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DEMOGRATIG ADVOGATE BY W.A BROWNE. OFFICIAL PAPER OF DARKE COUNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1886 MENTAL CONFESSION. BY FRANK H. STAUFFER. The 9 o'clock morning train from the city left Lisle Denham at the pretty little- way-station known.

as Waldermere. With a fling of his hand to several gentlemen of his acquaintance, he took the meadow-path which led to his beautiful country home. When be came in sight of the house, the central figure in the stretches of lawn, orchard and garden, look of intense satisfaction, born ofthe sense of proprietorship, filled his face. He was a handsome man -tall, erect in figure and graceful in bearing, and justin the prime of his manhood. He had a few faults, and the leading one among them was hie excessive selfishness.

In that he was not exacting, perhaps, and never invaded the rights of others; still in his attempt to get out all the zest that was in it, he lived very much for himself. His farm was a large and valuable one. It was well tilled and well kept, ly and there was not a dollar due upon it. His yacht was at anchor in the by bay; his stable was filled with thor. oughbred horses; his bank account was plethoric; his credit was unlimited.

He had no children, but a lovely, quiet, intelligent, self-possessed wife, to of whom any man would have been proud, was mistress in his lordly a home. A woman with a sweet, placid face, with thoughtful blue eyes, with low, musical voice, with timid, caressing manners, with a head to plan, ly yet with a heart that might be broken. He had arrived at nine o'clock in in the morning, whereas she did not expect him until nine in the evening. His early return would be a pleasant surprise to her, to be sure, and with that thought uppermost 1 in his mind, he stepped softly upon the veranda and looked in at the open window. Suddenly a baleful light came into his black eyes; a deadly pallor swept his face; his lips parted with a gasp; glad his right hand fumbled nervously for pistol which he carried in his hip pocket.

Within the drawing-room he saw a man kissing his wife--and that man ber was Richard Brandon, his life-long, most-trusted friend, the discovery of of whose perfidy almost dumfounded him. In a second more a great sense of relief came to him, for he saw his wife was not passive under the caress. said. She tore herself from the man's grasp, left dealt him a smart blow in the face. his "Coward!" she cried.

"Ingrate, perfidious friend!" and She pressed one hand against her heart, her breath coming and going, face flushed with anger, her blue eyes aglow with indignation. Never you, she looked so lovely in the eyes her husband, or in the eyes of the friend who had wronged him. I "Mr. Brandon, this is an outrage for wife which you can never atone," she said, be repressed vehemence. "Were I tell my "Oh, but you never will," the man interrupted, recovering from the sur- caused by her fierce resentment.

fancy would call me to account. It you. would result in his death or mine, or I've both of us." fully The possibility of such a result little brought a dusky pallor to the young wife's face. "And believing that you presumed," said, with ineffable scorn. Her assailant grew red in the face, to he was not utterly devoid of principle.

and "Mrs. Denham," he slowly replied, again. might offer much in extenuation In my conduct. I might insist that it letter. admits of an interpretation other the one you choose to place she it." "It was an inexcusable insult, sir!" cried.

the "But not he replied. and have been strangely drawn toward have I pitied your lonely life. I felt you were neglected. I saw that asked, sighed for genial companionship. parent be sure, you did not make me your confidant, yet I divined that my so- am was agreeable to you.

Your away husband does not appreciate you. He A wrapped up in his yacht, his fast a soft horses, his giddy round of pleasure. The is so utterly selfish that- to "Stop just there!" she imperiously saw ordered, with a quick, angry gesture. ever you think so meanly of me as to suppose that I would allow you to Lisle traduce my husband, even though gent. word were true?" not "Mrs.

Denham, I know that I have ride offended you," pleaded he. "I forgot before myself. Your lonely life, the indif- well, your husband, and your suof skirt, loveliness- country "Mr. Brandon," she sternly are continuing the inI misunderstood you a little- kind." misunderstood me a great She more. I once respected you a deal--now I do not respect you at Nay, I despise you.

I am shocked, but hold myself blameless, for I er by thought, word or act led you suppose that you could humiliate this way. I never complained to about my husband; I never admitted to myself that I had reason to plain. If my life has been a lonely one I wasn't aware of it. It certainly has not been a loveless one. You that you forgot yourself.

A gentleman never forgets binaself. You never forget yourself again in presence. You must leave this house at once, never to return to it." "Mrs. twitted me, sir, because I no protector. It seems that I need be protected from you.

Go, traitorous friend!" Although his lips parted and there was a movement of the muscles of throat, be did not say a word. stood abashed, disconcerted, baffled, self-condemned. He struggled for moment with his passion, then bowed low, seized his hat and walked out the house. Mrs. Denham sank into the nearest chair and went off into a hysterical spell of weeping.

She keenly felt humiliation; she censured herself cause she had been too unsuspectful; she mentally admitted that her had at times seemed desperately loneto her. Lisle Denham was deeply stirred what he had heard and witnessed. The strongest emotions were those sulting from self-crimination and admiration for the loyalty exhibited his wife. "I have been a fool," he muttered himself; "a selfish, unappreciative wretch. Yes, Maggie indeed has been neglected wife.

It needed something like this to show me how remiss I have been." He waited until her grief nad largespent itself; then noiselessly approached her. Her face was buried her arms, and her frame shook with sobs that she could not entirely repress. "Maggie, what is the matter?" be softly, tenderly asked. She sprang quickly to her feet, her heart almost standing still, the delight in her eyes blending with consternation. "Oh, Lisle!" she cried.

"I am so you have come." She flung herself into his arms and kissed him wildly, her whole form quivering with excitement. He returned her caresses; he drew closer to him; he imprisoned her hands; he spoke in the softest accents love. "What happened, dear?" he asked. -have been--frightened," she stammered. "By some tramp, no doubt," Lisle child! You have been too much alone." There was such hearty sympathy in tone that she lifted her sweet, tear-stained face from his shoulder, looked at him with an intense yearning in her eyes.

"Lisle," she cried, in a broken, wailing voice, "you love me, don't Lisle?" "Love you, darling!" be exclaimed. "Why, what do you mean, child? Do love you? No man could love his with more devotion. I may not very demonstrative, but it is there." "Oh, thanks, Lisle," she cried in ecstasy, and clasping her hands. "Oh, bless you for saying that. Don't for a moment that I doubted Only--Well, don't mind me; been frightened, and-am-dreadtired.

I am a silly, bysterical thing." "On the contrary, darling, you are a brave, sensible, uncomplaining, truehearted woman," he said, with grave earnestness, his dark eyes shining inhers. She laughed in a pleased, glad way, seemed very much like herself the afternoon she handed him a "It was left here by a messenger," said. "It is from Mr. Gillingham," Lisle replied, as he opened and glanced at letter." He offers me ten thousdollars for my yacht. He can it." "Lisle, will you buy another?" she the faintest apprehension apin her voice.

"That would be folly," he said. "I tired of yachting. takes me from home too much. pleased light filled her eyes, and smile came to her lips. next morning he called to her come to the front door.

There she the prettiest horse her eyes had rested upon. "Maggie, said. I bought him for you," "He's safe, docile, intelliI have other horses, but I am sure that I would want you to any of them. You used to ride, we were married, and you rode too. Now fix up some kind of a and we'll take a dash across the after breakfast." "Lisle," she said, with a sudden swelling in her throat, "you, are too supplemented her words with a good glance of love that made his all.

throb. The ride was an enjoyable occasion nev- to both of them. He was polite, to ty, attentive, solicitous, and she me him know that she appreciated it her responsive manner that natural you blending of the freedom of a girl the self-consciousness of Woman comthat had ever pleased him. "I am just beginning to live," her mental comment. say "It is nice to be at home more shall quently," was his mental admission.

His desire to remain more at home my increased day by day. He became less selfish; he comprehended she had needs as well as himself. had studied to please her; he grew more to steady in his habits, and had larger views of life, its aims, its privileges, its duties. He saw that a change had taken his place in her, and yet he was scarcely able to divine the character of it. He knew that she had always loved a but he had never before had even approximate idea of its depth, its of vor, its stability.

One charming evening toward, close of summer they stood alone upon the veranda. She nestled closer her to him, her head dropping upon shoulder. "Oh, I have been beso happy all these months," she said, a low, sweet life mor running along her words; happy, Lisle, I would not have thought it possible. But I have been wanting to make a confession to you, Lisle, aud why should I not make renow? It has been a burden on soul. If I could throw that off I would by be supremely happy." "Tell it, dear." he whispered, looking down upon her from his grand height.

"I am sure that it will include a plea for forgiveness," "No, Lisle," she said, though calm lines of her mouth wrought with suppressed emotion. "I committed no wrong; I was in no wise to blame, and yet it might have led to peril it been less precipitate." She spoke with a timid earnestness that suited her soft, girlish voice. She waited a few seconds; then said: "Lisle, do you remember the you came home: at nine in the morning instead of at nine in the evening, as you bad written that you "Yes, dear." "When you came into the drawingroom you found me crying." remember, Maggie. Don't say anything about it." "But I--I--want to," she stammered. She was looking directly at him with the sweet eyes that ever spired faith, promised fidelity, pleaded for love.

"You need not tell me, Maggie, I know, he said. "You know!" she exclaimed, aghast. "Yes, dear. You refer to Richard Brandon's perfidy." Intense surprise filled her face. "He didn't tell you?" she gasped.

"No, Maggie," replied Lisle, with peculiar gravity. "There isn't even that to be said in his favor. Dear, saw and heard what happened. was on the veranda, just where are standing now. I made no noise, because I wanted to surprise you.

The window was open, you remember. It came to me like a lightning stroke. I reached for my revolver." "Oh, cried his wife, with shudder. "Then I saw you repulse him, heard your hot words of scorn, noted the dignant expression upon your face, understood that you were pure heaven is pure, and as loyal as the just. But for that I would have shot him." Her eyes grew dim with a sudden gush of feeling.

She glided close him again, and clung to him in her excitement. "It opened my eyes," she heard him say. "I saw how selfish I had been--how neglectful. A rare treasure was mine and I had never properly appreciated it. I had been living solely for myself.

The mental confession I made brought a sense of shame to my brow and a pang of regret to my heart. Maggie, I have been kind to you since then." "Much kinder, Lisle," she cried, trembling in her joy and standing on her toes so that her lips could touch his. "The dearest, best husband that ever lived. And you saw? And all this time you knew?" "Yes, pet. Let it all go.

It opened my eyes and brought joy to you. We should both be thankful." "And, Lisle, we are." All housekeepers know with what pertinacity the flavor of onions clings to the utensil in which they are cooked, even after the most presistent of boiling off and scouring out. Therefore, if you have a kettle with a notch broken out, or a skillet with half the handle broken off, do no relegate it to the garret or wood shed, but keep it expressly for cooking onions and nothing else. The extraordinary popularity of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is the natural result of its use by all classes of people for over forty years. It has proven itself the very best specific for colds, coughs, and pulmonary complaints.

SPIRITUALISM. The Great Amherst Mystery Described by an Investigator. Walter Hubbell, an actor, of No. 69 Madison avenue, told this extraordivary story of an experience which he says he had with ghosts in a haunted house in Nova Scotia: "At seven o'clock on a beautiful June morning I entered the haunted house of Daniel Teed, a shoemaker, in Amberst, Nova Scotia, determined to fully Investigate the great 'Amberst as the phenomenon was called. After placing my umbrella in a corner of the dining-room and my satchel on the dining table, I sat down, wondering if what I had heard about the house could be true, when to my great amazement my umbrella was thrown by an invisible power within the atmosphere (for 80 it seemed to me), a distance of fully fifteen feet, passing over my head in its strange flight.

At almost the same instant large carving knife came whizzing toward me through the air and fell at my feet. I left the room immediately, taking my satchel to the parlor, where I sat down literally paralyzed with astonishment. I had only been seated about a minute when my satchel was thrown about ten feet across the room by the invisible power, and 8 large chair came rushing toward me, striking the one on which I was seated with such tremendous force that it was nearly knocked from under me. I wish it to my be distinctly understood that all this oceurred in a clear day when the sun was shining; that the house is a detached cottage, and that there was not the slightest deception of any not kind about the marvelous manifestations of the power within the atmosthe phere, passing human intelligence, as I shall explain later on. "At breakfast the next morning, the lid of the stone-china sugar bowl bad (made of the same material) disappeared from the table, and in about ten minutes I saw it suspended a few inches from the ceiling, held there by the power which in about one minute day afterward let it fall to the floor.

In falling it struck a sofa and rolled to the floor without being broken. This state of things continued for days, varying in character until the ghosts commenced to make loud noises in the house, which they seemed to produce by striking the walls, doors and furniture with their bands. "I must remark that Daniel Teed and his family attended the Methodist Church and did not know anyin- thing about demonology, or rather modern spiritualism, so called an ism. I may add that I have investigated, for and found wanting. whatever may have been the experience, and is today the credulous belief of thousands of worthy persons who patronize the jugglers and charlatans claiming to hold intercourse with the unseen world.

"I became very well acquainted with the ghosts during my residence among them, and they would, when I requested, furnish me with matches I to light my pipe. One day they blew we a trumpet from morning until late at night. This was the most uncanny feat they performed, and it made our flesh creep and our hair almost stand on end. Toward the end of July the ghosts became so malicious that it a was not safe to live in the same house with them. They were continually starting fires, breaking the walls with in- chains, pulling the beds apart, throwing knives and forks with such force 88 that they would remain sticking in doors and other, inanimate objects, and worse than all this, strange voices could be heard by us all calling our to names.

discovered that there were I six ghosts, and by the same means as. that used in the conversation I have mentioned, I learned their names by going over each letter of the alphabet until the names were spelt out. The chief said his name was 'Bob The others Peter Cox, Mary and Maggie Fisher and Eliza and Jane MeNeal. Maggie Fisher said she came from the vicinity of Amherst, but I couldn't find out from the others where they lived when on earth. "You may be sure every means that could be suggested was tried to abolish the ghosts.

We tried singing old-fashioned tunes while standing in a circle and pasted verses from the Bible on the windows and walls of the cottage. But it was no use. The ghosts stayed all. the same, and indeed, continued to get bolder and more frequent in their visits. It is a singular thing there were no manifestations of the ghosts on Sundays.

Their wonderful exhibitions were frequently witnessed by ten or twelve persons at a time. The members of Mr. Teed's family were of course very much frightened by the presence of the ghosts, and they were put to great Inconvenience by some of the things that these supernatural beings did, but Mr. Teed was unwilling to leave the house, as it would have put him to great inconvenience and expense, which he could ill Y. Commercial Advertiser.

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