Show arf yf 1 rf vf arf vl lif rf y vt t i ot K K LOVE AND A GHOST by ELIZABETH CHERRY WALTZ opy copyright right 1907 houtby by di daily ily story pub co rz 1 I 14 iz iz it was cousin susan a idea that the house bouse in which she had been lorn born and reared was as haunted by the ghost of her father who had died of yellow feier somewhere in the early carly part of thu til nineteenth century so she not only refused to live at the maples herself but also refused to allow others othera of her kith and kin who had not a comfortable habitation to dwell there ks a miss susan was rich and could dwell in egypt or the philippines it site she so willed it was all very well for her to leave the roomy old house to the ghost of her progenitor it seemed very hard tu tho the family of peter crosley her cousin who had bad no place to lay their leads heads sane sae as ag nir mr crosley sold a poem or a song or a piece of notion fiction by the error of some publisher and rented them a place in other and moie frequent intervals the family to relatives and stored their few bits of furnishings but it has haa all got to jaap beclar de clard cl arab Arabel elle lp tho the oldest girl one summer day I 1 shall go and live at the ma dia ples pies and anen cousin susan returns from india and finds it out she can eject me dut but the ghost protested peter the aither cousin susan says it Is there and walks about the house as in life I 1 that to la highly probable pro bible returned arabelle impudently winking left eye but the ghost must expect the friendly visit of relatives how original it all Is first cousin to a ghost why Is it nut it ILI an how I 1 in going if cousin susan had not wanted wante A me to do something she etie should have traveled me taken me with tier her an and d thus added to the long list of intern illonal marriages we certainly must do something said mrs peter and that quickly wo we have no money I 1 I 1 shall move to the TNT maples aples and invite you all for a long visit said arabelle deci gedly Is there enough in hand band to buy me a ralli oad ticket or must I 1 sacrifice that hideous idol cousin susan just sent me to show me that there was a ming crying reed of missionaries sion aries to Whang pur or some such province 1 I wonder what lionel rill r say eay put in sophvonia Sophi Soph onla ionia the second gill adabelle Ai abelle swept hei bet a mocking courtesy As a young englishman he will rejoice in anc estial ghosts As a discarded second son tring to live on nothing but work in america he may say oh what rot peter cinsley looked up tip from a bundle of papers fretfully 1 I don t see why mr alir lionel cairs name is brought in at all arabelle has me to glee give him no en ell Ara arabelle belles s rosy mouth me lioneld fir be tile the thought from me why papa I 1 hane haie told you a thousand times that he doesn doean t need or get any encouragement from roe me chete oie aie you satis sails lied fled now I 1 shall sell my idol and go to the maples I 1 will the way and you will pick up tip and fullow at once don t mind pat ting with a few airy nothings in order to get there because once there we aie housed at least she sallied forth light of heart gay ot of speech and smile no one ever know anc whether adabelle Ai abelle felt all she acted or not but she N waa as the life preserver that held up tip the whole fam lly ily in their dirk houis the idol vaa lather a cumbersome fellow and arabelle looked enough carrying the awkward bundle head first to the elevated road I 1 I hope he NN will III sell N ell cl eilt ehe was thinking lies a veay holy idol cousin susan ciote I 1 know thit lie he la is unearthly ugly and that his gheen eyes make me shudder I 1 nash wish I 1 had a halt half dollar to take a cab but silo she had not the li hilf alf dollar ani and struggled up the steps bravely silo she was wag a shrewd bargainer aal an I 1 N vas as going to the best curio store in the cit bhe v r the idol was lather a cumbersome fellow was nas sure she might get as much as ten dollars for the thing mabe more sili she would go down 0 to o the 1 maples 1 scare out the ghost and take posses slon clon in her heair she did not believe in the ghost the adventure hau zest however or but arabelle Arn belle proposed and could not dispose As hl e stepped from thu the steps of tho the train station onto the pa pavement ement a hurrying hur wait jostled her and she eho staggered aith her burden theio was vas a sharp crack against the nearest post and collin coll in susans susan s idol lay in several trag rag menta merits A crowd at once gathered und and thero there was much laughter at the rolling head with its horrible green lass lasa eyes suddenly a land hand grasped it a long ilon blown hand that drew draw it away arabelle sprung sprang forward that Is 14 mine give it to me she was kas clinging to a sinewy arm that tried in vain to shake her on off you shall not have it it Is mine she panted panta suddenly a strong blow threw thee the man arabelle sprang for or the idol a head and saved it a further humiliation A voice said arabelle I 1 you I 1 yes she gasped and cousin susan sumin a idol t it a the tall fair englishman was horrified bleie bos pick up tip the parts ara at the idol lay in several fragment balle we may be able to piece it together hut but what were ere you doing with it out on oil the st streeta ure ere he implied a stout gentleman with gold spectacles pushed forward I 1 was going to sell it pouted arabelle at the englishman I 1 it s a harild hori id old thing perhaps said the stout gentleman the young lady will sell even the pieces or the head I 1 will niall bu the head as it I 1 ia lionel carr looked at the man und and then at the hideous face of 0 the idol ile he looked aiom the one to the other and a light came on to his countenance the light of knowledge keep the heat head arabelle he said coldly and to the man we will not bell airabell Ai abello saw him batler up the pieces then he called a cab 10 lt lo t us its go home he said tersely this was lionel in a new phase but arabelle loved cabs and she alif jumped in gayl gayev lionel placed the head in her lap now explain lie he said and I 1 shall have several things to tell you after that arabelle arabella related tier her project of the ghost hunt with gnato lionel was relieved ahat la Is a great lark he be said kind ly IY but I 1 niu amit t go with NN ith you you can not go alone B bit it arabelle was never foolish you know that is impossible she sale sak cold coldly oil oh no not it if we nae just hist quietly slip awi avat this afternoon and are married it has haa to be ou say things are at a crisis now nona consent and tell you two laige and olo dooming oming reasons why afeei you hive said yes hei curiosity got the better of her in halt half an hour anyhow she had bad at al ft nas ays meant to marry lionel ile he suit ed hei it was a half hour more ere lie le allowed tier her to question him but the two things lioneld one is that I 1 am called home to england my uncle has left me some money oh ohl oh and the othera the othera well little girl you do not have to go ghost hunting or WO coiry iry over oner your trousseau ti money the ey eyes of that blamed old idol are about the finest emeralds eme ralls I 1 ever saw and are worth a pretty penn penna but wo we will rot cot inquire about that until after this other little matter Is attended to and then well 1011 invade the Al maples aples as a very lively place in which to spend a honeymoon |