| Show TRiCK 11 1 l BY A GHOST I 1 am a bachelor steady going coin col loving and superstition di de e buti but I 1 roust must confess that I 1 chave it i few moments of my life in doubt wili whether ether ghosts exist or I 1 oot not I 1 have always been fund food of travel aing iab and chunks to it benevolent bonn u un cle I 1 who it 11 i it n n aunt of both lucre and love for h his i s nephew I 1 have done clone quite a halil of nr traveling everyone hai ha heard of hau rileI houses linus oi at anost everyone hns has laughed lit aa them anil and none morn more heartily hei heir rilly tily t iran 1 I until A year sear ago I 1 never I 1 had I 1 ad an opportunity to test tacit my of endurance in that line then I 1 had it chance thinking you may be bb I 1 will tell you of test of tile the test teal you may judge only gleaso riot not harshly lia rahly I 1 was enjoying the inott colht delight fill huni traveling iii rover my hilcy fincel led irdi and ju eeling loads of con felds gelds people theadore Theu The Lore alore mentioned fancy led wo me one day to to ft a small southern village and I 1 deter mined to put up u fur for the flight tit nt the I 1 little I 1 talu butet otio only ono in lilace now this inn ilia was wag it very aleh toned one for thol iha adjoining burn bowled lou it sign on waro warn lite words word hotel do horse 11 tire landlord of this tit lit lie ile inn was wag it jolly jolls rotund rellow fellow and lili hii wife witt was na its buxtin locking a lame dame us u one would seldom meet they regaled itie file with it nice country supper and ufler after it very pleasant evening spoilt in smoking sni okio or talking up tile ilia Stid irs of tho the vil atigo I 1 was lighted to a delightfully coul 1 cosy room mill lid tola toia that I 1 was to occupy it for the night I 1 r tired with a feeling of perfect t conie contentment adment and soothed by 1 tile the pat palter er of tho rain on tile lie roof s ont fell into a i sleep when I 1 awoke I 1 found it ft was salil n ight the bootin had ceased Leuw land and the patter palter anthe on the roof had changed to ill it constant drip drip lt it wits very vely quieting tire bisou moon peeped pet pei it in and partly lighted tile lie room 1 lay the idoft sound bound tind illi ihn Illa kink itic shapes on the and it seemed to td mo me perfect bilas but finally tho the ins BMW a little trio monotonous noton oi i tire An in shapes lost ing dimness and grow distinctly and fantastic and I 1 beci behije je tired of hatchl and find wished I 1 could sleep agan I 1 counted thousands by ones alvea mid tons tens iralia 1 I 1 at tile the nl al forway I nod backward slid played a solitaire game ot of my y icat reeled cat I 1 leans sang hymns to lo myself and recited ver oj to IH tile the saint audience auti lenco hut but the tha drip drip un ded more and more anoro like whis and mhd udd shapes tit ill last 11 grew graw fairly irl y ghastly elm I 1 was waa not afraid why of coulse not there wits WHO nothing to be abrald of mill and even if abero had been ID idalo glo my giving way to it Its JUst the hio morlo tony all I 1 said it to myself over land over H ali only I 1 do wish moons would b sell si me and nul not be ba so lym iest lesa lem A moan log cry from the next buom causes inu to leap to a sitting siti liiK posture thu tha ideal its only it a huby haby but then I 1 have bave heard of murderer murde murder Kl bit bles being buried under hearth Inc in oautry inns and their ghosts gl 4 hig vent to the tha triest aloud u d tingly cries involuntarily I 1 at the old bearth sione at the other side of the roum that corner partially alie up and then fill fall back with a dull thud yes yep I 1 am sure SUM it was a thud I 1 do bel believe is the ibe baby hub li Is t try r y ng tu to got get out what a jokel 0 one no would imagine amat alno I 1 really t there was it baby under that stone slone of course it was ivna a shadow why nil all that ralis rain gol goi dr dripped ped im im not afraid to hear bear it dd but bui jovel I 1 wish it would dry up these thoughts thong hta passed und 1 d through my mind mid and I 1 was liaro I 1 heard board the gentle alit or of garments garmt nta and fairly creaking boards f I 1 decided to get up I 1 lid did so BO and slipped no a few garments Bar menta 1 I I 1 would go co down stairs anti and tilt oil in a room khero thero hero auy any roof or any window or tiny any hearth or any lend dead crying babies and think to it 11 bu haunted house I 1 would not take it light for ir if any one could be asleep in that horrible house I 1 poor ion mm mail would ill id not lot bo be tile one to to wak kakmi tile them with it light no Ind indeed ted though aga against insi I 1 would not sa A ai 1 lest riot not juat j list DOW BOW thus ing ns I 1 groped to the alio llio and tightly cla tie ho b bAilat ati lster cr I 1 C tire care fully stepped town down enother ste what was that behind tile inn surely I 1 heard it step alter after about uve live minutes rif of patient walling waiting for un ley icy hand to steal over my shoulder and grappe capplo with roy my throat null nod being disappointed mill my hopes I 1 went down three stairs more inure yes yea one two three lotions dontely abier mine camo came thu the gentle cepul feet turning I 1 lopear r ilia blut nol L ignee li put wholly in the simile shade A again nin I 1 cannot stand ibia menta gulting wulting walt for physical agony I 1 will sin I 1 will return mum to my unil anti get thu the iniquitous call drovin le carefully I 1 ascended the stairs I 1 heard no footsteps either in front or behind ino I 1 auit have gone through ilia iho ghost anyway I 1 will lit in getting iny candle cin dy tile thy wity tit 11 which direction wits wai illy icy ri room amt 10 to lo lite left I 1 am hure bure bang I 1 akine a chair and sent it lying against a 11 door came a n berles of naughty bordi and sounds similar to that made by hair lumli I 1 ii arut lut by force how daro darn that biti vu fu capek in tho presence of a visitor j A r or v visitors 1 i I 1 to rs frow from the ilia other world with my iny usual concep tiou that ins ini room mint be to the right I 1 furred lit in that direction and groped to it the door la id open idere li the inbe zaboj candle snatched rho notion 14 vory ry nice in its lt place 1 Grai I rw af pf pins n I 1 t it eee I 1 I 1 agh t on out t ca carefully refu I 1 ly closing i it he a adlor il behind me ino la 13 it lui an or did some one hold it for un in instant on tire tho in aide thy ilia candle I 1 tin tilt waa vi amble able riot not one atwel nl rr out thou of course till til have tit ili power of chang ing form or invisible down it little wily I 1 went ent j p lap r ori on very every N will I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 vat ver tb u able to reach the hot torn in turning completely around I 1 held the candle above my head bond and looked over e very every inch of 8 stairway fairway anti and hall not it i living dying dead biti to he 11 a seen been down tho the basin again I 1 start on oil clime the ghostly footfalls faster I 1 go CO and last over the tow fw stairs near the bottom I 1 fly tile the spirit ille too loo ohl ghostly tramp ol of thi tha deada I 1 heir it I 1 cannot escape it the stairs uro long on oil the bittne one I 1 fall B her of it im hu inanity tho the candle goes out a lid so 1 ilo I 0 T L when I 1 awoke the halt hall was bright with sun BUO recalling my fearful ex tr lencil I 1 weakly arose prience ly y I 1 looked around and there hang hanief ing ln to lo rny my garments wits my suspender nu the author ot of my iny 11 WOrly |
