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GHOSTS. 53 you," shouted the Draught. "Frolic with me now round the room ; you have the right, if you have the power. But to stick in that narrow grateyou, who might rule the world; to stick in that narrow grate-merely to do good to others--" "Do good to others," echoed the ghosts from above. There is no other security for yourself." They were such conservative ghosts, you see, and had such peculiar ideas about freedom But, as before, no one listened, for the Draught was still talking. "It's a disgrace to your nature," was the concluding remark ; and it lashed the poor Fire into a frenzy. The heat of the room, too, was becoming insufferable, and everything seemed bursting. The woodwork had much ajdo not to warp; the metals felt ready to melt, and the lass mirrors to crack; when, lo there came a crash and a dull blow on the ground. A charred log had given way, and fallen against a lump of coal which was but lightly balanced on the upper bar of the grate. A gust from the window had helped them as they came in