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CT idt VII.

WAS solicitors about IocatjeH aud drain age of dwelling houses. bGt constantly found fault @itb all of thcn
 s'Ias f tlPre au old fanny naIHaiou somewhere ahou here
 sffhc Soult house IS for sale, l,tst s1 large that few cafe=for it Fl sfa8 !, to VOL. II s T Ht,It. e4' Of town for Il bU-- iness mau saaI yen 20 into business here.
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 Arrived at hc Sioflo property, Tom ask cd endless questions. ;pId The obligins nsent related all tt' particulars of ths Soul tronbIr. and @aye q glowing de- scripti9n of .hc natingc .f Ai'"pn aud Gerald
 "Iord, Lord it -uas a pititul ahar=- that sweet yeHn@ girI' l,he heIIe of ths place everybody loved Ailccn Bentley. l must tell you that MT. Soulc wishes tho furniture to go with the house. Non see it is all very handsome and was cXpcn- syc
 :. Does Mir Soulc no longer wish to 1.-Two here himself9 Why docs he wish to sell so beau,if fnl homey'
 Well, you see. he was terribly disap- pointed that Aileen chosc his cousin. and the events afterwards here soured him on the place. He has h"cn travclng about ever since then: aud is inclined to make his home in the South, where his mother
 al. most lives npon his yaeht.
 After going through the old mansion, ll which there were many art treasures, Tom and the agent went out to look al ina stables and grounds.
 "What is that small honse over fEe,s at the back
 .'Oh, that has been the difficult, ot making q sale. Mr. Son'e insists upon hs old black nurse Delilah being allowed to live there the rcma nder of her life, which can | be long, as she is already very old; but she IS surprisingly active except for periodical spells of acute rheumatjs ism. which con6ne her to her bed and chair for few weeks al q time.
 People who have wished to buy tho place have heretofore objected to hasln. her live in the grounds, though she trol- bles no one and is perfectly honest. The place is wonderfully cheap; only seven thousand, with house, furniture, and five acres of ground.
 .'lt is indeed a fine place for the price; ! will cous dcr about il meanwhile shall remain here week or two. Any ghosts y
 The agent looked surprised: CEnker 5 tone was perfectly serious.
 .'Ghosts' No. Do you want si,oets thrown m2'
 s'No; but when . place like ,his go,s 30 chcaply, there are sometimes ghosts i. the bargain.
 ..l never heard of any, said tn. agent, little ncttled at Clinker tone.
 Tom spent dult week: he went ire .uently with his hammock and hooks aud bounged. read and smoked in the shade o' tue great trees upon the rear lawn of flo Soule mansion melancholy, and deserted. Once day he saw the old ncgress go to the house and open 'he windows for a, hour to air the rooms, aud once she Net and swept and dusted it thoroughly.
 He had had some conversation Mita ner. He learned from her that there wa to be monster cainpmceting of the Col ored Baptist church in the neighborhood ''Will you go to the meeting, Auntie!'
 "Yes. suh, l goes to de meetin sh9 ef l don t git de rheum, :. fust v
 The campmeeting began in drs course, and WAS ronsins one. SinnelS wc2t and walled the redeemed reioieea n dlsnal groans ant ccstat'r shouts 'h'' made the forest ring
 Many white people reat to the meet me. if became very 0onabic amuse. ment 10 drive out in tse warm Augns' evenings and listen to the preaching. clinker had made the acquaintance of tls agents family and throlrs} them became a great fayoritc among t.e young people. yIe had los handsome te ct chestnnts which he drovc tandem i most stylish cart, io UtNe Mt" i''''t " ' ''i meeting was to l'p y.o. ..-a saed; as h' never took the sala .;lf 2A}ee, his Ia TOTS had the advait.s. o. impartlahty
 He cultivated the tr}eadship of the col ored reviealist, who was very well odu- catea man, and h.s sermons were moro logical as we'll as more eloquent than most of his class. In conversation he sug- sested to the preAsher that he take for his text the passage from the burial service t.Thou hast sss our misdeeds before Tbee; and our secret sins in tue light oS Thy countenance.'
 The preacher was pleased with the sug- sestion, and followed it, his sermon was a powerful effort, and many of the white