The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-01-29

icnn talk of possibilities, is possible tha
his appearance may be meant for me alone
and, therefore, Ifal uan conceal il from mi
Idaughler .usn.a.t IT'LL | am convince,
whether tits meant fOr me alone |, F1.h ai
Do ~ would soon try that, observed Mr.
Garney. Seeing Mrs Wharton looked wist
| fully at him he continued p43d .is
ta'My advice isIthat you have your daughter
sleep with youafier hearing your story. Tri
whether she can seeibis face ''lsis .h7'f7s'
'You do not think she wouldg i srssi
sd'l think she would not. My dear friend
| if lwere medical man, | would tell got
! fac 3 which you are liV!lo aware of,--anee'
doies of the strange tricks that our nerve
play With us;--of delusiOns so Ikereality.
do you think have uotconsidered that ?
exclaimed the ponr ladv. gtMr. Gnrney,
Iddno thina that you woaIdary lo pursuade
me outiof my senses. when h'telt you thai
fotr times i hsve.seen ndaylighi, and wher
wide awake, and in perfect health, what
have said. iaa .4t'taa9 mM ta bY@H hF
Mr. Gurney was very gentle; on'.ias he
said. -vha, could heisuegest but indigestion
Eft GOuiC shCb NutioOrAtlf iiCtNbuo dlcNufpHbCG
Yet hIslheart smo,e him when his old fdent
laid her head againstithe manIef piece, ant
] cried heartily. ata -3G78 th .S} .etes
He did all he could. He etried indefatga.
4 blV, though in vain, To pursllade lierlo let het
Daughter shHre the sueclaclG; and he wen
! the same day, when Miss Wharton was out
Tor her walk, aud the servants al dinner, ic
examine the house. He made no discovery
The grntngs ofthe underground ceIlars wert
lperiect.5 The at;ics had no irap-doprs ano
! the house had no parapetl The cbinineys
we're 10" high and narrow fof my one TO gel
in at the top, No window or door was tvel
1 found unfastened in the morning Mrs
| Wharton did not think she could engage hel
tcoHrags enongh togeteut Of bed orto hook
! beyond the curtains No could she promise
snot 10 draw her cunaln. T'he face had nev.
er. appeared wittin them; and they seemed I,
sort OF protecn6n where there wele no 9th
Eer. aG saa4 5leBnas adi IN Mabss8tF +if
/ Without having made anyaptomises, she
wenhso firas To-, start up in bed, the next
time she saw Vie face. a'fne eyes winked
bhorrbly at her; the head nndded--and was
gone.s The 7beating of herh heart prevented
her beating anything IhHt time; bul once or
Twice during the autumn she 7fandied she
Iheptl light aud swift fooFs'eplin the pas
sage, She Dlways lett her reom-duor open
Elor Ihes sakeaot the same sort Of feeling ol
security tia, most people crave when ltey
shut and bolt theirs, 4vJf ibis. was a ghost,
h'l,s ,sf"onld not keen i, oul; and she could
lily the more easily through tho open
ldoor if her terror should become too great
10 he .enduredblone. .Fprihe first time. she
now burned a light in herpeimmber,. las,Ahe
nights lengtheped, and nol,a dun Pickering
4fusb candle, but a. steady, waxrligbt. III She
/ 1kneW her daughter wondered ut The stmngf
bextravn nganfe, ,bus she. could no, bear darkness
Eor z very teebie light, wheulhe Thing nigh
| lie hchpd the, curtain. aat ,fa ,n,tgs,-. t,r
h. Through Oclober the visits we're almost
mighty. lnthe first week in November they
[suddenly ceased and so many weeks passed
Iaway without return, that Mrs. .Wbmtoa be.
gan 10 be . liItIe alarmed about hcl own wits
land to ask herself whether, after all, il was
not possible that this was a trick Of the
Ii'ervis One n'gh, in January, that doubt. was
at ast seted; tur there AT the same bed post
was the same fIcea. Mrs. Wbartnp.was now
Fafier this interval, subdued al once. Sne
hadborn for half a year her PASTORS spspi-
cions OH her digestion and Of her wisdom, and
now, she really wanted sympathy. She let
him tell her daughielQet him rather than te!i
herself because he could make lighi Of it,
and she could not y and gladly let her dangh
ter sleep win her, For q long line. she
gained nothing by i, During The whole
fortnight that the visits now cnntinued, Mrs
Wharton never once saw The lace. She
tried 70 wake The moment her mother touch.
ed her; she triedt 10 Keep wake; bpt she new
,sr saw The face; after that fortnight, il did
not come again ill April. r.. q
Ono bright May dawn, she saw il. Her
mother pulled Der wrist ; and she woke up, 10
sight lha; burned itself upon he lbrain.--
She suppressed Shrek at The moment; but
she could MOI tell Mr.. Quincy ofi af ferwaHds.
without tears. She wanted that lay 10 leave
the hdtIse Immediately; bnt The thoughts Of
her mothers long snffeting with this horror,
the consideration Of the serious cpnsequen-
ces Of declaring themselves. ghost st-seers ia The
town, and Of the disastrous effect upon their
property, and of The harmessnsss of the
ghost, induced her tofsummonupi her eoar-
age and bare on, She did .morey When o
little enhFed she Que nigh: sprang out upon
the landing, The stars were still dim ID The
dawn; but she was, confident thai she saw
s9mething. moving there passing down 40
the hall. As soon as she could make The
SERVANTS attend heF, she told them she bee
lieved somebody was in The house; and, all
The four women two ladies' and Two maids
went armed with ppkers and shoyels, and
examined the whole house. u They found
nothing; neither in the chlmnsys, nor ,undei
the beds, nor IL any elusel-- nolhlng from
CELLAR 70 ATTIC. Aid when The maids .refoy-
efd q ittle they agreed whai a lirtsome and
Wearing thingit was ,when, ladies' took fan
cies ms. was enly9 9heir htsi .ntgllt of. ,dls-
tnrbance. Mrs. Wharton cnlled, lhem, up
three times more ;and then sl,e gave lhe mat~.
ier up The servants though, her strangely
1 altered, and wished she might noil5 he, going
Thus matlers went on Fur some years.
The oddesl thing was The ,perlodiejty Of the
visits. III winter they we're rare; but there
Sas generally a short series ia. or about .Jan,
pnrs, after which hey ceased iill The end OIL
March, or the beginning of April They
went % nearly Tho whole summer, with one
" w6interyals sof about 3 fortnight. The
servants never suspected even the mystery,