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7IE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1807.
The Ghost of Lgchrain Castle
Jl Thrilling Novel of Love, Intrigue, Tragedy and the Mystery o/
• a Famous ‘Diamond
By MRS. C. N. WILLIAM60N,
Author of “The Lightning Conductor,”
Etc., Etc,
CHAPTER 12. (Concluded.
Hilary turned to Elspeth. “Mlse
Dean, will you come to my door for
one moment, while I write a line, and
then—aa a great favor to me—take It
Immediately to the pereon It la Intend
ed forr
Aa her daughter made thla request
without waiting for an answer In the
affirmative, Lady Lambert turned and
walked rapidly ahead of the others. In
tho direction of her own room.
Elspeth read her thought accurately
end scornfully. In spite of hsr cru
elty the day before, she was willing
that Its victim should be made use of,
though she would not seem to notice
the girl she had so deeply Injured.
Hilary and Elspeth walked together
' along the corridor, but the one was ton
miserable, tbs other too anxious, to
speak.
Elspeth knew without asking what
the note would be, and she was sick at
heart. The door waa open between
this room and the adjoining one, where
Lady Lambart could bs heard moving
restlessly about, therefore she dared
not cry out as she longed to do, “Don't
write to Mr. Trowbrldgd that you'll
marry him. Perhaps It won't be nec
essary. Perhaps you may bs saved In
soma other way.”
Lady Hilary seated herself at a small
writing desk In the window and began
to wilts. As she did eo Elspeth
watched her wistfully, when suddenly,
with a start, her gaze focussed on
something bright which sparkled In a
lace frill of Hilary's dress. Quickly
she took a step forward and bent down
to ass what It waa which had caught
her attention. Then she could hardly
keep back a cry of astonishment, for
tangled In the lace was a ruby and
diamond hoop earring, which she had
often seen the Countess Radojiolskol
wearing.
For a second or two an odd giddi
ness came over Elspeth, but It was
gone as soon almost as It had come,
and she felt cold and calm, as It In the
face of a great danger requiring all her
reserve force and presence of mind.
"Look, Lady Hilary,” sha said, draw
ing no nearer, lest Lady Lambart
should enter. “Look at that thing
caught In your frill. How very odd that
It should bs there.”
Surprised, the girt stopped In the
midst of her note, and following with
her eyes the direction of Elspeth’s
pointing linger. "Why, that’s an ear
ring of Countess Itadepolskol's.'' she
exclaimed. “How could It have got
caught In my dress?"
“The countess was wearing those
earrings yastsrday afternoon,” said
Elspeth.
“Yes, I remember. But I didn't have
on this dress.”
“Where was It?” Elspeth asked.
“Hanging up in tho wardrobe. It
was taken out only this morning. How
queer It Is. I must give the countess
her-earrlng when I—when I see her.
she has missed It. she must be anxious,
and I”—
Til see that It’s properly disposed
of. If you like,” replied Elspeth, with
a diplomatic meaning which seemed to
convey nothing mysterious to the oth
eris mind.
‘•Thank you,” said Hilary. ‘That will
be better, as—as 1 mayn't be 'going
down for some time. Please explain to
her how we found .the earring, and
perhaps In some way she may be able
to clear up the mystery."
Elspeth did not answer; but Hilary,
taking It for granted that she acqui
esced, went on with her writing, Instead
of making the request again.
A moment later she had finished her
note, which consisted of but a few
lines, and had given it to Elspeth.
ths same time she put the countess'
ruby earring Into her hand.
“You know what to do with both of
these,” Hilary said wearily.
"Quite,” replied Elspeth. "You may
depend oh me.” Then, at the door
she turned and said, “Lady Hilary, do
you lock yourself In at night?”
"Ns, not always. Why do you ask?”
returned the other girl.
Elspeth was slightly confused. ‘The
—tho key looks bent,” she said. "I
thought you ought perhaps to speak to
McGowan about It. In a huge
place like this; with so many strangers
:, It Isn’t safe not to lock one's
about,
door at night.”
Lady Hilary smiled bitterly. “I have
nothing of value for nnybody to steal,
she said. "It’s true the key Is a little
bent. I don’t know how It happened,
but It must have had a knock. I dare
say the maid could tell how, If she
would—but no servant will ever confess
an awkwardness, If she can help It.
I only know It’s been like that for a
day or two, and that tho key won’t
turn properly. But It really doesn't
matter for such a poor person as my
self. With Countasa Kadepolskol or
with Lady Ardcllfle U would be differ
ent.”
Elspeth felt herself blushing. Had
Lady Hilary heard the story of the
robbery yet, or had she not? The girl
dared not nek, but went away, with
much food for thought in her mind, and
the note, and ths ruby earring In her
hand,
As soon as she was out of the room,
and shut the door, however, she slipped
the earring Into her pocket.
She believed that tnere was n plot
against Lady Hilary, and that Provi
dence h&d sent her at the right moment
to frustrate It.
If they have other proofs against
her, they’ve made them, as they tried
to make this,” she said to herself. "Hut
Is this only a pari of some great
scheme, or Is It the whole? It’e time
I set myself to find nut, and I will.
There may be some work for mo to do
here before I go. for which I was never
engaged, and will never be paid—except
by success. If they havo detectives
to help them—those people who wish
Lady Hilary harm—they will have one
against them, too. And, oh, how hard
that dstectlvo will try to beat the oth
ers.”
Strange thoughts floated In Elspeth's
brain. She began to weave them to
gether, and hsr pulses beat with the
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weaving.
"What shall I do with this note?"
she asked herself. “If I’d dared to tell
Lady Hilary she was wrong—that no
man had coins with a summons—would
she have wished to take extreme step*?
Khali I wait before handing the note
to Mr. Trowbridge, and give fate a
chance? I could explain to her that I
had delayed a little. I can't see how
It can do harm, as ho Is trying to
work In her Interest at this very min
ute, without knowing that he’s to hove
a reward—a reward a thousand times
greater than he has deserved. Oh, I
will wait, whatever happens.”
By the time aha had decided upon
her couraa aha was bock again In the
great hall. A quick glance showed her
that neither the countess nor Lady
Ardeltffe was thore, but Mr. Trow
bridge, who had evidently been expect
ing her return, came forward to meet
her.
"I think that I July Hilary will be aafe
from annoyance now,” he eald: and
Elspeth saw that he was very pale.
’’You persuaded them both to do
nothing?” she asked.
”1 have persuaded tho countess; and
so far ns I can make out. Lady Ard-
cllffo relied for proofs upon the count
ess. Without her, she's harmless, ex,
rept for eplteful gossip, perhaps.”
"You’re sure tho aounteee won’t help
her.”
”1 am eure,” said Trodbrldgs, grimly.
Elspeth waa assured; but not com
fortable. "They had told Mr. McGow
an their eusplelona, you know,” she re.
minded him.
•'Yes, but I have epoken with Mr.
MeOowan. I told him that the Countese
Itudepolskol didn’t Intend, after all, to
drag Lady Ililnry's name Into the af
fair; that she had come to eee, on sec
ond thought, that she mutt have been
mistaken In hsr suspicions. I said that
titers were no proofs at all against
Lady Hilary, and that, If Lady Ard-
cliffs persisted In hsr accusations, he
would bitterly regret afterward having
paid any attention to them.”
• I'm sure It must have been a relief
to him to hear that.”
”1 think It was."
"But I suppott there's already a de
tective In the house, or soon will bs.
Supposo that Lady Ardellffc should di
rect his attention to Lady Hilary”—
’’She won’t do that at present. Lady
Hilary Is safe enough from her for a
few days. By and by It may bs differ
ent, but then, I hope, the real thief
may have been discovered; or at woret,
nothing can be proved against Lady
Hilary unless those women have plotted
against her more cleverly than I think.”
Elspeth reflected for a moment and
then felt that she understood his veiled
meaning. He hoped that Lady Hilary
would promise to marry him; but In
any case the engagement would not be
announced for some days, and mean
while, perhape. he Intended to be par
ticularly attentive to-Lady Ardcliffe, ns
n "bribe" to her for sparing Lady
Hilary.
This was clear enough, but It seemed
to the girl that ho must havo found
much greater difficulty In dealing with
the countess, a far more dangerous en
emy than flighty and foolish Lady Ard-
clllTe. It was tho countess whom
Elspeth hsd feared, yet Mr. Trowbridge
seemed to have disposed of her without
a struggle.
She would have liked to ask more
questions, but Trowbridge glanced at
do the things which a professional
would have done without scruple, In
pursuit of an end. She must work
alone; for, though she did not like or
trust James Grant, she would not de
ceive him. ,
I .ate In the afternoon Grant spoke
to her for the first time that day, ex
cept upon the business of correspond
ence.
“Mr. McGowan has asked me to tell
you," he said, "that bo has a very good
offer for your room, and that conse
quently you will havo to change into
another. The servants will help you,
but perhaps you would like to oversee
them."
"When am I to changer Inquired
Elspeth.
"At once, please. You are to have
No. 133, on the third floor. In the west
wing. You had better go up to your
room now and superintend the maids
putting your things together. This Is
your free hour."
"Very well," said the girl, hiding all
emotion; but In reality she was as
muah excited as surprised. She was
convinced that something was to hap
pen in that room from which she had
been banished—something connected
with the mysterious sights and sounds
that had kept her waking through so
many nights of fear.
"Who Is to have my room?" she
asked, with an air of Indifference.
"Lord Lochraln, I believe,” answered
Grant, In the same tone.
Continued in Tomorrow’s Georgian.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S TOPIC
THE LAW THAT MAKES A NATION GREAT
The International Sunday School Lesson For July 14 Is, "Ths Ten Com-
mandmentsi Duties Toward God,” Ex. 20: 1-11—Ths Golden Text Is,
“Thou Shalt Lovs the Lord Thy God With All Thine Heart and With All
Ty Soul and With All Thy Might," Deut. 6l5.
By WILLIAM T. ELLI8.
A man poaatsaed by a single big Idea
la a far greater force than one who
holds to many petty notions. ,A great
conception makes a life great. The
person who has one dominant purpose
outstrips all others In lift's raoe. '‘Be
lieve something tremendously” Is good
advice for the.young. There Is a deep
principle underlying tho simple fact
that whan Jehovah got Israel face to
face with Himself, for tha purpose of
laying down the supreme law, He
should put first tha truth of Hit own
existence and character.
In a hundred ways thla buay world
of today Is being made aware of the
truth that there Is a God; and that he
Is a God of Justice, as well as of mer
cy. There has been a tendency among
‘‘practical" men to regard God rather
as a soft, uncaring spirit, not greatly
dissimilar from the bit of Jelly which
certain scientists would substitute for
an Infinite Creator, There are a great
that so many white men In the remote
parte of the earth are going back upon
their color and upon their Inherited
civilisation. When a person gets out
of adjustment with this big central
truth he quickly finds himself askew
with respect to the common moralities.
Keep central the truth with reepect to
God, and one may radiate far In every
direction. Ecvery year the legislatures
and parliaments of civilisation are add
ing hundreds of new laws to society’s
codes; but the real need Is not for more
laws, but for a clearer perception of
man’s obligation to the eternal, self-
existent. all-wise, all-powerful and all-
. ,, w f [o )s #lao Father
In their thinking upon the
fact of God's existence and personality.
It Is because they have lost their
grip upon this teaching concerning God
"You haven't had breakfast yet,
marked Elspeth.
He smiled vaguely. "Haven’t I? I
forgot." And without another word he
was gone.
There was great excitement In the
hotel during the morning, when the
news of the double Jewel robbery had
spread among the guests, and every
one wondered much what was being
dons: but to tha annoyance of their
frlcnda. Countess Kadepolskol and
Lady ArdcllfTe not only did not appear
In public, but refused through their
maids to receive visitors.
Had EUpsth beep on her old terms
with James arant aha would probably
have heard from him what was being
done; whetner the polios suspected any
one; whether there was a disguised de
tective at work In the house. But as
as, he kept such secrets as he might
possess, though he looked at her wist
fully from time to time, as if he hoped
that she might yet change her mind.
It occurred to the girl that. If she
wished to penetrate the mystery she
had now set herself to solve she could
not do better than tell James Grant
that, after all, she would be engaged
to him, and would help him In any way
he wished. He would then open his
heart to her, and It might well be that,
through his communications, she would
be put In possession of the very clues
she wanted.
But Elspeth cquld not bring herself
to such a course. She was but an am
ateur detective at beet, and could not
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pervading Creator,
of ths human family and Its supremo
Law-giver.
Ths Right of Priority,
No good officer coddles his soldiers;
no able executive secures efficiency by
surrendering his own authority. The
king's kingliness does not consist In
putting hlmsslf on the earns political
level aa hie subjects. If there is a Su
preme Being, with a right to lay down
laws for mankind, then He must be su
preme Indeed; and the first command
ment Is seen to be Inevitable: "Thou
shalt have no other gods before me.”
If Jehovah be God He must command
the prerogatives of the solitary, supreme
Deity. No thinking man would care
to worship a god who did less.
Nobody doubts this. Real Infidelity
Is rare. The dangerous, widespread
and subtle practical Infidelity Is this,
however: It assents to God’s godehip,
and then disregards Him, Now a god
believed, but disobeyed, may or may
not visit punishment hereafter, but He
certainly works moral disaster to the
character of the Individual Hypocrisy
Is the deadliest sin, for It atrophies
tho soul. Better an honest, heaven-
defying atheist than a professing
Christian deliberately living a life at
variance with the.moral law,
A wholesome revolt against this sort
of sinning, especially In high places, Is
sweeping over the world. The cry of
one analyst, "Too many men are spir
itual who are not moral,” Is command
ing serious thought Society Increas
ingly perceives the Incongruity of such
not uncommon spectacles as one which
I myself have witnessed: A famous
churchman's name cheered In an ec-
clestastlcal gathering, but actually
hlseed by bis own employees. If the
sovereignty of the Lord Almighty
means anything. It means obedience to
Hie laws.
The God in a Box.
While watching a Shinto festival In
a remote Japanese village, I was ap
proached by a native who knew a few
words of English. He said, pointing to
the careening ark which shouting,
dancing devotees were carrying on
their shoulders, -God In box.” Thank
ing him for the explanation, I began
to muse on the fact that the gods of
heathendom are all little gods—gods
who can be carried about In a box.
gods who can be made by hands, gods
limited by human forms and attributes.
The God whose worship alone Is uni
versal dwells not In temples made with
hands; the heaven of heavens can not
contain Him. and His Ineffable great
ness Is beyond tbe grasp of mortal
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Because Jehovah Is not a little god,
but the Great God, deserving and de
siring direct worship and allegiance,
and jealous of aught that would come
between Him and tho hearts of His
people, His finger wrote on the stony
tablet the second great commandment.
Thou shalt not make unto thee _
graven Image, nor tho likeness of any
form that Is in heaven above, or that
Is In the earth beneath, or that Is In
the water under the earth; thou shalt
not bow down thyself unto them nor
servo them, for I the Lord thy God am
a jealous God, visiting the Iniquities of
the fathers upon the children, upon tho
third and upon the fourth generation of
them that hate me, and showing mercy
unto thouaands of them that love me
and keep my commandments.”
That is spoken like u God sure of
Himself and His rights, and one of
all-embracing vision and largo pur
poses. Whoever stoops to Idolatry—
be it Idolatry of the golden eagle, of
self, or of some other petty object of
worship—Is bound to have a reckoning
with the Almighty, who is beyond all
power of representation, and who will
share His throne with none.
A Nation of Swearers?
The charge Is frequently made over
seas that In thla new world west ot
tho Atlantic there has grown up a
race of swearers—the roost profane
people upon earth. Certainly there Is
a greater variety In the profanity of
the west than In the stereotyped speech
of those who live nearer ths uninven
tive East; and It may be that this
unlovely pre-eminence has been earn
ed. Nobody will deny that there Is
altogether too much cursing and swear.
Ing In our land and time; and that
the practice Is not only Irreverent, and
In defiance of the third commandment,
but also that It stunta Intellectual
growth.
A thinking man has no need „
swear; he has a vocabulary of definite,
meaningful and appropriate words. He
Is able to express his own meaning, In
nft St. a ImIaa Ja,I aIaa Aa* ... I A I . t
■I
all the Intended shades, without bor
rowing from the battered and street-
worn speech of the tough and the row
dy, Profanity Is more than Immoral;
It Is vulgar and Ineffective. It | a not
the blustering mar: who swears that
Impreaspa his Ideas upon the world or
makes things move; It Is the quiet,
self-respecting man of Ideas, who
chooses tools, each fit for Its own spe
cial task.
If any Sunday school teacher whose
sphere touches real life, will only keep
his ear* open for an hour, he will hear
abundant reason for utilising the po
tent agency of the Sunday school to
help curb the day's proclivity for pro
fanity, which Is of a piece with the
age’s spirit of Irreverence. For the
best of arguments against profanity Is
that which underlies the admirable
Roman Catholic "8oelety of the Holy
Name," namely, a respect for the name
and personality of Him of whom the
Inspired pen wrote "Holy and reverend
Is Hie Name.”
If the man of the street Is hit by
the sweep of this third Commandment,
scarcely less Is the man of the prayer
meeting. Says Bishop Chadwick; -The
name of God . . . Is abused when the
Insincere and hollow professor joins In
the most solemn act of worship, honors
Him with the lips when the Van ta
far from Him—nay, when one strives
to reclaim his fellow sinner by the use
of good and holy phrases In which hla
own belief la merely theoretical”
Quite aa Cutting la this further ex
tract from the same meaty writer 1
•The™ l« a larger and powerful school
of religion In our own day, whose dis
ciples talk much more if their own
emotions and their own souls than St.
Paul did, and muck less about Ood and
Christ. Some day the proportions will
be restored.” There Is a profanity that
Is born of religiosity as truly as a pro
fanity which springs from" the third
Neither his
commandment ' Neither his friendi
nor his foes may trifle with Jehovah’s
majesty.
Man's Weal God’s Will.
The Hindus have perfected religious
observances to the point of ludicrous-
ness; they have piled rite upon rite,
ceremony upon ceremony, practice
upon practice, until the original Ides
Is hopelessly obscured. That man Is
far wiser than the ordinary Hindu
worshipper who can make aught of
sense or reason out of the jumble of
f ierformances to be witnessed any day
n Benares, The same danger besets
every religion. There Is more of John
Milton and the other Puritan fsthers
In some folks' theology than there Is
of the Apostle Paul. Reformations
are as necessary in religion as In poli
tick
Take this fourth Commandment, for
example, through which, by the way,
every week automobiles go dashing
end golf balls, tennis balls and base
bolls go hurtling. Even at the risk
of shocking some reader, let me say
that Sabbatarianism Is by no means
synonymous with Berlpturolixm. The
law has become overlaid with Interpre
tation. On# of the most pressing
needs of present day Christianity Is e
fresh, honest, unprejudiced and con
structive presentation of the Sunday
question. At present It Is too largely
confined to the hurling of futile pro
hibitions, which the preachers them
selves do not always observe, against
the now-established practice* of ths
many. Too long we have been hearing
upon this vital subject of the Lords
Day, only a series of poet-century
"Thou shalt note," when the church
and the world are waiting for a sweet-
spirited and timely Interpretation of
"This do in remembrance of Me.
As the fourth of the commandments
having respect to man’s duty to 0«J
thla law primarily enjoined only rest,
with on Implied memorial character
It waa to be a rest day for worker*
(not for Idlers, who today are ths
greatest Sabbath violators), in recog
nition of ths rest of tbe Creator after
his labors. Ths day was tor God s
glory, but also for man's good. It
designed to promote the highest phy»
leal wellbeing of man. as well as “
Insure time for thought upon spiritual
things. Any man who works ao'*; 1
days a week, be he preacher or (•""*?
Is a Sabbath-breaker; and he,falls,'
reader to God tbe honor which
claims as Hla due.—
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