Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-01-22

turned up out Of the deep mould Of the flower
| beds Weevidently We're not on the right scent.
I Cur researches for that day terminated. and Jas.
/ per and myself waited irnpatiently for the NIGHT.
/ 1t was arranged that Jasper should sleep in
/ my room had small bed rugged up for him
near my own, and WIS 20 the additional assis.
tance of has sehses in the investigation of the
strange phenomena that we SO confidently ex-
Peeted to appear.
The night came. We retired to our respect
we couehes, after carefully boiling the doors.
and suhiecting the entire apartment to the strict
est scrutiny rendering it totally impossible that
secret enterance should exist unknown to MS
We then put out the lights and awaited the an
partition.
We did not remain in suspense long About
twenty minutes after we retired to bed Jasner
called out
Harry said he. Il feel the cool wind,o
So do T. answered, fer at that moment a
light breeze seemed to play across nv temples.
Look. look, Harryr' continued Jasper in a
tone OF painful eagerness, Il see a hght-tbere
IN the corner,'
1t was the phantom. As before. the lumin-
Gus cloud appeared to gather in the roona. grow
ing more and more intense each minute. Pres
emily the dark lines mapped themselves ont. as
1t We're. IN the midst of this pale radiant vapor-
:iid there stood Mr.. Van Koeren, CHASTITY and
mournful as ever, with fot cf tulips in his
hands.
Do you see it," I asked Jasper.
My God! yes" said Jasper, In low voice.
How terrible he looks."
Can you speak to me Tonight" I said ad-
dressing the apparition, and again consentrat-
my my VIII upon my question. "If So unbur-
den yourself We viii assist you if we cam
mere was no reply The ghost preserved tho
same sad, inpassige countenance; he had heard
me not. He seemed in great distress ON this oc-
clsion moving up and down, and holding ont
the pot OF tulips imploringly toward me. each
motion of his being accompanied by the cract-
hng noise and the corpse-like odor. | fell. sora-
~ troubled myself to see this poor spirit torn by
an endless grief; so anxious to communicate tn
me what lay on his soul and yet debarred by
some occult power from the privilege
by, Harry, cried Jasper after silence.
during which we both watched the motions of
the ghost intently, why, Harry. my boy. there
are t'co of them
Astouished by his words I looked around
and became Immediately aware of the presence
OF d second luminous cloud, in the midst of which
could distinctly trace the figure of pale but
lovely woman L need no second glance to as
sure me that it was the unfortunate wife of Mr..
Van koeren
g 1t IS his WIFE Jasper" replied; Il recop-
nize her, as | have recognized her husband, by
the portrait
How sad she lool1S." exclaimed Jasper in a
low voice.
She did indeed lool, sad Her face, pale and
mournful in lis cast, did not, however. seem con-
vulsed with sorrow, as was her husbands. She
seemed TO be oppressed with calm grief, and
sazed with a look of interest that was painful in
It's Intensity, on Mr.. Van Koeren. 1t struck me.
from his an, that though she saw him, he did
not see he. HIS whole attention was concen
trated on the pot of tulips, while Mr. Van Koer
en-, who hoated at au elevation of about three
feet from the floor, and thus oyertopped her hus-
band. seemed equally absorbed in the contem-
plation of his slightes; movement Occasionally
size Wo9id turn her eyeson me, as if to call my
attention TO her companion, and then returning.
gaze on him with a sad womanly, half-eager
smile. that to me was inexpressibIv mournftil.
There was something exceedingly touching
IN this strange sight. These two spirits so near
yet so distant. The sinful husband torn with
grief and weighed down with some terrible se-
cret, and so blinded by the grossness of his be-
ing a. TO be unable to see the wife-angeI who
was watching over him; while She forgetting
all her wrongs, and attracted to earth by per-
haps the same human sympathies, watched from
4 greater spiritual height and with tender IN
terest the struggles other suffering spouse
by Jove" exclaimed Jasper, jumping from
his bed, Il know what It means now
What does it mean?" / asked, as eager to
know as he was to communicates
Well that fower-pot that the old chap is
holding" Jasper, grieve to say, was rather
protane.
Well! what of the fower-potf"
Observe the pattern. 1t has two handles
made of red snakes. whose tails twist round the
top and form rim. 1t contains tulips Of three
colors, yellow, red, and purple"
:" l see all that well as you do. Let US have
the solution
Well, Harry, my boy' don't you remember
tina; there is just such flcwer-po. tulips, snak-
es and all carved on the queer old painted man.
tile-piece in the dining-room."
$50 there isl and glean of hope shot across
my brain, and my heart beat quicker.
Now, you alive. Harry, the old
fellow has concealed something important be-
hind that mantle+piece.'
Jasper, if ever am Emperor of France.
viii make you chief of police; your inductive
reasoning Is magnificent"
Actuated by the same impulse, aud without
another word. we both sprang out of bed and Lii
candle The appararions, IL they remained,
were no longer visible in the strong light. Hast
ily throwing on some clothes, we rushed down
stairs to the dining-roon, determined TO have
the old mantle-piece down, without loss of time
We had scarce entered the room when we felt
the cool wind blowing on our faces.
Jasper" said /, ~they are here
Well" answered Jasper, "tbat only confrrns
nv suspicious that we are on the right tracx
this time Let US 90 to work See. here's the