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Monthly Fnir held on the premises, H‘s: “’ednesduy in each mouth. Agency as usual. fill’l‘flfilla‘h HOUSE ! AURORA. Richmond Hill, Juno 9, :86; Aurora. June. 1865. June 9,186.3 . THOMAS SEDMAN, @gfliage and W’saggon . MAKER, Opposite the Elgin Mills. 6m." &c. Residenceâ€"Nearly lEpositn {hp Post Ofibe. RACE}Q.0!}9 ' ' " ‘ b4 'l‘hnrnhill. June 3}, 1865 RATES OF ADVERTISING. @be maria firralb ifiuymsm flixtttom. DR. HOSTETTER,‘ Richmond Hill, June 9. 1855. gggo, 1865. WTURVEY - A'l‘ - LAW] SOLICITOR RICHMOND I-llLL POST OFFICE. CHAS. C. KELLER, \UQ. IS PUBLISHED 'I‘IIORXHILL RICHMONDJIILL n 'm the village of Boa- Tllux’uh, and County of uuvuyuurzm'. &(:. ()fl‘lcu ovurmu Chronicle oriice, ,ml Iluu.... vuu. ufl:s....... 50 (H o 3001 Ive momhs. 20 0| ..... . 4001 ........... ‘2501 n)onles.... 180‘ yawn... .. 40 5‘2 0 ....... 0 65 l-tf JAMES BOWMAN, Issuer of Marriage Licenses, ALMIRA MILLS, One of the oldast and cheapest. houses in the trade. I? Give John a call when in Town. Toronto. Dec. 1565. 27 Markham. Nov. 1, 1865 Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of Men's Women‘s and Children’s LUMBERING! COMMISSIONER IN QUEEN’S BENCH CONVEYANCER AND 1170 I“ IO NEER,‘ flat: 0 .d I In m 1301 ', Fl 0 0 1" m g 9 Kept on hand. SA WING aune prolnpny ; al‘ Lumber Ton glued S; Grove At the lowest possible rates. Saw Mill on [at ‘25, ‘Jnd Can. Max HHHDS ensluf Richmond “1h by the Pl June 9.1865. BOOTS 8b SHOES, The Best is Always the Cheapest. CANADIAN SWING PUMPS! LOOK AT THIS. Richmond Hill. June ‘26, 1865. CKNOWIJCIX‘; EI) hy 800 Farmers. Pro- _ tessioual Gemlanmu and others (who have them working in Wells, vun’illg in depth from ‘0 lo I33! fcwl). In he) the KASHCS'I' VVDRKEI). MUST DU RABIJE. and EFFI- CIENT ever otYered to the Public. PLANEING TO ORDER, [17’ Price 60 cams per (cm. Xaextra charge for Top. June 7, 13135 D.~\ VII) EYER, Jun, Stave & Shingle Hanufacturor Every Pump Inwn'ranted, Orders I‘m those Pumps uddresssed to (7. POWELL. Newlou Brook, C.VV Will receive promp: attention. ESHHCVCICâ€"Lm ‘2nd Con. Markham 1% on llm Elgiu Milk Plank Road. A large Stock ol'Sx'Avrzs and SHINGLI-zs. kvm mustanlly 0n hnnd.and sold nflhe lowest Prices {Q Ca“ and exzuuiue Stock before purchas- i 1;: elsewhure. Post Office Addressâ€"Richmond Hill. Juno [Hi5 l-lf EDMUND SEAGER, an'inciazl Lam! Surveyor, &c. Residenceâ€"Lot 4!) (Yong: Street, Vang‘aau. January IG. 1866, 32 GEO. MCPIIILLIPS 81. SUN, " Done ; and remember you dubl fin: Tnnuans, WATER SPBUTSHup. Now, Uis, come along, and u l CTSTRONS AND PUMPS ! can tell you you’ll have to run.’ ‘ ‘ Manufactured and for Sale by Thanks 10 all my bromers, I was avth Langstafl’,‘la preuy good ruqner, and we sped ‘ {Smut MILL» Tuomiull-Lo ‘across the Squire‘s fields’ and .sopsomborm me; ~ w through the 9mm 1:: zeweifi Richmond Hill Bakery! W. S. POLLOCK, BREAK &BISEUIT BAKER 131385 leave to notify the pnhhc that he hm purchased the business and gond will of J. [hywm'd’s establishment. and that 1min [H'mvawd lo furnish BREAD and FANCY CAKES to those who may honor him with their patronage. ‘H E Subscriber heg< to inform his friends r] mud thn public generallv, lhar he has opened an HOTEL in the Villngc of Maple. 4th Con. Vaughan. where he lumps, by atten- tion In the conifer-ls of the travelling commu~ ni1_\'. to merit a share of their patronage and 'upport. Good Slubling. &c, PEI-Vic pnrlies and Tea Meetings supplied at the lowest possible rates and on the shortest holir'a. AH )rdors stricth attendod lo. Richmond Hill, June, 1853- Maple Hotel! Maple. Jan [866. Railroad Hotel, Maple ! ROBERT RUMBLE, Proprietor. Wines. Inqunr- mm blflnrs '0! me new: bmno “"~"“."-‘“ 0“ hm‘d' GOOd" Sluhliug and attentive llostie.‘ in aneudance. J anuary 16, 186?. 32-] HOOD nccnmmndufinn for TravoHersâ€" \T \i’meg. Liquor- and Cl!!!“ 01' fim ‘haut Luann. alwm‘s on hand. Good" Sluhliug and NEW SERIES. Profincial Land Surveyors, SEAFORTII. (7. W. Vol June 7,1865. EGS respectfully to iuform his customers and tho public lllal he is! prepared to do 3d West Marlin Square. 2 doors south of Klug Street. In any quantily. and on short llolice JOHN BARRON. RICHMOND HILL AND YONGE ST. GENERAL ADVERTISER. Lu'r 3i, 4m Cos. Mung! m, A BRA HA M EY E R J. GORMLEY, . VI. N0. RK'IINION [) HI LL. PO\VELL’S RICHARD VAILES. 39-15' TORONTO. 37. Markham. Q; the Plank Road 1-H l-tf hf Dreaming, dreaming, always dreaming, Is the little child at play, Dreaming allAtlle _wqud an Eden, And tliis life a holiday, Straws and shadows, birds and flowers, While away our Childhood‘s hour. Dreammg, Dreaming, looking backard Through the nnrréwing links of’years, Sitg the old man by the fireside, Dreaming, dreaming, ever dreaming, Is the maiden full of glee, Deeming all things for her pleasure In the heavens and earth that. be; Till her idolsâ€"â€"lbrnled of clayâ€"- Crumble one by one away. Lurng him from deeds sublime; Till he finds her fanciesâ€"air, And his pleasures false, though fair. Dreaming, dreaming, always dreaming, Is the youth in ardent prime, Chasm; each seductive phantom, Resting from life’s hopes and fear; Thinking of the struggles o‘er, And the unknown life before. Dreamingâ€"so, we all go dreaming, 011 through childhood, youth, and age‘ Meaning ever to awaken ; Yet through each succbeding stage Glidingr idly o’er life's stream, Dreaming still the selfsame dream. I heard the tollowmg narrative at a dinner party in a country-home about five miles from the place where the events referred to occur- red, and it was related to me by the chief actress in it,-â€"-â€"a pretty, iadv-likc girl of twenty, the daugh- ter oftherectorofthe parish in which Stapleford Grange is situated. I had sprained my ankle inthe morn- ing. and instead of going in to din- ner with the rest of the party, was mgde to lichen ‘a sofa jam ing-roum; and it was after me la- dies came in from the, dining-room that prelly Cissy Miles. 3! her hostâ€" ess's urgent requesl, related il 10 me. [give iI, as nearly as 1 can remember. in her own words. II was Saturday afternoon before Christmas day. nearly two years ago, wlu-n my six brothers. all younger than myself. and l were skating on our squire’s fish-pond' We had been skating since dinner, and it was not till the wintry day- light was beginning to wane that the recollection roshed across me that I had entirely forgotten to do a commission mv mother had given to me in the morning. This com mission was to walk to the Grange, a big farm-house, and bespeak some geese for dinner on Now-Year's day. My mother had said decidedâ€" 1y, "l‘hose geese must be ordered lo-dav, Cissy.’ so I knew that] should have to 110: although me Grange was a mile off, although ir was very cold, and darkness was coming on, and although I was 181'» ribly afraid of a big black dog which was chained up jasr in from of the Grange back drmr. ’ Who'll go with me to the Grange 1' I r'alled out quickly, as this remembrance occuer 10 me, sitting down and beginning to un- strap my skates. ‘ I‘Ve {orgoIIen all about the geese, and mamma said I was to order them Io-day.’ No one answered. The nex day was Sunday, and it might thaw ‘I daren‘t go by myseif,’ I called out in a pathetic tone; ‘ it would be quile dark before I got home again.’ beiore Monday. Every boy, big or Mule, seemed laudably desirlous of making the most of pres-em oppor- lumm‘s. ‘Tell the trulll. Cis,’ called out Charlie, a quick, goodmalured boy of fifteen, ' and Say you’re: afraid of lip. Never mind. 1'” come with you, if you mus! gg.’ And he join~ ‘ What'll you bet. Jim.‘ he called oul. during this operaliun. What we ain’t :31 home by aquarlcr to five? 11’s exactly four nuw.’ 1' V" J wv _ ed me on the ,bank, and pmcesded Io take 0ft his-skates. whirled by. Stapleford Grange. bob,’ was the answer, as Jim fitemiurr. RICHDIOND HILL, F RIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1866. Dreaming. “ Let Sound Reason weigh more with 'us than Popular Opinion.” LUCY BLOSSOM the Grange, as fast as possible. When we got to the last held, which joined the farm-yard, we' slackened pace :1 little, and when we got into 1he big court-yard itself, we were walking almost slowly. ‘ How dreadfully lonely it looks,l Charlie,’ I said,. almost with a shlvvt er at the desolate aspect ofthe place: which had been a grand gentler-l man’s house forty years ago, but‘ had been suffered to (all almost into ‘ ruins. ‘I am glad l’rh not Mrsfi Johnson, particularly as she has no‘ children‘ nor anybody to keep her; company when MrJohngo'u is away. ‘ ‘ Well, don’t you stop and proecl to her for over such a time‘ Cis. do? you hear 1’ returned Charlie, good-j humoredly. ‘I want that bob ofi Jim‘s, and we've only five-nnrl-' twenty minutes to do the jaw, and. ' y l get home in. ‘ ‘ All right,’ I said, and we went up to the back door. I must 1ry and describge a linlé of Ihc geography of the Grange now. The court-yard was a big sqxiare place, much biggertlian farm-yards usually are, and it must have been an imposing entrance in the old gone by days. There were two en‘ trances lo ii, the one we had come in by, leading 10 our village, the other exactly opposite on llle other side of lhe court-yard, leading over a quarler of mile of fields into the mid to our market town uf‘D. To \he lefl hand of lllel court-yard was a long straight line of What had once been slables. but were now farm-buildings; and lo the night, the‘ norzh sideâ€"a long straight line alsoâ€"oflhe house itself. The front door. which was ex- actly in the middle of the straight line, and which was flanked on either side by several windows, was now never opened; but the back door; which was the entry to alit- tle bit of building standing back from the line of housekalgd which on to the big square mansion as an afterthought, was on this Saturday afiernoon standing :1 little ajar; Jip did not greet us with his us- ual noisy welcome, and there was no sound of any sort about the place except the gabbling of some turkeys in the rear of the farm-buildings. I don't know that I felt any particu- lar fear, but an we followed the path under the shadow of the old elm-trees to the half-open door, a sort of oppressed feeling came over me. Induced, I suppose, by the utter srlonce ofthe place‘ and I tell al- most as if Jip’s bark Would have been a welcome sound. We. went up and knocked at the door, and when 1 turnle round, I observed that Jip’s kennel, whrch stood ex- actly opposite, in a line with the front of the house, was empty. ‘ Where can Jip be ?' I said ; ‘ I thought they never lel him loose‘ ;l and 1 wallin lorward a few steps, and became aware that vlhe dog’s chain and Collar were lying besidc lhe kennel. I stood for a momem or two wondering, whilst Charlie, gelling impatient a! Mrs. Johnson‘s non appearance. knocked again at the door. Suddenly, some marks on the flagng pathway in from of the kennel arrested my attention, and upon Hooping down to look more closely, i saw than they were -â€"drops and smears of blood. I raised myself in sudden terror, and called Charlie; and when he came to my side and examined the. pathway, we found that there was a bLOOJy Iruil up to the door. ‘ What can it bu, Charlie ?’ 1 said in a whisper. ‘ I don't know,‘ Charlie relurned, thoughtfully; ‘poor Jip come In grief. perhaps. [1's odd Mrs. John- son does'nt come; I think I ll go on a voyage of discovery; stay illcre liH l come back‘; and he pushed the door further open. .‘ We“ ! don't make a, ION lhen' ; and we enlercd we Jillle passage \togelher. ‘ No let me go too,’ 1 said, has!- ily, half frightened. I am a coward at lhe sight 01 blood. On the leit hand was the kitchen ‘ He ought to be coming by now; dour, which was shut; and I (.)D- said the first, anxiously coming a served that Charlie hesitated for a step or two heater the kennel, -Ha|- moment before he put out his hand 10! What's that ‘3‘ m OPP“ i" Omy 1‘” a moment The tone ma-Ic me turn sick though ; then he unlatched the door . ' . H (1 Ch |' fr | l and the bright farm kitchen was be- I gigglndfl aNo. 31.1.1]: 11:23 11:92 fore us. i ' ‘ were standing close to the kennel. The“? was a big blazmg fire In and during the moments silence the grate, which showed that on' hat followch mt? manta exclam‘. the table the tea-things were set for tea; the kettle was hissing away merrily, and some tea-cakes stood to keep warm on a low stand belore ‘the fire. Everything looked snug {and cosey. Evidently Mrs. John- lson had prepared everything ready {for tea when the farmer should re- turn lrom 1). market; and was now jgone up stairs to ‘ cleau’ herself. I had time to make all these ob- servations, over Charlie’s shoulder. before he gave 'a sudden start, and strode with a low exclamation to a bundle olclnthes which lay at the further and darker side of the. kit- chen. on the smooth stone floor. A bundle ol'clothes it looked like with Jip. lying asleep beside it ina very slrange attitude. I shall never forge! the horrnr of the next momenl. [Iuddled up. ev- idently in the attitude in which she had fallen. lay Mrs. John'smi, with a gaping wound across her throat, from which the blood was still Hick; ling, and Jip. with a large pool of Wood near his head, lay dead be- side her. ' ‘ Hash ! whispered Charlie. stern- ly. taking hold “of my hands, and forcibly dragging me on to my feet again ; ‘ you Intlsl’nl make a sound. Whoever has done this can't be' far 08'; you must run home, Cissy. as haid as ever you can. Come!’ He dragged me to the door. and then I turned sick allover, and tum- bled down again. I felt as if! could not stir another etep. ‘ ‘-â€"_ .. , . -‘.'1W‘.â€"i=':r-17â€"«r1" I med again. but It was no use ; my legs positively would not mo’va, and precious time was being wasted I stood for a moment, too paral- yzvd with horror.â€"-such intense. thrilling,v horror, that only any one who has experienced such a feeling can understand 'it,â€"and then, with a low scream. l sank on the floor, and put up my hand to try and hide the horrible sight. ‘ It’s no use, Charlie, I can”! stir,’ I said. ‘ Leave me and go without ‘ You fool !’ Charlie said, bitterly and passloualelv. How was a boy at fifteen In understand a woman’s weakness? ‘ Then I must leave you. It‘s Johnson’s money they no doubt want. They woulun't mur- der 1f lhey could help it‘ and John- son will be back directlv.’ ‘Yes, yes. Go,’ I said. under- standing that he wanted to {etch help before lhe farmer came. ‘I will hide somewhere.‘ He pushed me into poor murder- ed Jip’s kennel. and then he (hsap- peared, and I was left alone in the gathering darkness with Ihose two prostraie forms on the kitchen floor as my company, and perhaps the murderers close at hand. ‘ In Ihe kennel there,’ he said. looking round quickly; and don't slir.’ I combath the faint feeling which Charlie COUill not understand b_\ pinchingv my arms and sticking pins into them, and alter a little in- dicious torture nl'thls sort. the sick feeling went off, and I could think again. ‘ I will take of? mv boots.’ l thought, after a moment. ‘They make such it noise, and I mav have to move.‘ lor already a glimmering plan had rushed across my brain of how I mighl warn Johnson. So I row a lillle from my crouching p0â€" silinn. unlach lhel‘n. and slipped them 01“. I had barolv done Ihis, whe‘n I heard the sound of voices. and the sick trembling feeling came on SD strongly. that the pin torture had to he again applied. In anoth- er minute three men came out of the, back door, and I could d'utinolv ty hear every word oftheir conver- satmn. ‘ He's late. I think,‘ said one. ‘I! he doesn’t come soon we mus! go ; lhal, girl "111 be home soon. I heard the old woman tell her not to s!0p.' ‘ What's it signitv 1’ said anothu‘r ' We can soon stop her mouth.’ ‘ It isn‘t worth so much blond Dick.’ said the third. ' We've only got fifly pound by1his, and the tar- mer ’iil not have more.’ ‘ He ought to be coming by now,’ savldlhc first, anxiously coming a step or two ;nea.re,r the kennel. 'Hal- 10! What's that?‘ se’n‘ méfi'g fiojérnr‘e éghiing.’ And my heart sank as I thought how long it would be before succor could arrive Evidently I had not been seen, thanks to my dark dress and the gaunt-ring twilight. l breathed treaty nuw; unless something very untoreseen accurred. l was safe. tion. I remembered that 1 had drop- ped my muff. I tried to stop the hard quick thumping of my heart, which I 1e3t certain they must bear and then. as iffasrfinated. I raised my head from my kne‘es.â€"f0’r till that moment had been Crouching at the farthest end of the kennel.â€" and saw a hairy, firrcc-lookingface glaring in at the entrance of mv hiding-place. I tried hard not to sercam. and l suc-ceeded; but in another moment I should have fainted if the face had not been taken aWay. To my ut- ter amaz-smcnt, aslhe face disap- peared. its owner said.â€" ‘ The felluw’s late.’ one of ihe others said, after a minuie or two ; ‘ but we had better be on the watch now. Mind, bolh of you. that he's down (him his gig before he sees us. ‘K‘Smne one has been, and hits dropped il,’ a voice said quickly. "I‘hat’s all on ‘acauum of your cursed toolnry. Dick,’ it went on angerly. ‘ Why couldn‘t you 310;) a! the dour, as I 101d you I’ ‘ Well. let’s vii something now.’ the third said. anxumsly. “or we shall be having isumé One ii‘ere.‘ The three men Hiefi \‘vcnt back intulhc hnust‘. “again. and I Could hear them speaking in low tones; presently the Voices grew louder, and they were evidently quarrcling. in another minut: they came out again, and {mm what I could hear. they began lo search in the farm- buildings and omhonses for the owner of lhc nmfl. ‘ There's no one here,’ at last one called out. ‘ They must have gune' away again. Go to the gate, Bill. and see if anybody is coming that way.’ ‘1 “nought some one might be hiding. "l‘hnt‘s a lady’s lrumpery. What can it mean ?' After a moment, Bill returned 'to thé dthl-Lfr Mp, who yprg mm spand- ggggalmgm ism wmgpér; at 113e, They walked away along the line 01 hnuse towardsthe other entrance by which Mr Johnson wuuld come; and I. thinking they had gone to take up their hiding-places, put th head cautiously out of the month of the kennel, and looked around. Snrely *I could reach the house without being seen. I thought, and if! could but reach ihe big iuinous drawing-room. which commanded a view of the- fields the farmer would cross, i might hoable to warn him back from ihe fate which a~ waited him. I must warn him if! Could: it was loo horrible {hat atl- olher murder should be done.- {was out of the kenm] and in me kilcheii. before I recollevled that [should have. to pass clo<e to lhe murdered woman heforc I could gain the door leading mm the hall. which I must cross to gain 1hr drawing-room. Ishuddered as I passed the table and drew to the horrible acme; but, to my utter ‘urprise and no “file terror. Mrs. Johnsmn had vanished! the dark gleaming pool of blood and 1'10 dead dog was still more, bu: the lhuddled up bundle of 'clmhcs was TERMS $1 00 In Advance. gone. What had they done with it .7 In spite ofthe urm‘nt nocessitv thorvt was for immediate action, I stood‘ motionless fur a minute. ht-sitatingt to cross the dimly lighted hall.l Suppose it should be there. I had never soon (“’3”) lwl'nre. and the though of again seeing the (lt-al woman looking so gastly and horri- ble with that great gaping woundt across her throat. was at that mo ment mow terrible to mt- than the thought of her murderors‘ return. Whilst I stood hesitating, a sim- dow passed across the first window ‘ and‘ looking up quickly. to my ltor- ror I saw the three men in another moment pass the. second window. I had no timl‘ for thought. In another minute they would be in the kitchen. I_ turnod and fled down the passage. and across the hall, rushing into the first oncn door which happened to ho the drawingâ€" ‘room door, and instinctiwly halt closed it behind me as I lTld found it. Then; I glance-d wildly round the bure'em‘pl‘y room in search 0! \ahehcr. Then-3‘ was not a pani’ple VVllolc N0. '297. _ They say that mad people can do things w iich seem impossible to same ones, and I must have been quitermad with terror a'nd fright {02" the next few minutes. Sevon l'vct lJclOW mt», Stretching down the slupe of thv hill, was thé garden, now lying in lung ploughed ridgos, with the frozen snow 'On the top of each ul thém, and at the hot- tutn of the garden was a stone wall l'uu'r feet high. Beyond this, as lat as tlm eye cdtilc‘ teach, extended the sntiw-covot'etl lields, and com: ing alum; tlt'c cart-mud to the left was Mr; Julmson in his gig; l thréw upon the window; mall“- ing noise enough to alarm, the men il'lhey heard it, and sprang On to the window-lodge, and theti; tear- ing of} my jaclm,t Ihréw it (in the ground, and, shutting 'my eyes, jumped down. The high jump hurt my u ristS and uttcovered feet ireatH‘tu, but I dare not stop a moment. I rushed down the gar- den, tumbled two or three timm‘. in my progress. ahd whenI came to thb wall, Seambled over it head-fore; most; The. farmer was just open: ing the field I was in, and I made Straight towards him, trying to call out. But I could not utter a \Vo‘rd‘; so I flew actoss the show, dashed througlmhe. brook, careless that the bridge was a few feet farther down, and when I rushed up to Mr. John-_' shrék but" Murder !"just' as a loud report rang out through the frosty air, and I fell lorwa'd on my face: ‘And weie you hurt?’ I asked as she paused. ‘ Yes, a little. Look here is the scar’; and she raised the flowing fold of tarlatane from her soft White: arm, and pointed to a white oval sear. ‘l was ill for several weeks afterwards. but Dr. B. said it was from fright, not from the shot. They told me subsequently, that just as I must have reached the far- rner, the men Charlie had fetched entered the farm-yard at the other side, and took the murderers uni: \‘va‘rcs; but one 0! them who Was. behind a tree near the other gate. liadjust (taught sight of me, and had tired in revenge. and they said that if] had not thrown my arms forward, I should perhaps have been ltillcd.’ ‘And Mrs. Johnson 1; I asked. The girl’s face became very grave. I heard the footsteps' crossing the hall, and then, as they came nearer. with the feeling of desperation I sped noiselessly 'across the mom. laid down llut behind the hampers, and, as the door opened, threw an empty sack over me. I lell I ‘must be discovered, for my head was 1'0: tally uncovered; and I watched them lascinatml, breathless lrorn in- tense terror. They walked to tlm window, saying, ‘ We, Shall see be 1- ter here,’ ahd lookvd out. presently all exciaiming together, ‘ He's com- tng now; that black spot over there’ '; and without glancing in my girecliott, they left Iltc room again. i was safe, but what Could I do to save the farmer? Surely Charlie must be coming with help how; but would he be in time? I must try and save him, was the ’coavimion that imprcsmtt itself upon me in a lightning thought, and as it crossed my brain I sprung to the window. AH [thought of seii‘ vanished than with the urgency of what. I had to do. i was only eagerâ€"nervously, t‘runticatb eagerâ€"t0 save the far- mer’s lit‘é. of furniture in the room, and it was quite empty except for some apples. on Ihe floor, and a few empty ham- pers and sacks at the farther. end. How could I hide I ‘bhe was q‘uilc dead. The men had put her under Ihe dresser, which explains why I did no! see her as I passed Ihrmmh the kiicben, and Ihé pnm‘ husband went away din-ally nflenvards. The whole house is uninhabited now. No» body will hve 'here. and 0| course»- 11 is said 10 be haunted. I have nuvvr been there since that day, and l lhink I shall never dare to go the-r0 auain.’ The an] s‘nppnd, for the gentle- men hm! just come in from ML: din- ing-room. and one. ml! and black [warde who had [wen poinlv-d out In mo‘ hv mv‘ hush-59, as the Squire of Siaplvl’ord. and Cicely Miles]! hetrmhod, 'mw r-ame up In her, and laying his hand on her while shoul- dvr -ilh an air of possession, said 1cmlerly. ‘ What make-s you look so flushed. Cissy? Have you been irmsgre'ssinq again 1' ‘Ye-s, Rof'wft: Mrs. Saunders asked me to tell 1”!" Dacre’ she answered. ‘ And you will be ill for a week' in const'qnpnce. I shall ask Mr. Dacro :0 wrilo 1119. story‘ to Save" anotlwr reprlilirm of it You know‘ we wish vou to forget all about it, dearest.’ ‘ It was too horrible for that,’ said simply. And then the' squ'i're‘ turned 10 me and made the rcqu‘e’sY‘, of which this tale is the fulfilment} Can that hoy’ be said to be a chip of the: old' block ‘who is a blockhead while hi“ fstharjsn’t ‘ ‘