belns aaaauaeea=tA" quests
retired, leaving tlIc PRIEST II Hi4 place
By the ire lie hostess having ls-
signed Bishop Wi#hertsree tae se:t 0f
honor at her right hand is soon rs an
opportunity offered Ae remarked
II beg your pardon. alaeian, but may
| inquire Who VAS the PRIEST We left
sitting apart IN the drawing room ?'
"Ah. you have seen nm. taea - re-
Piled the lady 1t IS net every one
who has that privilege cannot tell
You Who he is or whence he comes
For many years this speeter# has haunt.
ed the house and grounds. It has in
fact, been tradition IN the family He
seems to do no harm, and, although he
appears only occasionally We have be
come quite accustomed to cur friendly
ghost
How vcry singular" remarked hi4
lordship. But have you never al
dressed your priesty speeterz'
indeed, I have had no opportunity.
nor the desire for that natter ~
sponded the hostess. growing paie=
May take the liberty new" in
qurea tie dienitary-
With all my heart. your tortI~ttip'
replied the lady He bis4aa arose
and returning to tie dfaWu- room.
found the priest where he aaa eft nm
a few minutes before Having fear.
the bishop .ail kindly
Who are you, my friend WAY
are y8q aeHaz =
The sqecter seemel to s.@l4= deeply
and sag as though toitselfa .a-f.=z
Then in . hollow 7aiee. a.6!ee-5.a-:
the bishop, L c5at,aaa.is r au the
spirit Of 4 priest $50 LIT t. aae.si
some ".-It{ yeats a@a@aad ata befe.
to impart to any oHe 4=a8 Fv5If receive
it secret WA.eA III 0lG4 me. I
could uot ge-t "a usE -eate= 8bila q
great wrong WIS bea.5 a8ae witch +
was in H9 power to - 3.4Ha. desn
returning all these Eeags IN the 5ope
some one would address He for II was
not given to me = be the tif,t u >4eal1
All men have Stunned me Guti 8o5V.
and It is Your mission - do 4E b.a
ding | was priest Of III" c!ugea ot
Rome and was called II his AoISe
eighty Years a9e to receive Tie con
fession of Il dying man. IL WIS the
sole poSsessor of Il secret tie kHo}Nl
edge of Which would alter m3otf5at. z
the entail of ti4is vast estate. aad jH ai@
death he wished To repair the terftaie
wrong he had brought uHen lis kin
al his request | wrote down tAe
confession word for word - II" -fyt L
to me and When he finished had barely
time to administer tie :iual ~arflafeet
of the church before he eNia.fed ia u4v
arms 1t WAS Very Important that /
should return to London taat ii III
and in passing throHah n" 1tafv -
leave the house eonclUded II wound
be safer net 10 carry the Hlpr on
which was written the eoafe>~zoel iWzlE
with ne, but to place il in Na1Ae s'4le
unseen spot, where eou'd ahfai1 i.
tile following daY aul=dsl5eef t'.e dot
melj to the person fer Whom II aa~=ia6
tended Mounting the steps Ia fj#
beokShelves. l teok ont Il ceIH of
Ioung'S 'Nt&ht Theu9hts with WaS
tie first he4k npon the uppermoSt ~lfrlf
nearest The last WiudoW. and. insert
ing the paper carefully between il,
leaves. | rerlaeed the hook and depart-
ed y harSr VAS awaiting me II tie
door, but =oge We reached the entranee
of tic grounds he took fright VAS
thrown aud Instantly Killed THUS died
Tie oaara1 Of nv c-nLe>Snr with me "