Show GHOST act gora of tt a houe id for lie us that miss will like it 1 tapping 16 lift no 0 which lay ay across the raba a pallall dub ell was an old ut sa or 40 perhaps A wible artl ible crotchet erf crr tuto turo ver lived and 3 ft et mamma r as though eho she waa was tho be abat too when whoa hai hid no earthly claim upon ht to a it scat ut our table or biath nath our root sha hod had eve overs thing too iho ilia beet best et t bed tho tile boat best chamber at tho the table tho tile cream of nd its N way ay to hor her plato plate f t niece loco of fowl awl and tho the moel most ardol af tho the fruit g I 1 lid did or eald said which urd rd wither ideas of arp aado ado it her special province no 10 upon sho she looked keen love affairs tin alre took note noo of which caroo came to tome and v N as 83 aylas ing roo PO about afan oven even raps Ps and fe bawls only hato hate tho the very cry maming so ahat hat she would Ps off in tho the first train outi it just ae as reprovingly aa am dropping tho the tino I 1 ino as a eho she lehing mamma put tho the fin h to tho the tea bablo ahen tho the a peal long ana ana loud house be bouiss dairell Dal Da hrell 11 mamma into ibe hall but I 1 ring a boll bell like 1 ke that be ugh thero there wis wu miss dal I 1 as I 1 and tra velling basket in lag as 3 as a ghost dear judith she began my mother bird and then sat ant e veranda aud avil began to cry has disturbed disturbed disturb pd ou so ay y mother said in such a cool ray way a tho the answer i i tha the matter mattel doar I 1 and t a coaxing arm about her such uch a fright my lady t last gasping for breath well irell frightened 1 leui my ef over my mouth to koop keep ing outright outright I 1 stepped into the veranda 1 a man sprang right up in I 1 was looking for the rhen hen he I 1 placed laced a big white a knob and rung you know hard ard ho he rung and then out of my igat without tep ana oh judith he ng 9 on his middle fin finger gerl my iny mother said laying a upon her lippand lip and giving fiance lance backward to phil and i nervous martha probably oro iro bably touched the bell for you or to been tha gardener E has ha spence white hands a 0 wear a diamond ring on fl nger ever mind dear como come in farou 9 fo for rou ou 11 dtowell waa was rot inclined 1 inch itell she turned h her e 1 full 1111 upon me and spoke 11 ed 4 tremulous that I 1 gotway to pity lier a aulse LIA wont you look tho the lust to please m you aid of anything ai at you ln in tho the world is as dal dered oswe red apo co and I 1 und 11 to ito of my mot horg warning t straight to tho th kitchen to reecer berer 1 I 1 add theres fun in i dagwell has seen a ghost a hunt him cpr up out upon tho the grovel alks pence andl and I 1 he trembling could but just pta and ana I 1 y alive foi an tin advent adventured ad venturo urd lag ae shining brightly and ry and tree not i of air I 1 made straight ewt t shadow though I 1 tell why I 1 did zo a row raw of trees blanding by abs tbs farthest extreme treble corner I 1 caught a white pr bright wll tell which but I 1 went it ia I 1 poor scalf d spence and do 1 1 fido who bad ol 01 1 my claib iu i 4 HJ f A oh lord I 1 BOO sea if I 1 I 1 cant go right down in tho the center of a roso buah hla my fido gave a honi 1 of fear and ma ran back brick t streight to tho honeo T wah left inisi fik and I 1 may tiny as WIL it J tho lun wae was apt a TWO I 1 walked right tight up to hl his when lol ho he was as trees ahead of mo me atrid I 1 had no nur vr peen bira him me moio 0 I 1 started forward rigali and this timo time caught n glimpse of it park spark of light a something liko like a tiny star burning apon hief hand I 1 ethod till still and looked at jianu I 1 waft was fully laity that I 1 looked upon a form that wae wasi not noi of tile earth cm thy a shadow without a bior whom aro are you looking tt 6 answer but ho he turned a full fair faco face to tho the light raised tho the hand on which tho bpark spark of ON turned and pointon tp tho dormer dormor window on tho the moonlight was folling ids DAIM all P no answer only tho the elent rit upraised hand liand and tho the motionless figure I 1 bo ba gall io to with fear tho cold coli perspiration gathered in beads upon my forehead and trying to cry ery out my grow paralyzed I 1 had never fainted in my life but tow I 1 felt a strange dizzy sensation creeping over ever ino me my bly mother met mo me at 1 tho the sight of her I 1 lowid ray m senses again you han hae e soon Poni ething boulse blia eald said as eho she looked into my whito white faco face As sure aa as ou live mamma I 1 saw a ghost and ho he la Is after miss calwell Da lwell spence eat bat down in a roso bush from sheer f light flight and ado howled and took to his heels heals whilo while I 1 alono along beald till tho the light were out may way wo we havo have supper now ilia weeks went merrily wo we bo ba carao came acquainted with other camilles la milles in tho t lornit loi nit and spent the timo time in a continuous round of gaiety indeed I 1 may as well wall eay say hero that our hap pleat spent uway away from our own hoino houle aitio atmosphere there began to grow uncanny andea tho the old roof by day or night thoro there nas aa never new un unbroken broket augat doore doors seemed to bo be aliva olivua s opening und and shutting from unaccountable draughts windows broke their lines and came crashing down shutters to and fro when the air was eth stir losa loss dishes rattled in their places and nothing about the house to mat upon a secure foundation look hero aunt judith cousin frank began ono one morning at tho the breakfast table si 1 I belloe thero there is a ghost about this hout houte u e that needs laying I 1 locked my ray door on going to bed laet last night but this morning when I 1 awoke I 1 found it U wide open nothing letty gray exclaimed cx 11 mine fino hae has lemed me that trick more than once I 1 thought of being afraid i who said thing of fear fr f r miss lett LW t j F I 1 1 v I 1 think louise would ii it she could speak frank answered quickly springing up from tho the table and dashing 1 ng a glus of water ater A in my face it brought me to my senses just aa they were falling me close to alks Dal wells chair I 1 had seen scon a figure standing the same that I 1 had seen weeks before in the shadow of tho the be so kind as to let this wish talk drop my mother said an 11 1 jaimo diatel began to talk eloquently of a book sho had bad becu reading aa As J left tho tho table misa alss whispered in my cai car you saw him 4 yes 4 by my chair chaira 1 by your chair come corde boutrin tho the garden with cc ne 1 eho tho said putting an tin arm about my waist 1 I want to tell 3 ou something alis man haa a not come to S ou I 1 alone draw him hither bither otare YC ago ho be was my lover one ono whom I 1 rejected for what I 1 thought a goodbaum good cause caum I 1 had worn hid his ring and returned it to him he lie died a short time after but before hia hh death wrote mo me a letter in which ho he said that above abo a or below on earth or iu in heaven that ring should bo be worn on my finger again that is all what will come of it grid only knows but day and nl ht I 1 am haunted as though I 1 were guilty of some fearful crimo crime 1 poor mis mai I 1 1 I said pit angly but one night the end came it was moonlight aga again p in and outside not u breeze stirred tho the foliage wo we were sitting in groups en on the wide veranda when from miss lips arose such a shriek that the blood curdled in our being it was ollow cd by a tc silence lence ei then my mycother mother nother sprung to her side she lay back in her chair stark anu ana still her eyes sit in fright hr jaw fallen not a word nord was spoken but each one ono of that terrified group saw upon the fourth finger of her bet left hand a golden circlet with a diamond burning in ita its center tho the poor cm creature atturo wore vote her 10 lovers cell jig A g at all was useless miss calwell waa was deada acad years have passed since sinca th that at night and looking back to it through the biste miste of aimel time I 1 can but wonder on whether or no my mothers friend WM waa li bane woman be that as it may 1 autho ou I 1 the ower truo true to told ld as I 1 experienced it A 11 L L |