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# * I FOURTH PAGE \HE SUNNY SOUTH JULY 23, 190*. Last of the “Mary Ann 99 APTAIN EX.ISHA HOPE- WELL, of the brig Mary Ann, of Salem, had been repairing and repainting and making his craft ready for a voyage to j London and return. The j year was 1786, and boy j and man he had been ; sailing for over thirty I years. Although he had I owned and commanded the Mary Ann for ten y^ars, she was by no means a new craft when he got her. in making repairs he had found many signs of weakness, and as he finis-hed his day’s work and started for home his knees I were stiff and his back ached. He reach- | ed his house to find his wife, Nancy, and j supper waiting for him, and as he took : his seat at the table he looked at her j critically and for the first time noticed that there were gray hairs among the brown on her head. “Elisha, have you lost your jack knife j or heard that your brother was dead?” ; quietly asked Nancy .after awhile. “No,” ho answered, and followed the word with a sigh. “Mebbe ye are coinin’ down with meas- I les. Your mother says ye never had 'em , as a boy.’’ ] “Mebbe I am,” he gloomily replied. Hunter Saved by Modern Miracle / OHJI S. PAKKBK, a young man from Boston, who is ■camping at Rocky pond, in Chittenden, had a hair- raising experience not long ago while traveling from camp to this village, where he came to see some friends. The experience was so strenuous that for a lime it was feared 'the boy’s mind would give way. ■Parker left camp at day- TlgfiT wfoTT the intention of making Bridgewater that night and continuing the next day to his destination. He had with him a fish rod, basket, a small re volver and enough food for his luncheon. While :he could have gone 'the entire distance by road try striking at Ottaquee- ohe e valley at Pittslield, he chose a short er way through the mountains and hiaded for the Deer’s leap, a crest of rock that falls in a sheer precipice to the Rutland and Woodstock stage road at the summit Ufye White Pigeon FERGUS HUME. OING to Tregarth manor?” said the old gentleman. “Well, my dear i hone you'll leave it alive.” I might have resented band, has put up with his humors. Mr. Liffey,” here her eyes flashed angrily, “has dared to make love to me. I com plained to Mrs. Tregarth, and she has dis missed him. He goes away next week. We were all in the library one warm evening and the windows were open. Ar- ,, , , ... , ,thur and Maud were talking in a corner, ■this familiar form of ad-| iIrs Tregarth dozed in an armchair, and dress from a perfect; r was kn j t ting. Mr. Liffey wandered stranger, but that his last about, opening first one book and then words aroused my curlosi- another. Suddenly, with a whirr mi wings, ty. He was a fat, chub- ja white pigeon appeared in the room, by. cheery person, with a Where it came from no one noticed. But bald head and spectacles, j ft hovered for a moment over Mrs. Tre- and had entered the third ! ftarth (whn woke up at the sound), and class carriage in which I | thPn flPw through the open window. We all stared at one another. “It moans death,” said Liffey in an awed voice. “Nonsense,” cried Arthur vigorously, “the window was open, and it flew' in. Don’t look’so alarmed, mother.” Mrs. Tregarth was deathly white. The omen had impressed even her material mind. "The old go first,” she said in low- tones. “You will lose me, Arthur, and soon. It appeared when your father died." . ,t wdiat time the unseen death But knew not at 1 would come upon me. While X prayed there sound like a groan, fear. In the darkness it ble. i and heard a faint shivered with sounded horri- Then slowly I felt the floor slope. It tilted up. and I was on the end that was r «in~ At once the solution of the mys. te'rv "flashed upon me. The whole floor of the room worked on a central bar. and no one could keep foothold on its smooth Sl ‘31owdv I went sliding flown that slip- ’ry slope until I shot over the edge, and traveled with increasing rapidity down a long tunr— — was sitting at the last Devonshire sta tion. The train was now on the Cornish line, and traveled along at a fair speed. After looking out at the rugged, wild country till I was tired, I turned my at tention to my companion, and asked him how far it was to Tregarth. Another hour would bring us there, he said, and then he learnt from me that I was bound far Tregarth manor. His reply, made as'she said. pie drowned in the their doom. Down I went, but rose to again. Above of the Green mountain range. This precipice is 1,000 feet high, and I above, startled me, although 1 am not a while from the road the face of the rock , nervous person. appears as smooth as the blade of a knife "What do you mean, sir?” I asked. Lying in the Main Cabin Fully Dressed Was the Corpse of the Captain. Nancy waited for three minutes to see if he had an explanation, but as none 1 came she briskly said: “Now look here, Elisha, I know all about it, and I’ve bin sort o’ spectin’ j this thing would happen any time. You have bin overhaulin’ the Mary Ann, and you’ve found out the same thing of yourself, and you’ve suddenly (Seen it in me. it has struck you all in a heap, and you feel glum over it.” ‘‘Then by Josh you've hit it!” exclaim ed the captain, glad to have an opportu nity to talk it over. "Wall, tTT?re ain't no call to cry over | it,” she continued. "Ever since you got ] this charter Tve made up my mind that 1 It would be our last voyage.” “But how can it be, Nancy?” "It won't be so hard. We are party well off fur common folks, Elisha. That is, we’ve got enough money to start you in ship chandlery, and we own our own house and lot. No fear but what we'll | come out all right. We must give up the sea to younger folks.” They talked it over for a couple of hours, and it was fully decided that when the Alary Ann returned to Salem her last voyage under Captain Hopewell would be ended. Perhaps an astroiogist might have warned them that there woud be no home coming for the brig which had borne them safely over so many leagues of ocean, but Ihcre was no reader of the future at hand. It got to be known over Salem that Captain Hopewell was mak ing his last voyage, and when the Alary Ann east off from the wharf there, was a ( big crowd at hand to cheer her departure I and wish Tier a safe return. She headed out into the Atlantic on a summ ternoon. and a.s the Massachusetts shores faded behind them Captain Elisha said to Nancy: hour a big yawl with twelve men and their donnage in it drew alongside the Alary Ann. “By Josh, then, but it’s a crew of Dutchmen!" exclaimed Captain Hopewell i as he peered down in the boat. He was right. They were big and sturdy men who had sailed out of the Texal, and it was quickly discovered that not one of them could speak English. Each one brought his bag of clothing over the rail with him, but water and provisions were left behind. A man who was doubtless the mate of the crew ad vanced to Captain Hopewell and entered into a long explanation, not one word of which was understood, it was, however, guessed that his ship had sprung a leak and lie had been obliged to abandon her. | He was made to understand that they I were welcome and would be landed in London, and by and by the twelve of them withdrew in a body and stretched themselves on deck and went to sleep. Nancy had looked into the faces of all in ! a critical way, and while the Dutch mate was telling his story her eyes never left his face. When the strangers had with drawn she descended to the cabin and a few minutes later Captain Elisha fol lowed her and said: “Nancy. I’m jiggered if this ain't a funny thing. I can’t say that things look exactly right to me." “ITf tell you what, Elisha,” she replied in her quiet way. “If a ship had bin on fire or in a sinkin' state them men would never have brought all their clothin’ and heaped in the water and provisions they did.” “No, by Josh, they wouldn't, but how do they come to be afloat?” “Dunno, but there’s a mystery about | it. There’s the hull crew except the (captain. How did he come to be left i behind? And didn't you notice how i the men looked the brig over and kept | dodgin' and whisperin’? I’m believin’ we shall have trouble with ’em, Elisha,” I gers to say that they made not the I slightest objection when more water and 1 provision* were lowered into the boat, , and when the men packed and lowered I their bags and Nancy brought up a big i bundle of things from the cabin. They had an> jeers or insults to iiing after those they had sent afloat, but at once made more sail on the brig and headed her on a new course. A'ancy- had smug gled the chart and "spare compass into her bundle, and as the boat drew awn> 1 she was forced by the wind to hold a 1 true course to the English Channel,. There were provisions in plenty, and scarcely a word was uttered before break- | fast had been served out. Then Nancy quickly asked: "Elisha, what ye goin’ to do about it?” “I’m goin’ to stand to the eastward j for awhile,” he replied after thinking it over. "‘I'll jest keep track of the Mary Ann as long as I can, and it's jest pos- ■ sible that we may be picked up and have a show to git her back. If we don’t meet | anything by tomorrer, and the wind .al- ' lows it. I'll head fur home, though T don’t see how I'm ever to hold up my head in Boston or Salem agin. They’ll : say I was a coward not to make a fight fur it.” “Then they’ll be fools! The Dutch- I men would have killed every one of us i but what they’d had the brig, and we ought to thank heaven we got off as well as 'we did. Don't ye despair, Elisha. We’ve seen some tight squeaks, but we've all us come out all right. Don't ye remember how a whale once saved us?" “And the same whale may eat ns this time ” All that day the boat ran her true course, but as the brig bore into the north ami sailed the faster her topsails were only a speck on the sea when the sun went down. As the breeze did not fall with the sun the men were divided j happened Park into watches, a lantern was run to the | t.hinks he was Parker knew that it could be easily de scended by means of a series of narrow ledges. The top is wooded with stunted spruces and hardhack saplings that find root on the edge of the cliff and hang over in a kind of bower. By making this descent a person can out off several mil f s of tiresome walking, and the route is fre quently taken by guides and fishermen. Back from the cliff the primeval forest stretches unbroken for many miles. When about ‘h'alf way to the Deer's leap Parker stopped to fish in a brook that runs into the Ottaqueeehee and had such good luck that he soon tilled his basket with trout. He then went on. keeping to an old blazed trail he traveled several times i lust summer, and at 2 o’clock in the after- , noon was within a mile of the crest of the leap. He was sitting down on a stump in the dense forest to rest when he 'heard a dried stick crack and thought he caught a glimpse of some animal in the heavy underbrush There was no further disturbance, however, and after a time h3 went on. At the top of the leap he again sat down. He was about ready to begin the hazardous descent when lie noticed sev eral bubbles of spruce gum in a seam of a spruce about. 5 feet back from the face of the rock. lie immediately d<- termined to gathe r the valuable stuff, and laying his fish basket and revolver at the toot of the tree, shinned up. He had no trouble getting the gum, and when he had finished tie paused a. moment to take in the grandeur of the scenery. Far below him stretched the stage road, a mere dusty thread along which crawl ed a horse that seemed no larger than a dwarf Shetland pony. Giant trees along either side of the stage line stood out like green-topped bushes, and a pile of lumber left on the summit looked for all tile world like a pile of jackserews. The face of the precipice was screened by the top of a hardhack a few feet under him, but by leaning dVer the edge Parker got a fair view. LEFT HANGING IN MIDAIR. The boy was wrapped in a magnifi- i eence of the scenery when he heard di- | rectly under him a sharp, blood-curdling ; cry of a Canadian lynx. Just how it i doesn’t know, but ha ' startled that he lost He shook his head. Liffey will tell you | appeared before the surface me was a hood of brick- ; ' work which arched some little distance ’ work. str eam. Its lip closed down on Anvone who could not swim. try surprise, could and Air that it has often death.” We all went to bed that night fee]in uncomfortable, but Arthur insisted o this death trai There s something queer about that ■ laughing at the omen. However, house, he said, although I ve never | neared to he a true one for Mr; it been able to find out the truth. To be j sure, no one has been drowned ther,. far ■ the last ten years, but the late Air. Tre- gnrth perished by water, and many- a | Tregarth before him. to say nothing of j visitors. Then there’s tho white pigeon. A sure omen is the white pigeon, though, to be sure, it concerns one of the fam ily • “AVhen a white pigeon flutters through | the house a death of one of the family I may be expected. Tt’s usually drowning j in the Garth, though some have died in tlieir beds. The Garth runs along one side of the manor. Be sure you don’t go near it. But Mr. Liffey can tell you more about the family history than I can.” “Who is he?” •What vow might cal! the librarian. pea red to be a true one, for Mrs. Tre- garth's body was found in the river next morning. She was still dressed in the costume she had worn at dinner. Air. Liffey appeared so stricken with grief that Arthur asked him to remain on as librarian. When Mrs. Tregarth was buried. Arthur and Maud arranged to marry in six months and go for a tour round the world. Meanwhile, the house was to be left in charge of Mr. Liffey. I of course, would be discharged. Some few days later Air. Liffey tok; Maud that J was in love with Arthur. This, uf course, was quite false, as Maud undeTstood when we discussed the sub ject. Matters, however, became so un pleasant that I gave notice. I had retired to bed one night, but, hav ing left my book in the library, I came down for it. At the door 1 heard Air. over th the water who was taken ; rasilv be drowned i But 1 had my wits about me, and 1 i could swim very well. I The only thing I could do «as to dn ■ under the l^ood, and come up on th- out- 1 side and this I did. ‘ Mv wet Hinging clothes held mo flown drew me into the depths but stru k out despairingly. anfl xn,p *° l face to draw in the cold night air. I was outside, floating, on the river below he ! tower and the moonlight showed me the smooth walls of the house rising above m<= The late Afr. Tregarth was a eollector Liffey praying. He was on his knees of books like his father before him. Lif- before an armchair weeping and shaking with penitence meant me) might never learn the truth. “And Eliza is better dead than living, thou knowest. fey has been at the manor for years. A strange mail, but learned. I wonder how was t ^ at (I guessed h he gets on with Airs. Tregarth. She’s n ! . I swam With the strength of despair, i and managed to lay hold of some bushes that grew near the verge of the ' lawn 1 dragged myself up. and finally ! flung myself full length on the grass. : Then I fainted. i When I recovered my senses I was lying dripping and aching in the moon light. With a great effort. I staggered , to my feet and walked slowly up the ' lawn through the gardens and seeing the terrace before me I mounted the steps. At the open window of the library ] halt ed. Air. Liffey's voice sounded rich and clear. He was talking to Mr. Tregarth The burden of his prayer \ and Maud. I fear she has drowned herself.’ the strange woman. But, T heg your pardon; 1 she is a friend of yours.” “No. I have never seen her. Tam en gaged to teach a young lady French and music.” “Aliss Pen worthy, that will be,” said the archaeologist. "She is a ward of Airs. Tregarth. I believe she is to marry ; the young squire. He’s a fine lad -of 25. but more of a sportsman than a student. 1 daresay Liffey has the library—a fine library it is—all to himseir. But here 1 am. my dear. Goodby. and whatever you do don't go near the Garth. I was received at the manor hv Air. ■ Liffey, the rest of the household being | out. I He was a tall, lean man. but looked good-natured, though silent as a rule. He took me into the library, which was a very fine old room, and gave me tea. After a pleasant tea, I went to my room for a short sleep. When I awoke Airs. Tregarth was standing beside me—a stout woman, with a smiling face and little grey eyes. But there were hard lines about iter mouth which showed that she could be angry on occasions. ‘I am glad to see you, Aliss Starr. “By Josh, then. Nancy, but it seem. , if a piece of that bo,of we had fur break- “But they can t be pirates, fast had got stuck in my fhroat!” “It’s a sort o’ weakness of our feUin’^,. *^TT‘ MUi’' we can’t mnk Wftle'Tier eyes, “hut I guess we’ve decided ; story, and T do believe that j lyin’ all the time. I wish "Probably not.” , “And there’s no war between us. fur the best.” For a thousand leagues, headed toward the rising sun, the Alary Ann was driven as she had never been driven before. There was a piping breeze, and it scarce ly varied a point, and a third of the run had been marked off when there fell a flat calm. It was noon when the wind died nut. and the man sent aloft reported the ocean clear of sail. As sundown came the sea was like glass, and it was the same state of affntks at midnight when the watch was changed. The mate went off and the captain came on, and he had been only on deck half an hour when Nancy appeared. She declared it to be too hot below to sleep. In a calm in mid- ocean at night there are strange and nn- I canny sounds from the hold of a 'Ship as she iazilv heaves up on the ground swell. Boxes and barrels down in the hold rub each other, bulkheads creak and timbers groan, and now and then there are shrill i squeaks from the fighting rats. Alen who , sleep during a calm breathe stentoriously, end sigh and groan now and then, and the wakeful ones move about uneasily and east apprehensive glances over the sea. Nancy walked aimlessly about for a wfiile, and then rested her arms on the | rail and gazed off into the darkness and : let her thoughts wander back home.. She ut tlieir mate was ve hadn't ; head of the mast_as a signal, find hour j his balance. He remembers that lie slip. ; Excuf . e my apparent rudeness. I did not j after hour the boat danced over the seas. : pf fl. felt himself fall and the next mo- ! expect you t nl later.” H.ont no/was, ill the ?op of the hald/iack, . '.- So a j r said.” I replied cheer- | clutching at the small, elusive branches i fully <- He gaye me tea.” as a drowning man grasps at a straw, j “xf r Liffey takes too much upon hints. The tree, but 2 inches in diameter'at the SP jf said Mrs. Tregarth tartly, ’’not shown a light and brought them aboard.” The Dutchmen were tired with their pull at t'ne oars and slept soundly ’tiil the mornin’ watch of the Alary Ann was ready to wash down decks. Then they rose up, yawning and stretching, and the last was hardly on his feet be- for the breeze came. Sail was made at once, and as the Alary Ann laid her course. Captain Hopewell called the cook aft to see about preparing break fast for the extra men. He had his eye on the strangers at the same time, and noted that they had gathered in a bunch and were whispering together. ’J’heir yawl was a big and clumsy boat, pro vided with oars and sail, and as there was no room on the deck of the brig to stow it the captain went forward ana tried to make the Dutch mate understand that the contents should bp hoisted aboard and Ihc yawl sent adrift. lie made himself clear enough, but as if his words and gestunes had been a sig nal the twelve Dutchmen at once sprang upon tiie crew of the Alary Ann. all of whom were on deck. They were stout, determined men, and the move was so sudden that no resistance was made. after spoke them side o awake cha ngi - ■ V ia id night to them Nancy and tnd sed tip found that both of vere asleep. She sat down be- ip of them in the bows, wide with he r thoughts of the sudden in their fortunes, and a long hour had passed when the sight of a j ship suddenly danced before her. It was j a craft with all her sails set, and hav ing been taken aback she was drifting | aw'.av stern first, thouglf this fact was I not known til] later. A cry from the woman roused everybody up in an in stant, and parting into the south she chokingly exclaimed: "There—there—a ship—a ship!” “By Josh, and there is!” answ’ered Cap tain Elisha, a second later. '“Now, men. all together and hail her.” base, bent out into space with his weight; the roots, insecure in the thin soil cover ing the rocks, creaked, snapped and stretched with the strain, and the sturdy little tree drooped steadily until it lay out horizontally over the ghastly space below. Parker was so paralyzed with fear That he shut his eyes, clasped the branches in a deathlike grip and remained mo tionless for several moments. “Aly head swam so '.hat everything | was blurred for a time,” said the boy in i telling the story. “I didn’t dare look I down, and if I had wanted to I couldn’t. A great shout went over the water, ■ for the animal had a sort of fascination but it was not answered and neither was j for me. The tree had stopped bending, a light displayed. The shout was re- I but every time I moved some of the Nancy heard the scuffle and appeared lhad been silent for a quarter of an hour | on deck to find Captain Elisha and all men prisoners. They were prisoners, whtn she gave a sudden start and bent her ear to listen. Captain Elisha hap pened to note ner attitude, and he cross ed over to her side and queried: “Wall, Nancy, d’ye think anybody will steal the wood pile while we're gone on this trip?” “I’m listenin'. Elisha," she replied as Bhe laid a hand on his arm. “Can't you catch the sound of oar locks off here to the north?" “It’s some noise in the hold,” he answer ed after lisf-ming a minute. “No, It’s not. There—there—don't you catch it?” “By Josh, I do! Yes, it sounds like oars at work, but how on earth can a boat be Wt there?” hlf and yet they were not b they made no struggle the Dutch mate took off his cap to Nancy and sought to make it clear to the others that they were to be sent adrift in the yawl. “Wall, d'ye understand what he's driv- in- at?" asked Captain Elisha as lu tunned to Nancy. “X do, Elisha,” she replied, “and I’m not. a bit surprised. They mean to turn us adrift and go sailing away with the brig.” “But, l>y Josh, how can they do it? It's the same as piracy! Alen, let’s make a fight fur it!” “Stop, Elisha!” called Nancy. “There’s “I dunno, but ther ? is one. Now you I no show for us! They’ll beat ye to death ^it the sounds plainer. It's a boat, I tell ycu, and 'she’s pulling at least four oars. ! She must be from a wreck, and you'd better light a lantern and lush it in the riggin' to guide ’em." A lantern wa s procured and placed as suggested, and it had scarcely thrown its light over the waters when there was a hail from half a dozen throats at once. | •Captain Hopewell answered it, and within I five minutes every one of the crew of the Mary Ann was on deck and wide awake with curiosity. The hails were re peated at intervals, the sound of the oars came nearer, and at the end of half an before you can knock one of 'em down. Don’t drive them to murder when there's no call fur It." “And am 1 to let 'cm have possession of hrig and cargo?” “You'll have to. If you are easy with 'em we’ll git away all right, and we may sight a vessel to help us before noon.” "Aye, captain, we've no show agin 'em.’’ called the mate, “hut with that i big yawl we needn’t be afraid if we ' tiro at sea fur a month. We are fur ; the boat.” That settled it. It is due to the stran- peated again and again and then after a ^long look Captain Elisha cried out: M liy, l believe she’s an abandoned craft and hikin' care of herself! We’ll run right alongside in five minutes!” They reached the decks of the stranger to find her a ship a good deal larger than the Mary Ann. and a search of ten , minutes proved that not a living soul was j aboard. There was a dead man, though, i Lying in the main cabin, fully dressed, was the corpse of the captain, and a sailor’s sheath knife was still sticking in nis back. Murder had been done before the ship was abandoned. Did you ever When i Pead !,n acc ount of that ocean mystery? ' j The ship Vborne. Captain Bergen, mas- j ter. had set out from North sea ports ■ hound for New York with a valuable i cargo. That was the craft Captain Hope- : well found adrift in mid-ocean. Her crew, frnnj tile mate down, were the men who I took forcible possession of the Alary Ann. after killing their captain and (abandoning their vessel. What drove thorn to the deed of blood—why they I didn t stand by’ their ship afterwards— j where they headed for in the stolen hrig— | these are questions that have never been answered. Perhaps the mate and his chief quarreled, and murder was done in passion. Then fear A>f the law made the whole erew clamorous to get out of the ship. They took nothing with them which was not their own. They even left over a thousand dollars In gold and silver behind them. If any human eye ever sighted the Alary Ann after her crew lost sight of her the fact has not been reported to this day. It is easy to guess her fate, how ever. She either went down in a gale at sea or was wrecked on some iron-bound coast to the north and every soul per ished •Thr roots would snap and a fit of shaking would attack me. So 1 just kept look ing and looking, expecting every minute that the beast would spring and we’d both go down a thousand feet to those awful rocks below. ■ cubs ate up the fish while the old uarded me, and then they tme the . basket to shreds, played with the re- j volver like kittens until they had poked it over t’ne precipice, and finally crawl ed under a bush and went to sleep. At * this tiie mother lynx retreated about 40 feet and lay down with her nose be- tween her paws. Whenever I moved j she would growl, so 1 kept pretty still, penworthy. She was an extremely beau At the end of an hour I gat some of my tjful gj] .| hut with rather a sad air. nerve back and looked down. It almost ..j am j; 0 g i a d you have come,” said made me sick, and tiie feeling of mv legs Miss Penworthy to me, and taking my was something awful. But I kept at it | hand. “I want a companion of some- and saw two teams go over. I cried ( thing near my own age.” out, hut I suppose I couldn’t force my "You have Arthur,” said Mrs. Tre- volce down, for the driver paid no at- garth shortly. about the tea, but in talking so much. Dinner will be ready in a few minutes.” r dressed myself in my best and went j down to the drawing room. It was occu- ! pied by A1r. Liffey in old-fashioned even I ing dress, and by a bluff, handsome young man with a distinguished air, and I a military appearance. This, as I guess- ’ ed. was Arthur Tregarth, and so he in- j troduced himself. ‘ "The mater and Alaud will be down soon,” he remarked, wheeling a chair for me to the fire. “I expect you had j a dull journey.” “At first 1 had. Air. Tregarth. but when ! I left Devonshire I was entertained by ■ an archaeologist, who told me a lot about this house.” “Wastney.” said Air. Liffey, resting his chin on his hand, and beaming as usual. “Alichael Wastney. He knows all about old houses.” “He knows about this one, at all events," said 1 cheerfully. "What did he say?" "He told me about the river ” “Ah, bah! That’s all nonsense,” said Arthur uneasily. "1 don’t think so.” put in T.iffey quiet ly. “The river is fatai to many of your house. Tregarth. and also to visitors at limes,” and the librarian looked at me till I felt uncomfortable. Airs. Tregarth came in then with Maud “And I desire no one better,” replied Maud, as fsoon began to call her. “But a girl needs a girl.” Next day Maud took me over the for a ; house. It was a beautiful old place, mel- Ihunderstorm and I became panic-strick- lowed by time Into a perfect whole. The en. As the wind rose I lay as fiat as (celebrated river flowed past the east l c oui<] and the lynx crawled over to wall, and the windows looked directly on the shelter of a big spruce. Soon th tention. “At 4 o’clock, as I was beginning to be cramped, black clouds began to ob scure the sun and the wind came up. 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OUR PAT I J Antes ark all explained wheh wc send No sooner had the body of the late captain been given burial and the ship’s papers overhauled to find her port of destination than she was headed for the port of New Y'ork to be delivered up to the consignees. It was a short-handed crew to work such a big craft, but every man tried to do two men’s work, and It was recorded on the log that Nancy Hopewell steered her tricks at the wheel and kept look-outs with the men. While they had been despoiled of the Mary Ann. they were to find themselves largely the gainers by it. After a run which was bare of event the derelict was safely moored in New York harbor, anff Wagons, Carts, Surreys, fl"«etoM,”?:arTiaVre*? j Laptain Elisha bade Nancy remove the Light and Heavy Wagon*, Vehicles of all kinds, liar from her hands and slick up to meet also axerythlng In Harness. Saddles and Sad- r .. , K dlery, all shown in large handsome halftone < ompun) • It is of the long ago I have illustrations,Ml dcscnptiM. and all pries* at price. . written. The tombstones of both Elisha -sack l*warthaa aay atk.r ksw*eaa pMslbl. aiaks. , ,, - - and Nancy are mossgrown in the old cemetery, but the salvage money re ceived from the Vorne gave them years of comfort and happiness. People some times wondered that In their old age there was no abatement of their affec tions. and Elisha would alway* answer them with: "Then, by Josh, it’s because Nancy Is and best woman on earth, care who hears me say bo!” rain commcncud to fall in torrents, the lightning played in flashes all about the rocks and the tree trembled, shook and swayed from side to side with the terrific crashes of thunder. “The lynx howled and gathered her young to her and I just lay there waiting for a horrible death. Aly eyes were closed tight and my teetli were clench ed when there was a frightful flash of lightning, followed instantly by a ter- to its waters. The upper part of the house was empty, and had the reputation of being haunted. “There is a haunted room in the east tower,” Alaud said, “it has a red door, and is kept locked. Whosoever sleeps there never comes out alive.” “What are they supposed to die of?” “They kill themselves,” she whispered. “They throw themselves into the river. But such a thing has not happened for years. The last person who tempted Fate in this way was Mr. Tregarth. He slept ■mk l.w.r tku Uj *lkcr kom. «• pMslbl. mkn. KITH THE FOUR FREE eta- LOGUES u*. If rra can’t su A TOF DUGOY AT ANT PRICE. rifle peal of thunder. 'J he ground shook j n room _ an d rushed out in the night with the vibration. I felt the tree set- to dr6wn himse lf. tie and the rocks shudder w r ith the blow ! “Did anyone find him in the river?” as some mona'rch of the forest went “Yes. But no one saw him fall in. 1 > down. I heard the wail of one of tiie cxpPC t he threw himself in during the ■ kittens and then a.H was still save for n ight. That is ten years ago. and since I the downpour of the rain. then Mrsft Tregarth has kept the room “Somehow I mustered courage to open I locked. A white pigeon is said to appear my eyes. In front of me, where the tree when a Tregarth dies. One was seen flut- which had sheltered the lynx family had j .ering in the library the nig>£ before Mr. stood, was a mass of pulverized rock. (Tregarth drowned himself.” Twenty feet to the right was the black- We then spoke of other things. Maud enod and singed body of one cub. The j told me that she loved Arthur, and, with other was running around in a circle the approval of the mother, was to marry dazed. There was nothing to be seen | him in a few months. of the mother, except a piece of foot, with the claws distended from the cush ion pads. I felt as if I had prickly heat all over, but 1 slid over the ground wilh as steady nerves as I could muster and tottered back into the forest for a quar ter of a mile before I stopped. Then I ran 4 miles to the Bruce shanty.” IN MANCHURIA. General Gouge—Do you expect to eat your Christmas dinner In Tokyo? General Guffski—Not If I can keep out of the Japs’ clutches, my boy. Mr. Liffey quarreled frequently with Mrs. Tregarth, and I often wondered that she did not dismiss him. The fact that he had been a school friend of the late Mr. Tregarth was probably why he remained. But one day he apparently went too far, although I did not know at the time why he quarreled so violently with Mrs. Tre garth. Maud afterwards Informed me. “Mr. Liffey is going,” she said abruptly. “Dear me. I thought he was quite a fix ture here.” Maud nodded. “He has been here for the last thirty years,” she said, "and Mrs. Tregarth, out of regard for her late hus- Oh Lord,” he finished. it flashed aeVoss me that Liffey had in some way brought about the death of Airs. Tregarth. whose name was Eliza. I was so startled that I pushed open the door, l.iffev looked up and saw me. Then I fled. The next day he was quite his old self, and made no reference to my presence at the door of the library on the previous night, and I could not, of course, see my way to accuse hfm. I “I am driving with Arthur to Tintagel.” I said Aland to me that day. “We shall bo barl? nt 6 o’clock. Will you come?” "No, thank you,” 1 answered, seeing how cold was the invitation. ”1 have letters to write, and my boxes to pack." At I o'clock I went to hava luncheon with Mr. l.iffev, and we were quite friendly, incidentally he referred to the haunted room. I expressed a desire to see it. J “I can show it to you.” said Air. Liffey, j and we went up the stairs together. We stopped at the red door. When we en- . tered the room, Air. Liffey shut the door, and. standing with his back to it, he began to talk In a slow, cruel way. “I^ast night you overheard me,” lie said. "Yes, I did," was the rash admission; “and 1 am sure that you killed Airs. Tre garth.” "You are quite right,” he admitted, “i did kill her, and ] killed her husoand. Now I am going to kill you.” Aly blood ran cold. “I glanced toward the window; it was barred—toward the door; he had his back against it. I had nothing to defend my self with. 1 was in his power and help less. Air. Liffey guessed my thoughts and chuckled in a hateful way. ”Yes.'' said he, “you may scream as loud as you like, but no one will hear you. i have trapped you, Aliss Starr. Jyrcause you know too much." “You murdered Mrs. Tregarth. You threw her into the river. Why?” "I did not throw her into the river, but 1 killed her. You will know how she got into the water shortly. And I killed her because she would have turned me out of the house for making love to Aliss Penworthy. She was jealous. Y’ears ago when she was a bride I loved iter. ’J re garth was not worthy of her. Had lie not made her his wife she would have mar ried me. But I came here to be the librarian. I was at least in her presence. Tregarth treated her • badly. 1 warned him against doing so, hut lie would not take my warning. Then the white pigeon came, and Tregarth was found dead in tiie Garth." “And you put hint in there?” I “I arranged it," said Air. Liffey, c oidly. “I thought when lie was out of the way ' that Mrs. Tregarth would marry me. but she refused, and when Alaud came I neglected her. Well. y OU can under stand that when Mrs. Tregarth learnt that I loved Maud, she grew jealous, and j would have turned me out of the house. T warned her: she refused to accept my warning. I hen the white pigeon came, anil Airs. Tregarth was found dead in the Garth.” A light broke in upon me. “You loose the pigeon?" j “I Ahl. I had the bird in my pocket, and when you wero all looking elsewhere | I if fl. v - I did the same when Tre- ; "arth was alive, so that he might repent. He did not: his wife did not; s o I killed I him an<1 lip r. It is my doing, and since you now know the truth, you shall die j also.** | “How did you kill Airs. Tregarth?” i i,r Dlffey chuckled again. “I told her ; that Arthur was in love with another woman; that he had written her letters; ; that T had secured them; and that I had hidden them in this room. I told her where to find them, and after leaving me on that night, she came up to thl* room. Then,” he added ouietly, “she was found in the river “ “But T don’t understand, wildered. “You soon will,” he sneered. “Well now. you know all. so I shall leave VO u’ Say your prayers, Miss Starr, for you- life is drawing to an end. I decoyed you I villain was saying. "She came here rav ing that she loved you, Arthur, that she i could not live without you. I tried to quiet her. but could not. She rushed away saying that without you death was better than life. I have been searching with the servants for her all the after noon. We found her shawl on the river bank. Indeed, I fear she has thrown herself in.” I could stand it no longer, hut dashed through the window. “No, you wretch.' I cried. "I am alive to punish you as a murderer." Then I fainted. For some weeks I was ill. When 1 be came convalescent, 1 heard that Liffey had escaped. He had taken the train to London and had vanished.. From information supplied by my rav ings while delirious a search had been made in the room of death, and the whole horrible apparatus was revealed. It must have been planned and constructed over a hundred years before, as the ma chinery was quite rusty. Liffey learnt about its mechanism from an old family record, and had used the trap to kill Tregarth and his wife. 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