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The Atlanta Georgian and News SUNDAY READING 1 With Saturda y's Georgian of 1 May 18, 1907. | YOL. V. NO. 273. SUNDAY READING With Saturday's Georgian of May 18, 1907. THE GHOST OF LOCHRAIN CASTLE A Thrilling Novel of Love, Intrigue, Tragedy and the Mystery of a Famous Diamond By MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON, Author of “Tho Lightning Conductor,” Ete., Etc. Illustrated by George Kerr and Frank A. Nankeville. CHAPTER I. Elspeth and Her Great Chance. -I LSPETH DKAN was almost * ashamed to go again Into the agency to ask the same question: s there anything for me?" and to hear e same answer, "Nothing today." She sitoted at the door for a moment, but e had come out on purpose to make e call, and It was a confession of fall- e to steal away discouraged. Elspeth hated to fall, so she sum- fined up her courage and marched In. The same young woman sot at tne me desk, with the same rather wasp- i expression on her face, Elspeth mid have envied her a little for her cure position In life. If It had not been r that expression. But Klspeth would t willingly have changed hers (which is attractive, oven In a greenish lodg.- g house mirror, with a crack across e middle) for that other, In spite of e material advantages which might ’ with It. . „ . . "Good morning, "Is there — she had gun as usual, when the young wom- i with the expression cut her short. "Tho manager will see you In her Ivate room," she said, with a nod to- lrd the door, succeeded Instantly by a hi Ike gaze of discouragemen t for the iptlcant who followed on Elspeth s A "small boy in Uvcry. sitting by the or In question, knocked, mentioned e name of. Miss Dean, and after a arrnur from someono unsesn, invitea speth to pass through. Miss SnuthT the man Jif* r , ency, looked up^rom ft pile or idlers. Drawn by Prank A. KanklreU. Kenrith Looked Her Wsy Occasionally, But She Appeared Engrossed in Her Book. •Ah. Miss Dean. It'a you. to It? Iwna exDoctlnjr you,” she remarked. You generally come In about thl. time How would you like to go up to Scotland. and be a kind of secretary m a big Hydro?” Elspcth'a gray eya# opened. She had dreamed of nothing more exciting than a place In a Imndon office, and It bad appeared enorrooualy difficult to get even that. But Scotland-dear, bcauU- ful Scotland In August, and a big Hy dro! It seemed too good to be true. She wss almost sure It would end In nothing, but she did not show her Isck of faith In her attainments and her luck: she was far too ahrewd a girt. In spite of her Inexperience, to make “•? shouKMlke It. I think,” she said with creditable calmnMS. “Exactly what would I have to dor “WelL it's hot Quite an ordinary itc- rctarUl position," replied Miss Smith. M You would have to take down the manager’s letters from dictation, of JCsi. Let me see. wbafs your rata per mlauto?" “A hundred and thirty worda la my averago speed. I can do a hundred and fifty for a spurt.” "Good. But I believe you have only had home practice as yet" “I used to work from by brothers dictation. He could hardly speak too fust for me." "One doesn’t lose one s head with one’* * brother. Whereas with strangers, and a great many strangers at whose beck and call you’d have to be, you’d find It different." “If you think I am too Inexperienced for tho place’’— began Elspeth flush ing. "frankly. I do think you too Inex perienced. but you seem a quick-wit ted, sensible girl, who ought to get on: and the manager of Lochraln Cas tle Hydro makes It a point that the person engaged shall be 8cotch. well educated, a lady, not over ZB, and—er— prepossessing. You happen at this mo ment to be the only young Scotchwom an I have on my books aa a stenogra pher. Otherwise I should have pre ferred some one more experienced and nearer the age limit mentioned.” "I’m 21,” said Elspeth.'- "And look IS, but It can’t be helped. Mr. McGowan wants tome one at once. If you go, you’ll have to start tomor row. Cun you do that?" ^‘Easily," replied Elspeth. who lived In one room, and whose worldly pos sessions would all go Into a box not too large for use os a cabin trunk. "You say It Isn’t an ordinary place. What Is there to db besides attending to the manager’s correspondence?” "Ills correspondence would probably be the leust part of your work, as there’s already a young man who helps with that; but he has other duties, bookkeeping and no on, and can’t de vote his whole time to correspondence. A local young woman was tried, but failed, and a new person Is wanted In a hurry, because there are guests In the hotel who need eecretarial work done, and haven't brought their own secretaries. That ta -why I said you Continued on Next Pago.