Show ai TELL k N I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 40 4 I 1 in A I 1 POUR BOYS YS pj SP 1 j A mahe of f terror in to 4 awall c hr br the taboos ha let has was sery road rt a r you fellow follows her here we are close to the tb old boyce houfe bones what do you on aa ay t to maklos a call w pon be xhosa we Y were ward four our boy boys oat out upon a bore berry excursion and it was wa my cousin oscar paire raire who poke our corn com canlon were chose chess aall md and the A dorce couo W called from the only family which lad ever 14 it in afna a little clearing clearl nir a at the th edge otiL of swamp u adint three mile fallen from the DOLI nearest VISt awaiting dwell and well off of from the publio public road no one ono bad llred lived there for a long time and ome peo people I 1 0 believed bell eTed it to be haunted gr on of burled buried treasure tre anure wore were con reetta with the mallets and silly persons had even marched there for it 21 d ging holes in the cellar collar bottom to nd or 1 nn the at ot of an al old drain wh aci led 4 thence to the abamo close at st band hand hut tha th idle search wa was now abandoned so 0 o that tho the ghosts if it there ther were soy ny had things quite to people the region for huckle bertles as a we now wells wei might sometimes bait halt upon the pot spot from curiosity curl olty but its it appearance appear anoe was too de desolate dei bolata to invite a ioula ion tarry all right we ald said in an anaker a to oscar a proposition and pushing on through the buther bushe we presently ly came i the bit of open ground which old boyce 4 once cultivated and where there were worst till still trace traces of corn bill hills that had bad been warded awarded over for year how arid jears want wae the well wall weep waa was broken and the bucket con irons swede t the a bOu boue roo waa covered with a preen enss and 0 a portion r of the cellar collar wall had bad fao fallen do down 0 ila o peered into the cellar collar ionel which in sucha auch a wet wel springy place had lee facea cai je wry allow ll ow ana 11 1 z ass z where the f flah treasure trea enre seekers mut must have worked 1 the drain too remained uncovered be they had left it Kat catering ering the euln we I 1 ramped about st and nd shouted in boy fashion our voices 1 and footsteps foot very stran gre ana ad hollow bro lugh the deserted rooms we even ventured into the garret but it wa was with som ethlar rf the feeling which one ha has in a n when he to explore ome some dam lm ghosal y chamber uch such assler ao so often pic picture atler after thi this wo we continued our ramble talking meanwhile of the old house A wondering how it would eem seem to ras a night there anybody MR is tar t fuere r that wants wan tato to said CT chess gall flail alt but yon 0 won t catch me doing it I 1 hould should rather out doos doot doo s andera aa derai I 1 trl tree it wouldn t behalf bo half so 0 o lonesome ion bome that thai a true assented nasen ted will athley ashley hosts I 1 afraid of any ghost for I 1 don t believe in them but then you know in it bouse house j we are used to seeing folk folks end and so 0 o an empty one seems sort of awful taua to us i outdoor outdoors it is different when you lie he down to sleep under a tree ree 11 said chess ton you dont expect anything to put a cold cola band on yon youl it la Is where the old door doom and the closets I 1 1 0 I 1 I 1 ih 4 W V II it W WHAT wr r do do and find cupboard cupboards are that fallow follow ft rate to thinking lonesome thoughts lie feels creepy in such places becaj bo he keeps imagining thing things so we cliatt ed and disputed ae as bora boys will bat but always in good nature while the berries accumulated in our tin palla palls and baskets toward evening a black blaek cloud rose I 1 in the west and aa thunder shower ivas imminent neut ne we hastily gathered up C our or I 1 ebina for departure hut but aa 03 the cloud came on rapidly we soon pa evolved that the tempest would overtake us before we could get far the ilyce house offered the nearest shelter let a atop top there bald said abcar u no use trying to get home it Is going to rain cats and doc in a few low minute minutes iso no one offered any objection and an we all made for the oscea s fast aa as the bushes and briers and our loads of berries would permit juji just as ire wa reached it ill 0 rain came earns down in a prodigious sheet but we es as with dry skins how it roared on through gh innumerable leake abe r lae thunder 2 and lightning were incessant aad and a together ther aiwas uch such a clamor that N ve no o could scarcely hear each other peak soon the dusk had so deepened that we could not aee anything with with distin across the room it wa was a sort gortot of weird atmosphere giving all things an unnatural look presently close close to chess hall a elbow an old creaky door aruny slowly open 11 ugh be he starting aside what whist did that touch it certainly iohd Wl impieri us with a f feell elemr nr e w toj ki A more in such a manner from no visible cause or ib there p waa not the lout bitof bit of air anley astir oscar acar was the firetto eirv recover I 1 fart I 1 oil i the little thrill atch it occa ITI dionet tl r 6 it was only the jat jar of the thunder that set it swIn glah boere b erea no ffrost behind itt but companions were by oo 00 aured and stud their bair bale fairly I 1 atohi L boodon on end when the same door swung wide open next pro c deded in the rame ghostly manner to 1 ut t itself oscars a solution waa was no bt the correct one but it did dio lot i ot y them raia rain all night nigh raid will i not going to stay ly here bj L her responded s p ded chess ine rain 1 n 0 or r on no rain 10 I 1 lere all 11 a for all the fk J rid alten were half ready t ain in slackened alack ened for a I 1 I 1 ealta ted a little ea 1 dut at it would a on fellows follows going to do I 1 why hy not atari start now gholda a u up has lu cretu mean to start at all re tour ot of tj r idine tt are aroll goina to stay ight with the it ir be tj 1 ement I 1 ten minutes ni lonte it will pour down catalogue cataloguer catalo I 1 dona you ses bow how reva again boras 11 ibi thing strook atnif tic r i O 0 r P ahn af d ya 4 hot almol 14 0 r aide of tao aads for pm ba on my 0 01 1 I 1 in IP irm I 1 f I 1 WHAT DID 00 wr star too come i hurry burry up uj kit all an nf nt in taut jus jn lots je ec be i oot doroa do you suppose im going to atay tar BT la in this old haunted boar house all MI ili tut but at that moment the ral aalt came pouring and the thunder pealing 1 with greater violence than thin IN ill and chess tood stood hig and in fact we were all U more or leu less awed by the commotion a and 1 d looked wistfully la in each fc fee I as well ell as the doom gloom wo would u 14 permit then suddenly there wa WM ona start and our heart jumped to our mouth I 1 lood nt came in a a load dollo v oleo from somewhere ome where seeming to 01 all the boue house I 1 we felt if it truck struck by an electric bolt bell oa ar and I 1 must have looked I 1 aa as wild a as our two compan cola lona I 1 1 01 n repeated art tue onic roice and th then an a nt nl ut came at regular intervals la in the midst of the nir rain and the heavy thunder peala peals now the str atran auge fre unearthly nolo no lo homed to be over our headd beades BOW dow feet ao so that really we could not tell tall inca 1 it came i no one poke spoke above a whisper and 11 I 1 think that eren even one was cared but he wa won a very boy slid ie tea C da 40 YOU fd low iowa pleaded I 1 1111 abbley 1 stealing toward the door with labess clos cloned following and out they both plunge into the thunderstorm thunder storm i why oacar oscar and I 1 did not krep kee them company I 1 can caraly tell t to 0 ohp ahr Is dy day bot 1 I 1 suppose it must kave been train fro ul the pride we felt in oar our ow own courage cour afre we ila knew know too that the fugl ilves would report u us 0 so o that aar folk folks would not think us lot loat 1 I don t know what there is 6 herec aid said oscar after they were irone stone I 1 yut I 1 won t be cared seared away the must be fond of pudding but as we haven t got any for him he a 11 hare have to do without it ILI yon YOU know we have alway wanted to la in a haunted house I 1 an I 1 and we are in for it now arl yea yes replied oscar but I 1 in w afraid the leepin sr part li is going to bo to the least of it ibe apart c ola fellow will keep us u awake all night calling call loff for pudding it I 1 ie Is too dark to see any abin thing in the cellar tellar or farret garret elu else we vre might hunt around for or him after ati a time methe abe rain min and thunder perceptibly blackened slackened but the g li otly cries were continued see ecman in ing boatly evon loader louder than ever as foat the nolle of the elements became less there hear bear that nowr exclaimed 0 oscar aa an the hollow note came with a distinctness apparently fro from in beneath the or boardie board we food stood on it is in the cellar kir that a j juat t where it t la Is and there most must be more than one abot gb at it too I 1 should think thin k 1 then e n almost la ili the ame same breath ho called out loudly hello down there theral what do you trant want wl with h so 30 I 1 much nuel it pudding eding there was silence a I 1 instantly stoutly g the last haf c cry of nt breaking off OR irith with a half note we bad had until now spoken quite low so 0 o that the general commotion had served to drown our voice voices bat but I 1 U aviti evident that this lood load call of oscar a had bad reached the ears of the ghosts in tain vain we listened for a repetition i of the une unearthly arthIr sounds the rain presently ceased and the summer night became pleasant pleasa nL there being wag no inside way to the cellar we stepped outdoors and leered red under the bouse house but could discover nothing in tho the darkness all about us the whip poor pop r 1 wilts r ila were calling and a little screech L 0 owl wl khz seemed to be perched upon the of the old house itself ke kept up a arill tremulous note that md had a dreadfully weird aund our bones ached upon the hard floor and aud we felt that our first night la in the haunted house was a very tedious one at last however we got asleep and mad the sun bad had just risen as an we awoke awake the first bound sound that greeted our aars wae was the old err crt of poo V I 1 nabbing Rubbin ff our eyes we eat sat up and listened Is then rose silently to our feel feet I 1 n n I 1 it eaid it in the cellar collar now whispered oscar I 1 it is close outside hom we tiptoed to a window but a thick g p ath of lilac bushes cut off oar our view and we could see nothing then softly and maki making I 1 n signs to each other we tola stole out of t the br e opposite door and c crept t around tu to a a come of the house here me re a cluster of shrubbery protected ux us and we peered cautiously through ita thick leaves what mat did did we see aa A e could have laughed outright at the i actable act acle there within thirty y feet fe 6 t 01 us waa was a coin company vany of largo larga bi birds ads of at reddish brown color all as busy aa an so many ditchers ditcheos dit chers and each at integrals inter rals uttering cring the strange call for pudding |