The Argosy, Vol. 30

This July 1880 Argonaut installment continues "The Mysteries of Heron Dyke" (Chapter XIX) by R. and F. Taylor, illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards. Following Squire Denison's death, his heiress niece Ella Winter inherits the estate and faces social pressure to marry. Mrs. Carlyon, Ella's visiting aunt, urges modernization and the pensioning of aged servants Aaron and Dorothy Stone, whom Ella retains out of loyalty. Steward Hubert Stone, harboring concealed passion for Ella, relocates to the lodge. The narrative focuses on Mrs. Carlyon's mysterious fright in the North wing corridor—a shadowy figure that terrified her. Dr. Spreckley investigates, questioning whether servants ventured there; Dorothy Stone insists the frightened household girls avoid that wing entirely, deepening the mystery surrounding the North wing's uncanny reputation.