Show the ellsbury elfei bury 41 ghost it appeared in person to mr ebenezer pollock by CLARISSA MACKIL copyright by Arne american rican press association going ot once boing twice go going three times timer anil antl sold to mr ebenezer pollock for 1900 the auctioneers hammer fell wl with th a resounding thud and nearly grazed the nose of the purchaser mean to damage a good customer chuch chuckled led the man utan of the hammer as he pulled down don do n the tile red bag ting above the gate and cil climbed into hir hip bugs bugg come low dov u to lawa cr er 1 I 1 nezer and well close the deal right and proper ver well nell said ebenezer gru grutt ly he lie w witched the crowd of women tiptoeing out of the house ind and waited until the last one bad had passed through the tile gate eich u with ith a burthe e glance at the new owner lie ile was that they marveled marie led because he had bought a ghost ridden house boue when III he was ins alone 1 the sti shadow adov of the tilt tall oaks he lie looked up lip at tin tilt hou bou 1 d erhand irk and foi bidding in ili the tile hilda of rank rant griss ard weeds eeds Wha tees had been its col cot it i it was nas now no faded to a it ding mustard hue blotted with the tile dirk green of tien liet wooden shutters shut teis tightly closed there wen acar curs und suid ears car when w lien the shutters shutter hid ind novel nevet been closed u those were the dav das bedoit old bluzon I 1 Elma Elms burys ind iun tun ainah awa with the schoolteacher nut and ind irid in consequence tice been disinherited h bv the old duall simon it h id lit left the holiber and land and furniture to the I 1 ionian ort ign missionary and now nov the cais after his death tho the had put it up ut at auction and ebenezer Hben ezer zer hid hit bought it at much below its real value it was well nell kno known it tit tint it simon would hai have P d his big gr s mar inar alige to till nav ninn he ile was selfish enough to wish asti to keep heep ba her r ut at ills ilk side to wait unit upon him for she in wis is flip rela relative tai e he tie it ind id let us its como come and live with vou grandfather cornelia had lind pleaded with her arms arini around his ills ut ack A you will III like ille henry better u when hen ou know him but the obdurate old mail tuan had angrily flung her aside and the next day the girl had bud been married to henry I 1 stone stolle disappeared from melville if afeei that simon Elins Elms bur closed the tilt main part of the house and blied in the ea east eart rt wing for ten ton ye years irs and then he lie d 1 without one lel iel euting word ord to L jella the tile stones bad aadne nm cr er been he hoid heid id f amm since their cipar ture from melville no one knew kne where they allt lived d ur or even een if thia were ellve old simon bur went to the grue unattended b un till relative since billions binions deatly gossip had it that the tile house waa as haunted 1 on oil stormy nights the credulous sill the old piano tinkled hoath behind the closed shutters abid at womans thin oice was wag tietia hinging ging in ion tones tone snatches of this weird music could be heard sometimes tn tit the lull of shrieking or dashing dashan rill on other all was as still bonn dammed th that at wa was dead and that her sweet splint came laine back WILL to sing in the rooms of the old oia home bottle dhere she had spent a happy girlhood in spite of khoste gli rumors jbf bluel pollock luid lind luddeni sud suddenly deni twide up his mind to glit up tit boarding in lit the village it hotel and oe oi till apy a it home of his oil own n aln 1 lie Elnis bur place suited him hill it near ills 1114 harness shop and the vast east wine was ns just large enough to serve hia his purposes seq As for the main portion of the house he lie gave it over to rats and mice nike and mold NO ow lie U abhi d up the path and en the door cr creaking enking austil on its in the tile south breeze that swept nept the vard sard on oil the tile second floor a door binged loudly ebenezer started and then with an exclamation of disgust entered the tile house A long anit hall stretched away anay into lal blik and to the right and loft left open doors give gie glimpses into darkened rooms illuminated with ca nIlet placed th re bv br the flip auctioneer keeneer creaked in lit and out of if hie the rooms 4 billed detail tig furniture carefully care fulls aloi ing out the flip i idles upstairs the candles t wore flickering ind there w va s a chill in lit the iorg north bcd as wi if from front an opell window indo but nil all the windows windo wore were tighter ail barted once outside oti tilde agian he lie turned tilt greit braai M key jr in lit the file front door with an sigh of relief I 1 he lie cast IN wing 1119 had it separate ep arale entrance and ind wu was 4 shut rit if from front the rest of the house holle by it i se scaled door A dayn work b blick blich minn unit would noula dinke the wins i ina i err habl habitable tabie for him nud hi his 4 bih belonging ebenezer El want a liou housekeeper tie he tit tested tei women life ile had meil in lit the ehni ebur pine for three weeks week before he ili heard hearil tin tilt singing ghost it o 0 w the 21 mst at of 1 4 p and tile lie il gilo gile was snaking shaking the old house to its i era er foundations had bail gone to 10 led but he could not sleep steep I 1 he ile wind lud screamed aco dixi 1 the tile m wide ide t chimney and whistled MiNt led around the ulu windows doNs hie I 1 he roar of beating ruin drogi drowned tied nil till sound sale sae the whistling wind ind I 1 here were ere ere ailing sounds heend the tile vails unit ebenezer rell fell to thinking of the ghost it was thin tint thit the tile wind paused for breath hid and the thi ruin rain fell inore lightly I 1 I prom irom rom 1 I dist ince inie cinie c the tilt echoing choin jangle of 0 an old touched b tim id angers fingers ond and a mere were thread of melody in it 11 womans boke then the rain continued its it cat kiil it he ile heard the music no more ebenezer pollock i us as atti iier r lit ile resolved to lay the intruding ghost if possible and so the next dan when it 11 watery bun u rend rendered cred the house a little less ic 9 dreary he lighted a lantern und unsealed the door that ltd into the tho other side of the house the house vas quite as dusty and forlorn as s on oil the tile dm IN he lie hid bought it Str Stra angeh tigel enough ebenezer did not loul loot nt sit the little piano which stood open just as its Coi nellit Eltus bury had left it so main mail ens ao ago with nith it yellowed sheet of musk upon the rul rich ili scuttled led through the rooms with a halt half realization that some slender spirit anas as flitting through tit the rooms giuy from ills ont tit imin biting art puce A fv weeks afterward there tame cattle another storm of wind and rain and again aa ho lie heird the sheath music ebenezer Ebene cr had i twinge of the rh rheumatism ellina that night and lie cr irritably ripped rapped on tb the wall niall with ills catie itte lh music stopped ind he be did not hoar hear it although thi thit arp in in forms that full fall one binter inter ce bening ning when the tilt old li house otie nna wr dipped in a snowstorm ebenezer evoke from his nisi sleep bleep with inith every muscle and drawing drai lug with ith held him a cantle bior or hom homs s lie gion tied cons clow that the tile tire it in I 1 I 1 ills 11 nir air tight stoe ans nearh uearl out at a it time when n lien ho lie ceded he lie it 11 there here 1 w I is no itching land to apply liol hot flannels to ills ilk swollen joints and anti I 1 or to alli ills torture with soothing it na was 4 then that the tile ghost gliot aine again this time with nith groping fingers upon the selled door it knocked gently arid and spoke to him in faint frightened whispers i go anan shouted fully go luo awlik awa ula maam atul it alii t proper tint you should be around here go away I 1 say chere was mas a silence and pre presently s antly ebenezer thick thill grizzled hair stood almost t on his head GlI ti footsteps sounded in lit the rooms oer his liend nud and softly tap tat tap till tap tat down the u irrow staircase that opened into his bedroom baui ilie limp beside his ills bd b d 1 gae forth a cli chterine cht ering cerIng light nud and ebenezer Ebe neer pollock thoroughly frightened for the tile first time in lit his ills life watched ate hed with fascinated ebes a the saoul slowly opening door at lit the foot of his big couch touch lall and blender slender and I 1 pile lit she stood before him film at list last her tier tender blue ees filled with nith pitying teira perhaps ier she slip was fort ears old hut but the bair hair framing fru ining her delicate face madu made ber tier appear knuch younger 1 I could it it bear to hear bear you moaning iti inin all till alone ll 11 hustind asid to hae haie rheumatism before he lip tiled ind I 1 knon just aliat to to do 10 11 SL she said salt in a it ta low tone ton all am gasped ill M iam I 1 nut I 1 he ile watched her slender figure ua its it flitted to and fro about bis ills rooms she the tire and soon its cherrin clucking clu chE crin cring iuri nth brought relief to his ills limbs bhe hated water nater taid flandi I cloths and applied soothing biln imenes with ith lr cry human fingers A ili acu it the lines of suffering it lud ld re laed und and face still sought hers hen she sat down in ill a low oa chair and spoke I 1 im ml its atone cornelia cortiella LIcis hury that WIM nas le ile been lining here four lleti ln in this house how de tie mana d lb ELI nezer doubtfully doubt full in ili tuo the big bick b acl tittle 11 said cornell i with ith a 1 little hinlle smile it looks out on oil the tall chestnut woods vou oil 1010 know and tile short chlone chimney comes out there r left the co collir ilar full of oil coil and M rod oil ive got it real comfortable comfor tible nil tit there and on oil nights I 1 d come down in lit the dark and pla pill on oil in ill fluno till ou droe lue tile au awn a I 1 used hwd to walk alt to belton on it dark and get ct all my illy groceries and thinas it uns hard work but it 1 will ll heal caell en tc to me to pet gt hoine bottle agneu feir till I 1 went vent through she arole into sobs u what undo mide ou hide what did ou d do it for ached ebenezer excitedly my illy husband it was as poor lie ile died and left 1 i I little insurance mone money y just enough to buy my food and not enough to pay rent my eyesight is so poor I 1 cannot work torl and so I 1 thought I 1 would come back here I 1 hea heard rathe the alice ii was as emit nut up and it was roy my botn by rights I 1 knew id be out if any ono one knew I 1 n here berer aou poor little thing blurted ebe sta here just ni III louff long wa iou ni like UP there aus nas a long saleme affet that while the little wid oi 0 cried before the tire ebe me nezir ueler i thinking rapidly lt if oi oil pier po go anai iiii iani he mild with a greit lynli 1 II 11 KU go niter you and bri bailik ng 0 i op o but back k here bere and lie paused it ned hut that one hi da the th 9 lhost deserted doser ted I 1 tle he iury house and U ibe be nezer helit tit lih 4 nord and N went vent sitter herand her and bri ought her buck a it bride to hot did old Il ollit |