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_ An# watch him she did. Leb. soon Y that it would have been imposâ€" ‘@ible to have put a â€"moreâ€"vigitantr ud nting detective ~on _his . actions ‘ #han this faithful old domestic. She ‘,‘ d steal around the house after Him in the most tireless and noiseless way, | her otservetionâ€"rather interrupted the _ pleasure he ..I""s':‘a"’.‘.“‘"‘""' E. prom mself in 2 old mansion, ‘Whenever he beâ€" \ himselfâ€"to & new ‘field ‘of Investi~ 7 he was pretty sure soon to be ;m with the picture of: old Marâ€" [ framet in uhy anatlon ot & dop: way ot & ¢ f of a d« or f , with dl-ohfirflngm .Mnumdonflm him. t Leb. was not‘the of ‘a man easity discouraged. He resoived 1 ‘ fake m _ the men p le t and en# s bu i .._ _ GHAPTER XYV.. .. _ Obedien .&m&dd&d Crum had taken his departure from the renere roof that had sheitered his h o Jong, and for which he felt an | /In a tenaat house on ‘thy near the ferry that had for #o many years been the scene of hi Jabore. ‘What the old fellow thought on the subject of his disgraceâ€"&rom thy eonfidence he had enjoyed In Tolff House for so many years, nobody had =wuu«- for maintained a « and went about his i tactiturn % %“%‘::':....."" SiineBibcken e e Nce 4 not. = ies se es sn ook Rnd ies o. ing i oi meep es on whon ‘of her teqings rather »urprising â€" Jueb. affected to treat it all with casy however, andâ€"stionce made r at home . his new poâ€" tion. . _"It is quite neew.cas for you to rail.at Afair.and amiaple Margaret," he.réâ€" f to one ofâ€"the old woman‘s out« ' ; "‘the powers that be have put and here, I mean to stay. You like my company better after you a&r acquaififed. with .me"~â€"and «gh(hnnuflaumrut showed yellow fangs in a not very . *Tike a wolf," snapped old Margaret, ks 4 ‘_“'Si't .?nnun “ASWW thief and vagabor(d, nm‘h::; and not! were before you. What bave wou comie/Here‘to steal? Oh, I‘ll watch youâ€"I‘ll watch you." iROCEF HoUsSE io fin ancpropens o Ran t en ntnih on men tally ’fflxfifig&-‘ii a bad idea to get rid #; the E.u. in Repproodt O " 2 > *I might drop her in the old well, or :Mfihmd.odduflnn-fid leave her there," responded Mr. Sackâ€" ett ~"Nobody wouid ever take the gr to har ther.n L reckon.‘" ioigo ies eg Poning tinne yend $ 7 peference was made to 3 ;‘m twosor three weeks > thout any change of afâ€" ? in Rolff House, &d Margaret, in 3 did> not ~becomeâ€".s PIt ied to the presence of Lob, Sack» that worthy‘found her wator« .Â¥igorous enmity to.be any« * Jeb . eP was:of course Interrg» l ht SCME Wi&h de= wdighss mitted: thet.. there.. were i t patatte onef,4 & p & ?.:._. ;mfih Ronk‘s Tavern ane 6 , "that old: house <is: ghoatâ€"ridâ€" m, and there‘s no getthg around it w p@r goin‘ arownd te . :m%':a nz:. Rata? â€" rats, T/ u. . Rate fon‘t M Dang acors" raikl tha ict wn windows, Mdih lights about the ‘bn one of his peflodical visits to the oiG _ But : gradually rhmtors ‘began to be Whispered about of strange cccurrences mt 3 Mouse. < Lights had been séen ovi the house by those passâ€" j &t night. S me one had seen sparks Ne es hy mt t her plan. 1 don‘tâ€"want her hurt. It At in some way." FfeePA big Interert having ‘her out of the way, but I ve m good Geal ‘bigger interest in EY mar iefi ‘3s 83 ssati¢. iping. myself out of trouble. So I t to do anything yery wicked. her, &ufi.’ T‘4 enjoy the‘ little wringing old neck, ~I suppose 1 w;ufi.‘u‘ put up th her awhile yet TH see what can &A in Tniiadia »Yes ie hlsr d onrma Soke hriws sefi a fellow ou t ‘“ 1 was the other s old t‘m just @ $ how thoseghosts o :q. Bhe‘s, regularly soared, f all n Judgment because I iw the house, Well, it‘s my § E"‘E'q?"‘"' is rpoone bave veon we 4 ~mow they are tryin® k ‘tor Yost time." afraid, Leb?" asted one it make ‘trouble." “’na-aflv-msrfll =_1mu ight, and it was 64 that the Byvil One had bren but agreeable to him in his new idt â€"Yes, I amskind o‘ afraid," Leéb., in a matter »â€"faot way; hed 0 Nateialtiays> Nad a port | nm """.’E'i&‘ say mush; 1 can stand the " fe at 1 don‘t feel exnotly. safe Fflm * wided. fothe burdal Af 116 api and then I ain‘t C e aot Paon‘ J 40il you, boy®, OT & â€"| meed ty milions ora for sheir children wome~ whose TTT hu--dlnm of the house at nights, and to on» tertain their cronies u“tl‘ u:: wm d ~Matters went on in this way for (wo or three weeks, . Roiff House was enâ€" joying a reputation it had never héfore fully borne as &n abode of mischevous % when the gossip and interest in matter were suddenlyy greatly increased by the flight of old Margaret from the house to the abode of & niece, in m ie mt aig Arriee3 anute From her confused statements, it was } M‘hhw&mm of: . ghoatiy ‘uttributing them solely to the wicked pranks of Leb. Backett; but, as day after day passed by, and each night brought new and more mysâ€" #erious occurrences, her courage had graduallygiven way, till at last. an event had occurred that had completely terrified her and caused her to flee the house. ‘What this terrifying occurrente was she could not be induced to state, but it had evidently left a most.serious Ampression upon her mind and partially #hattered her wellâ€"worn facuities, ten with mora! terror, and at ance took toâ€"bed with serious !liness in conseâ€" quénce of the nervous excitement she It was noticed, too, by those most in« terested, that Leb. Sackett no longer wore his usual jaunty air, but secmed unusually grave and preâ€"occupied in all his actions, Yet Ne did not Jeave the house. He asserted that there woere not: ghosts enough in Christendom to scare him, and that he would stay in the old house as long as he was wanted One eventnig, however, he did not put in an‘ appearance at Ronk‘s tevorn. Another evening. passed, and be was still absent. < Btill a third and a fourth found him missing from his accustomed fi‘r. and public excitement began to aroused in regard to his safaty. It Whs believed that he had come to soms harm at the hands of theâ€"evil sptrits that bewitched the old house,. None umubouump‘#moq.fllno the matter, * inySâ€" terious au-ppu'n!uai of XR Sackett mdded to the excitementâ€"in regard to the ghostly doings at Rolff House, Ralph Saybrook was not a young wan to take leave of his characteristic threwdness even in such a delicate mat. ter: as loveâ€"making. . Having resoived to winâ€"Rosa Bruyn; he knew the best plan to lead to ulttmate success was to mummuyweom heart. He was well a that ho would be rebuffed at first, and that it would. require great address and perâ€" sistehcy for him to achieve ultimate for conducting a lorig and difficult sult with as much precision and method as If it were a law case instead of a mat« rimonial project he had in hand. ed Ay of actually m:gn?: x;qu ?o:mu:g _ She took poayr o hias eP Hit ad we boas ie Shon 826 Pompany, Wha mas a treauens pon + was :uloovfio guest o(m hthz; «t "Ma house, it was bie for her to avoid his : company irely, . Thus â€" Raiph was offered his gwn opportunity to de, glare himself, and the occasign was wely. ‘ghosen. It was a beautiful garly gpring day, and Rosa had been to the village on some efrand, when, on ber way home, she was joined by the young jawyer,. He proceeded home with hcr, exerting himself to be lively and enter« taintng, and, mmwum.?, managed shrewdly to engage her in an animated conversation on the approâ€" g:‘hu subject of flora culture, which, ng & topic she took a deep interest in, she was unconsciously led out of her usual mood of studied reticence in his company, and even awakened Into some life and enthusiasm in expressing her views on a subject in which she took such aâ€"deep interest, : Raiph was a young man of quite general reading, and, as is sometimes the case with thoze of the coldest~and most~selfish nature, had quite a passion for flowers, and wa well informed on their cultivation and capable ying enthusiasm bo M eapaset "to" toae fot enlicien f one point to @iscourse on the language of flowers, and it was not long,ere he had taken advantage of so favorable a turn of the conversation, to fntroguce a supject ct love and declare his attachmant for *Yes, dear Rosa," he sald, in his most begu! tonas, as sho stood surprised kad aheq‘htmnnom of his tuncxpétted decinration, "I love you @uith my whole heart You me, to MF "Really Mr, Faybrook, 1 cannaot listen zm YouBut do”wmuhmn-ll"' me 80. is my error to induige a hope that 1 could look faâ€" wormbly on your addresses, I most mm I would wrong you 4s I you under the slightest delusion, Believe me, it is impossible." *n fope ty thit araint Iansusty ~ Ralph was quick to catch the impiled admission of the generousâ€"hearted girl that she might have mmtonsciously led him to hope for her favor. "But why?*" he made haste to urgs "Most truly, 1 have seen no reason is ye, the chicfest flower in all Nature‘s esire to make the rullng ambition of FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS Wiystow‘s Sootut=s SyuUr has been forw CHAPTER XVL Gecline to listen ." n it fl" at least wot give mufi .w to ascertain 'wfim not in. time becomeâ€"mere agrecable‘ to x'f > Ruink s i < ‘ en ax rlflfi t m nanmeien mt mm B eeteaceir x not expect rivals, but. knowing my own heart, I can well induigeâ€" the hope. of being able to surpase all in faithfuincss and devotion."; Tears sprang to the eyes of the young girl, ‘The situation was becoming very embarrassing for her, and she deterâ€" mined to cut it shortâ€"by a candid ex planation. F "Let me be frank with you, Mr. Say» brook," she said.. "My faith is atveady pledged to another, and I cannot break "!tbn.l-.\"n-.:!m brook," she repiied.: »/*Do yourself with such & .hope,"* ‘"Unwelcome as the news is to me,"* mmmuupu: conifiture, "I do not see how it sahuts me out from hope. I had reason, perbaps, to suspect such a fact, but I also had reason to believe that it was mot an objection that would prove in any way insuperable. ‘ Indeed. 1 did not know but that your relations in that direction had been broken off. Of course, you allude to Claude Jtoiff. Much as I respect and admire him as a friend, I cannot believe but that be has lacked the sincerity and earnest» ness of a true manly character in bis attentions. to you. In faot without breaking confidence, I think I may say that he himself looked upon his deparâ€" ture abroad as a practical sundering. of all ties that bound him to his native land, and that he confessed as much, and I have also reason to believe that he has since formed new ties in the y ud Prectuge ne toee that m regures dm{’muwflw ive made muualhgm:x-.- mot consider that his © should shut â€"out mine. . Let me assure you, Rosa, kindly but earnestly, that all others save only yourself, perhaps, have regarded his attentions to you as lnckâ€" ing. in real sincerity, I know that such is yout father‘s opinion. I did not preâ€" sume to indulge a hope of becoming your suitor without first dedaring my Intentions to him, and learning thathe Adid not regard my character and hopes unfavorably; and I was given to un« derstand by him that not enly was your hand free so far as he knew,‘! :t that,.even if an engagement did exi@t with Mr. Rolff. it could: never receive his consent. He regards, as I assuré you others regard, the ambition of that young man as of a kind that will never adapt itself to the circumstances of our quiet little community and pescoful ways, and that â€"his leaving us is a prace tical sundering of all designs or probâ€" mbility â€" of ever returning bere. It would be but cruelty, Rosa, to. deny me even the one fond lover‘s privilege }ummmmx.---uum aiready proved false to you." "I cannot believe itâ€"I will not. beâ€" Heve it," replied Rosa hastily, and with moved, ‘"You all siander him; you all seem conspired her to deceive ma. lm'wn: ot iitm till 1 havye Bbetter evidence than‘ I have yet sten.* : e ‘eviadncns . remied â€" Raipn, ~who the "evidence," Railph, who lhnwdunw.wnmu;ot‘oh préss the point at presént. * l_:‘nhlrdlywawfl‘fi yseltâ€" as his h | ‘geem to E-m&_ n;r%mfl ttle lapsg timg Aearly, whx-:e“fi:’qmmn‘.m that your hand will yet h6 fres for me ;:':ufivvlthnnmm‘qd'm that is inâ€"my heart," This request was ‘humble snough, but Rosk was scare listening, She was denierogt sot, hA hssn "You . must n;sun me now, Mr, Baybrook," she said burriedly,â€" "I can» not listen to you longer. 1 have duties awaiting me in the house. Go: 1 dag." Turhing aimost abruptly, she pProâ€" cceeded with hasty steps toward the P es MInxiu"- ® "he excitement mcbylfiol:. pearance of 1.0b, Sackett, and the pul lt surmises in regard: to t&fl therefor, naturally came to ears : lawyer Saybrook and his son. . ~~~* little jobh of estttig ‘old Margaret out ‘nenatly," remarked: in adihs Cofr nevos ° Amante maipd sald ho‘ g"v‘&nu ta Keep nmm unw?fi‘?;:hll\ ”=~ &hm.gu”z.hbm od. Suppose after dinfiet we walk over and see what is up." Raiph sssented; and, dinnér being House, _ __ _ o As drew "'f.‘ 'lmmnm‘!: -m had not had an inhabitant \n years. . Mw‘m”"m“ "-“-T ED CAPCAIRCTEC CCCUERN SenSRO one, to bnt woee Recppee Parna he sad | i meatintt t 1 rearemeturnt motnn (beva menuyrs : Md V to us. 1 sukpect we will have |life, ~This n m-:‘nu‘- vigorous «enoush 'n now to get some one to put |from our pat soundest sleep " l‘n.*mim'm‘:.wnn': flmn.h.h mfi m balle such dread that 1 do not betieve |Sisoretion. ® but thers was no atle $‘.‘hnmnhw 6 gwer, The summons w3 repested, Uinoussing | the "Matter, theÂ¥ |will be cont * Whey walted; but (rere was no an« wwer, The summons wrs repested, Btill no answer, Again and sgain 414 hmm)&-tm but ne m-fl.wfi.‘m‘- grom withis. ""nham'umw tiy. A cam 1t soant dW it posstâ€" lt that 1L+b.â€" has been up to some ‘The young man watched her disap» io ra or 3e Ne the Ee ts aoet 0e the old imar into," Perhage $s is yirl, you are now ‘of an | * homeaes mt aigen |1 s hyâ€"should I not to $+ . 4 number of your faithful | #>0* I could not expect to be | t>* , but, knowing my own | £ * well induizeâ€" the hone af | | > v« i2, 44 I‘re W'fiwflh Coor, but at last the 1 #: & the door was opens ~B ' . It had fh '}m.m that p »mm“um :-d‘nuu.ubuun“y « »atained, and make good + ve & â€" â€"Where ‘can t ® light. we . go y ue h-k:u-nl. " _ Interpored tu&mm a less excitable uaâ€"~ \nre than his father, but equally Intent. un golving the mystery of Lch.‘s sirange aotions. .mwummm- .%mmumm lantern with Carl .Crum bad guided the lawyer down to the lower of the house on a previous ocâ€" ‘mh'l.h‘l::mmluhnsnm j «to Jight it. ther proceeded cautiourly through the dark and stairways down to the ul:. The door was open, and @ in 1t * They eritered, and stood for a moment Ia sort of trepidation, vainly casting ru-ml:.udmwplcm Ne darkness of that subterranean dunâ€" geon, which the feeble flame of the eandle ouly niade more visible. eaution in the direction of the : t A sudden chill of dread hag bt-lrhe:umwm! : gloom of the old cellar and | reaction from the eager excitement ; d led them to penetrate its . a “Mh‘ t a ’ carefully the light of the lan» tern ahead of them, a sight was sudâ€" | Genly presented to their eyes that caused them both to start back with | an : exclamation of horror. The (w-. 6f a man was lying on the damp celâ€" | larâ€"floor, buried beneath the weight of ; & huge stone that had fallen from aboye , upon him. . Summoning courage to in=} vqtlfltnmclouly.nm-hwod“ that the form was that of Leb. Sackett. Hé was stone dead, and presented n: Appearance well calculated. to .excite : even if it had been wnneand‘ dess terrifying . circumstances, ie stone was scross his.breast, as he lay stretched mpon his back; his face was twistedâ€"back and turned toward them; his glassy eyes protruded; and blood had flowed from his.mouth andâ€" mostrils. . It was evident that his life had been crushed out at once. 1 Strange and fatal reward of his knaveâ€" | Py! (What a spectacie! It leads one to ; think of the stories they tell of the Evil ; gt.wmm'i?flvmlfi!’:‘ ans me. Let us out of this. ‘:: fi-h-mm-w-'ol oust touch nothing till we notify the | ‘ legal authorities, It‘s & strange 5e It sickens me. â€" Let us ge# , Whey turned in ge, when the feeble flame of the candle grew suddenly faint ‘ mmm«. ing them in total<. The tion was one that | ghight well insptre terror in the hearts ; of braver men. Already horrified as ; they were, the sudden quenching of . mwmm.mcui fear, serambled" for the cellar, door, as though the Evil One himself mn‘dyhnh‘tm.mblmmi éach other and failing sprawling on : the cellar bottom. Fear added to their | sonfusion, and they were some time . to lossen the ston«s above, howeven oo Li ie SRen AP hi cvorns ‘The two men glanced at each other with blank countenances. â€"â€" "Railph, this is horrible," said the tlder Saybrook; as soon as he could eompose himself to speak. "I did not expect any such result as this. Let us look about Â¥es, yes, I see; he had been making an attempt to get into the vault. See here where he has been to work trying‘to break through the @oor. Yes, and here is where he has drilléd, and fired his powder biast, only in finding the door But they at last sucsseded in doing so, and hastened up the ngrrow stairs into the dark hall &bove. Here again they were in trou» bie, and some moments of fearful sus pense were passed ere they discovered the stairway that led to the upper hall. ‘They finally succeedéd in gaining the Goor by which they had entered, and Grew easier breaths. ‘ "Whew!"* â€" exciaimed Anthony Sayâ€" Brook, "that is the worst scrape that ever I got into. I wouldn‘t be down there again for a thousand dollats." . '&npmw"rfiq *4 pever was so s my own to that. 1‘m all in a trem» ‘@ lucky $ did not break my peck, got some good bruises as "And 1, too," added the elder, with ruefulâ€"countenance, ‘"Curse the old house; I‘m afraid it is bound to bring us i11 juck, I suspect it is the devil‘s mmm But let us get home must have this matter g{tandéd to. ,ammgw‘mmw m‘” regard to the old : superstitious will be more Mcvl«mznunny‘b% :a:'-'“" “"1%‘ »b.‘% mo« nent.. fi’-&'fln&»mm "Let us go down into the ,** mcte nmlf&dumwt’cnm * very much dismayed and disâ€" uflted by the mysterious disapprarâ€" 000 Leb. "TU warrant we‘ll find » @races there. Yes, yes; I know his mo, the 4â€"d rascal . Butr we must cnee his sudden agitation. They . made ‘a hasty scarch of tha xzmhfll‘fl.“u\iod j Teb. but there was no reâ€" "Well, perbaps s0," responded the Other, "Butâ€"I hate terribly to be taken in by any one in such a makhner. Still, as you say, it is good luck that the wault is safe, but what it contains I confess I don‘t know, though I susâ€" pect there is something valuable in it. This affair will make a big taik; but Tok war the chute of Jn Sion dretruon was of # ton, of it .fi-w’:;-m mean®, P 8 dhel T m hed maaores tn us. 1 eukpect we will have now to get some one to put Leb.‘s piace; but even if we have to the old house up, this event will svon reathed home, and, after a short ‘prétty well pest and cgneuitation, the proper au~ |apirit of the m"""'fi“m"‘ ited, and thorities were notified of mflw means ar four years, th my andident that had happened in :fio:“t loah-rm The officors of the inw and & fow am is no possible chance of his cither get» W ons cks S d ds on dR td 48. o Lo d T i ds led in his game of robbery, and th vault is safe. It is good Juck, af tright before I can think . E ho erens o otment bf ts tark iht gate of â€" The old place: remained up © »M‘mslh'm‘ it was held than it it a score of gm Mr. Saybrook had sent off i #o ‘Claude : explaining. and . ampothing over the late events, and al~ ! so taking occasion to drop him certain that would lead him to infer that t w.m-afinu-ofiu-m that he had hhhl?.uto * Rosa him. aid | not say this> ; in thet, he was gareful not to let Claudeé suspect that he i took ‘any interest whatever in his love | ; but he deftly managed to weave facts and hints in his letter, | as if by the merest Inadvertance, which t young man could not well help inâ€" 1 so as to arouse ‘his susplc= $. ‘that .Rosa‘s love for him was al | ready beconiing cold.. The wily lawyer argued that if he could arouse in the i ng man & feeling that he had .been ‘;gnbl‘:hdn hini t ’mmn .ph‘:t es y lea 0 resents t by affecting coclness and reserve bimself. He knew that he must be ‘mm-bytlhumoonuuonnto(m umflthwmohhhkttmbndbom m;nlmudh.nolnutom : for it; and, by ‘@killfully mis« |badln:um.h.hopedwnomhh \mo(m:undwldohtomcl!ullfl 'hlmthdmtmw w'nua. Amid the novelty and excite» ‘i;mumnwma.ne\mmfl ’cmmmnmmwflm ’1mmm impressions, and I.“,mmmhtsmm .hstnrn.dlnpsmouml.mv“' ,’.doa for the old farmer‘s daughtes Qmumupmmmm ‘‘mifd that Ralph would be left a clear ‘teld to woo and win her, no matte® turn events might take. ~* Anthony Saybrook had no ‘op» I unugnchmot_lh‘w stone had given wa; «and failes upon him, ward asd crushing weight. ® sort of projecting cap above nllnml.uq.qo‘olu Tfi'w eral public, however, Leb.‘s was " /b ts, and that the tradition that the §a:‘umm“ni=finw30u t : himself in such a foolhardy contest the powers of evil was commen on with many sober «hakes of the bead, and all the old, wellâ€"worn ruuwmmmmm t the old mansion were revived and reâ€" tailed with impressive earnestness to groups of interested listeners. : "The corpse was carried a0 in« held upon it, n&hz werdict of accidentat death. t wouldâ€"be robber had been caught i» his own trap. ntgen Imwwnflmm‘vwc seoner or later result in hostilities.. In ‘guet, the spirit of~the people was alâ€" Â¥eady aroused to the highest pitch, and was pushing a peaceâ€"loving administraâ€" forward to the bold course of reg ding the young republic to un~ 4 th its sword as the ehampion of he rights of commerce, We have seen that Anthony Saybroo® rmm the outbreak of war, sertain was be of it, that his plans ,uclehmoofmmputmben aimost entirely governed by the Antict« pation of its speedy cocurrence. Poâ€" lhm.hbdmhmmuul ‘:ro-dmh“umm-um. sneered acates as "French :lrh "-%‘IH, however, , Â¥6 was not a man to let hig prejudices interfere with his terests in any way. With the young helr of Rolff House gway in Europe, 'wmm-m-m |@eeds in his hands covering the most |valuable parts of the property, a war would furnish an opportunity to carry, g»munmuum he utmost chance of safety. ‘Thereâ€" fore, though in his public utterances, ard in his letters to Claude, the lawyer u‘wmmma ‘ its probability, at heart he was eager to have it ccout, and strongly, that its outbreak was inevi« sAs he surmised, Anthony Say« m-a‘mumhunm place made vacent by the death of Lob, Backett He would not have old Carl Crum; so,~trusting is the protection vllelu:xhrbdhtmnmm was the of evil spirits would afâ€" ford, he had it carefully closed up and left to only such occasional jnspection as he and Ralph should together make, [ CHAPTER XVHL 'goenu drifted" along a few weeks 9 ut any event to startle the com» munity in regard to Rolff House. . ter upon Claude, or WNHGWVNGN, PM smS the yourng man received it at all. It was a period when the mail service beâ€" iween this country and Europe was par« world was being shaken by the throes @f ithe gigantli¢ contest between Eng, land and the France of Napoleon, und the cansequences of which were #lowly but inevitably dragging . the young: New. World .republic into. war, aAt each other, ‘commanding the world to cease from commercial intercourse With their enemies under threat of the sapture and confiscation of all ships Wenturing to do so. The spirit of the The seas were harried by the hostile fleets of the belligerents, and comnmere® was practically interdicted by the deâ€" grees the proud hestile nations hurled 4 ig. young Western nation illy, c this arrogant dictation, which destroying its growing commerce; it had long been evident to care= ¢ul observers that the outrages comâ€" mitted against â€" American commerce Bo jJoy was brought to the houschold 6f the Saybrooks, when, with the early, days of summer, the tardy mail brought the news of the actual declaration of war against England. *You see, Raiph," remarked the eider gmm in ‘the .. modest letter which brought the good pews, ‘That my throw has been a sucâ€" seasful one, even if it was risky, and we }ow'--po. Ab, my dear boy, I never did a finer piece of work in my, Uife,~This net#ws clears every obstaole ‘rmpfimmumwvlhh shall take advantage of our opporâ€" tunity rests entirely within our own Slecretion. ‘The war the administration Anto will not be m short ‘There is no doubt that it i be continued till the country is to this country ven way fr it in any way exhausted and the war session of the Rolif propertyT Noth» ing, that I see, unléss it is our own timidity~ And why should we be timid? it is not likely thet Fortune will ever affer us another such a chance. The sisk is comparatively small ~I am in tavor of taking the fullest advantazge » our position, and of acting prompt» "But what if he should come back?"* asked Railph. a think heis very likely to come back at. all. Still, the question is & fair one, and war a year or two, « n-mhmuhm& Rolff House. He can bring sult, of sourse, but what can he prove? ‘The mortgages will have matured, and we ihall be the purchasers. . As for the Seeds, there is no possible ground to shallenge their regularity.> His only, sourse would be a suit to dispossess on the ground of frand; but with what shance of success? Our defence would se that the deeds were given as collatâ€" wal security for money furnished, and ae has absolutely no testimony to offer Aguinst us but his own. Don‘t you see aow beauntifully all my plans have been arranged? I can see no possible chance tor failure. ‘The â€"probabilitics all are that Claude will soon ‘be left pennilesy in Europe. and, by the time he is affordâ€" 14 a chance to return to this country, a thousand things may have happened to take him out of our way,. . ‘The longâ€" ir he is away, the better for us, of sourse; but, in any event, as soon as# we are in full possession of the propâ€" arty I am ready to take the‘chance of gur keeping it." m "I quite see the weight of your arguâ€" ments," replied Ralph, "and, of course, I‘m in favor of a bold course. When will you record the deeds?" ."Ob, there is no {mmediate hurry," was the reply. "It will be well to wait the turn of events for a few weeks, “rwuobjee;mhmmfiunhw ance you in old Bruyn‘ 0:. As ;fiuummmwt;fl‘x eir of General Booth, headâ€"of the Saivaâ€" tion Army, will visit Canada and the UTH States this fall. He will be in Toronto from October 28 to Novâ€" ember 5. The Noxon Conipany of Ingersoll, willâ€"erect an addition to their preâ€" sent buildings 100 x 120 feet, to be used.for shipping, storing.and erectâ€" ing purposes. ever your interests in that direction." "I don‘t worry," replled Raiph. "Well, I am glad of it," was the reâ€" ‘The new steel joists which are beâ€" ing used in place of the timber and the reâ€"planking ofâ€"the Freeport bridge will cost the Township, of Waterloo over $3000. Tavor of Fortume as & cool and brave front. 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