Show F INTCnNATIONAL pHtBB ASSOCIATION PAITEn I OMB quickly Lady I Iellcle and I will II how to you Ihe apparition I ap-parition You shall f LJ we for yourself II I I ffflA > oll Jeannot basin Jj vented a foollli 1r n A tale 10 acare the ell f S J ly I iwaaant people 31 U Add my oM no 1 have not cheated me nor bn bewitched by an evil pollIh figure passd not In mlniilni a no It always returns this war so you can are It fur yourself Ho MM the worthy servitor of the Ianguedoc family Jeannot Utln In a solemn and auppremwd voice as he motioned mo-tioned for hit young mlaireM lo follow him 1 into the low shrubbery which 17hhe r II I skirted the meadow ore the dense woods look pMMlon of the ground The youthful tedr Kellele with n 1 I mile of arch merriment on her hrlaht young fare followed him fearlessly pausing a moment however lo cmM nn admiring glen at the Scene ab WM leaving behind her Well worthy Indent l ihls parting at ration wan the chinning bit nf land cape lust now roqueting with the Put pie inhillnnM of approaching evening A prolonged undulating alopo 01 smoothly turfed terraces edged with straight line of poplar like deep green fringe and erowtiixl at the slim mil with the clutter of turreted roots forming Langueidoc chateau whoso lull quaintly shaped chimneys rote far up nralnit the gold flushed blue of the clnuil seeming In reach the slender thread of light which Ihn young new moon hung nut I ni sign of her advent At the right wan the thickly worm undulating canopy of grand old rees forming the Mltle Korest of which the Inngueilces were ao proud and chary and far on lo Iho left you caught the glitter of wares where the Mediterranean reveled In the last golden beams of sunshine sun-shine and the bright reflection showed the splrca and roofs of Krejus like some cloud city ready to vanish at a monienta warning Inly Krllclo gars n glance milled In joyous triumphant eoiuelousnesa that the beautiful pOI was her own proud berllage and then stepped I lightly and daintily along over the rough pathway by lilcli Jeannot ltd her The old 1 man looked profoundly solemn I sol-emn very much awed and n little I frightened oa he plunged Into the deepening I deep-ening ahull every now and then I pausing 10 allow Iho fairy footsteps of his companion to recover the advantage I advant-age earned by hub huge strides Ho found a dry mossy spot half covered wllh drooping vines and motioned mo-tioned for tady Kcllcie lo occupy u 1gaethero I l hove wlway loadr y a 1 IAy 1l cl a yen are II It I ommanl r a view of this opening path ho has alvtaya gone out past me whispered Jeannot with a stealthy glance at the designated pathway The smile faded off from the girls i fate Somehow the weird aomtierneoi of the wood with old Joannol awe r shuck face beside her sho could uol relAln her playfulnew She drew her mantle of violet silk closer over her liwitl and walled In silence Hark Whlspeted Jeunnot uncoil loutly grasping her annA ann-A dull heavy want of regular blows whether from mortal ax shovel or pick I iiiuld hardly lie determined broke the atlllneM 1 reigning around i The old mail crowed hliuiclf reverently i rever-ently I I always hear It Fiat so whispered i be and In a little while ho Is I sure lo appear Hut ghosts dont work Jennuot Mid tady Ivllale Why dont you get some of lie men with you fljul follow fol-low up the sounds till jou And what makes them Havent I tried It alone Holy Mary 1te searched and fcirched I the woods over und never a tore ran I find ot Ihe Kinuud broken or of a tree disturbed 1 bad wild Ideas nt nrolI thought I Homebody was burying some guilty sit crI11 murdend body l or a stolen f treasure nnd I meant old Jeannot shoud have the glory of finding It all out I might as well have tried to I I raise sunken ship from the sen Oh now my lady lla all beyond mortal 1 finding out dials my belluf l and sure 1 wont he so bold as to bring upon myself the evil ones tengeancv by pry Ing Into his doing It was only be c ui you rvpiovnl me as an Idle story eller thai 1 brought you here I to see for vourtelf lie paused abruptly ahrat k back un I I der Ibe bimhM and frantically tU J her ban I while he polntod 1 to the open It J Pathway beyond them Ijiily Kellcle bent forwird not without with-out a violent bontlnx heart It mint bo udmlltnd r A tall darkly dmperled l figure wllh i n shore over hla ahoulder was alolk Inc slowly I along before her eye I So much wee undeniable I Moreover Hllhouih one band held the atiov l and I I the other sating Idly by hits eldethough nl r I no lantern I or torch Hua anywhere vle I Ible n little circle of bright light Kent cowering along with him ttemlnc to i ml Isle I from his very fret Doeplfe her bent effort a cold chill i rapt > oter tbo girt And she aloo1 ahlv t I B until tbo myaterloui figure van t abet truth eight a t Jeanuot WOe mullerlng prayers with 1 vehement eagerntiw Uily Kellcle made n deaptrule voce lion seeing the old naps terror and t n lalmed resolutely I i t Nooitcutl It was a man who li I Ii I i i prowling around here for tome evil 1 pnrjxMe I ncktiowlr you have convinced con-vinced l me Jeannot m > aotMI old 1 Jeannol that I was baity In acciming you of tnintlnn loo much to your Imagination Im-agination You have rcrUmly aon the figure but I opine It will prove to be decldrdly more tangible and nslurnl p than a ghoal You mint bring other with you 1 and follow him Oh my lady Pellrle ills I n ghost or the evil one don b talk ao icofflng ly I I RBI afraid an evil aped will fi II 1 upon you aa a pun Inn men t I WM going to tell you how I did follow him and how ho turned upon me bU blailng eyo nud threw up his hands and little Fame came dancing all around blm and I e opened his mouth and It thunderedand 1 the very gronad teemed to nmko Oh t snuck the aulpbtir and I saw he blun Dame Dont doubt It Lilly Kellcle I wouldnt come again for the klir a Scepter I came now only lo convince eshe you I am afraid some terrible thing ge la i lo happen lo ua and that this la I the algn Holy Mary have mercy I will let the good 1 priest to nay prayers for in all Hut come we must return My 1 lady the counieaa will be angry with me for bringing you her and Vlctolro will be tired of walling where you ata tinned her And looking around him ihudder Ingly Jeannot stepped forth Into Iho path pathUily Uily IVIIdo followwl thoughtfully It la very odd murmured she when my father return from tans It must bo thoroughly Inventlgiitoil Ah yes I shall be ao glad when the count gels home M Pierre Iho over peer called mo a foolish old driveller and bade me hold my tongue Tho noble count might believe him but you Lady Vehicle can aeauro him hat p t do not lie Im lIre that I do not want to frighten nil the people aa M 1 Pierre any I do but thin la u dreadful thing to keep lo myself Dont talk now Jennnot said lAd lA-d Tcllclo Impatiently How dark It 1 hats grown I dont know what my mother would nay If she knew I came with you and without any other attendant at-tendant Pray lot ua hurry The old servant quickened hits pace at lh CM words and tho lady kept atcp with him now She gave a great elgh of relief when they reached the upon ground Tho lara were out and the pale lIver crescent cres-cent had brightened Into gold Krom the chateau Untied a ruddy gleam kindling from window lo window A light figure came bounding down Ihe hill Oh my Kady reticle have rOil come Your mother has enl out twice I for you Have you Been It limb Vlctglral kEep dlacrcet I alia tlli t J 11 i f I encfttUtyou with my fnvon and don I l tonne luo with qtiratlon I will gu to my mother now The pretty walling maid dropped an humble courlcey and followed ilomuro ly I after her mlilriiii an the latter turned awlflly toward hit chateau but the w aa eagerly repeating herself I iily Kollrle hna geeu Iho ghoit I am auro or why don old Jeannot fling mo mioh n triumphant glance Hour brave those noble ladles can bot Nothing I nm sure could have tempted mo to go with Jeannot Inlo the wood at hula hour She In I ao grave and Mil I I It la I certain that she has seen noiiio Ihlng Tho lady however did not gratify her ciirlo > lly Slue panted Initially octopi Ilia broad hall when she reached thin chateau nnd went directly to the boudoir of the rountraa Shu wan n very flue looking woman Ihla Countiw Ijingucdoc lull and lately and dreniod with aulublo rich liens but them wits n mid cxprulon In her poll deep eee which bclniyeil i that her noble entnta had not brought wllh It unmixed happlneai She roue front tho civet lounge aa her daughter ei < ered and olOllIlmd cblldlilily rellcle Iellcle where have you been Thla wild rumbling will not answer You know how deeply It 1 Mould dlipleaati Iho count In know ou wcro nna > from the chateau grounds unattended And I bate itvnt twice 1 fur you end no OHO knew hero you were not oven Vlclolie Your father The sweet red llpa nf Kellclo checked further speech aa she Bung her arms around the ladya neck and klailng her rfpeaiedly answered gully All yes my fllhfr1 understand my lady mother but man nero In I nwm In Purls and will never know for I nm sire joii h ill not tell him And U U a 10 rcfrMhlng MO dpllgbtful to III fro and wild Just a little In sure when I have half a doicn rvllIl at my heels aa papa nlwl n > t scuds mo forth nil my pleature la I destroyed and I have many a tlmo envied ana of our own poauint girt her unmolMtiMl freolom Bay now toy darllngc of mammaa do you blamo me If I tube advantage of my father absence and sand the trouble Porno nltendanta to their proper placeeT 1IIIrTho The dancing eparkllnc eyes peered lOKUUhly r Into liar face and tho coun tem sntt1etiven while silo alRhod I su ii + treatoll U l natural sold clue ileldlng while aha stroked back the GlOM waves of hair from the fair forehead fore-head headOf Of count It li I replied reticle sally man pete U eno exceedingly particular It la I moat tiresome Wheroa Ihn good 1 of grnmtour It It mutt torment jou all the time Now that he cant Intlit upon our going down to regular dinner In that huge illulu ball bat looks reedy to Wallow two people like you and nw why 11ft clog the bell and order n 1 nlee little repiet for Ut here It wonld be to ooty la borne like co extremely dillKhtful The eoanttw ambled stilt more brightly and tretebed out her band toward the bell I rellcle new to rash It and after the necwuary onliri had l been Ilyen ahe qirew off her mantle playfully Mated the ruuntCM allllll In the pay chair and drew a CUihlon of emerald velvet lo her feet Now mamma for one of our foray IllkwlI shall U b bout Your absence tonight ma there What detained foil an long my child Vehicle ihrugged the whllo ebould era gleaming aa prtttlly through the lice cape of her low bodice of violet allk lIkAh Ah mamma that will be too dlamal n topic Walt HI they have brought moro cnndloa Tell me something about your girlhood what you thought bow you felt whin you were no older than I your giddy daughter Tho dclcately penciled eyebrows of thn coiint < wa eentrneted and a weary look of pain flickered a moment over her face Abe took up the fairy hand cromed over her knee and klaeed them nofily I miut ray aa you ilo my love It 1ft too dlimnl for that while thin room la I 10 dimly lighted l I have received a Jelter from your father during your ab eence He U to lento Parl In another week and ho thinks the young MarquU dc Ilfrl will accompany him on his return re-turn hither and bids me prepare you for It Kellclo atartod and a flood of crlm I ton pjibrd lo her face Ob mamma exclaimed alto anti hen covering her face wllh her handa I ihn burnt Into loan and sobbed vcbcin catty CHArTKIl II Hi eounteM made no effort to chock I her only now and then bent down and klated the Unified jlll IIIJh and wet I it check l Kellclo started to e her feet and began r pacing lo and fro I i It la ao liumlll I i ntlngl exclaimed she pitilonalely to be bartered and inlil Ilko a dumb animal became rank t and estalra arc matched lo have no qua tlon asked concerning character and heart Oh It la I barburoua Tho countess watched her with a perturbed per-turbed and deeply aympathltliiR face Loc my father think Ilm I a 1 atone I or a butterfly that I have no feeling no ado no deep soul requirements Oh I have envied Ibo peananta before but never ao much aa now I could wlah I bad never been torn went on Iellcle moro and more bitterly whllo Iho excitement grow upon her her soft dark c > ci glittered fiercely and two burning crlmion poll gathered upon her cheeks Her mother alghod deeply Tho girl board It nod turned Impetuously Impetu-ously ouslyOb Oh mamma mammal my good true tender mothirnurely you will not bo harsh with me you will pity mel Oh Implore nay father to forego tile hated marriage I know nothing of Ihe mantilla I do not wish lo know him abhor hula very name Bay that I need nut ace him I femur that I caunot prom Inn you tiny help anawered the oountoas sadly sad-ly I Kellcle turned sway with girlish petulance pet-ulance IIlnnNo No ono cares for my true happluou no one knows how to plly me Kcllclol sold the eounteM In alone a-lone of deep rcprouh and unutterable sadnewa The IngenuoiM 2lrl flung herself Into In-to her arms Imploring pardon amidst a flood of traia to as iniuiiiiiu |