Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-11-18

to, reveal; but she laughed consumedfy,'
and was shortly Afterwards seen entering
No AZ with warming pan, and then re
turning without it. = -. -.
The bone and brand ' q. and water wer, a
dnly7 served, and Pooasombyy took his plac,
at the table, The mid gentleman pulled
his collar more frequently and piled hi
toothpick with increased energy, a-r
aWaiter,n cried Ponsomby; aherre,, r,zttlk tax,
this thing away."l jog Sg'''i 10 NV, ~ = =, :,
aCapital bone, Sir" said John, sonewhs
astonished.o s'g'i IS az 81 ~, 19''7 as'
"Don't tell meAa capital bone" exclaiim
ed Ponsorm :aslhe 6uss driver was complain
ing of the mortality among his horses
Take it away.'''H ''T''i l'i'' i'iis4 III -
The mild gentleman looked alarmed. al anf
paused III the act ofpuiiing " up his left col
lar. ..lsiii 'ial Thh ind ON Q, l42,'F,'i@ 81
"Wretcbed house this. sir,n said Poanlssopi1i,t alsp1t
hy, ecoo1ufidentialIy: "ueyer come here if
csnf afvdid IL binIf- at Reoa fia lime olaf 4,
get in anywhere" ~ u, %
1fssY es. sir. said the mild one. Ii2 sinA
g.They served ME 'rassscally assc trick once once
and r shall 'rieyer f3rcetiti. wonder vic
sleeps in that room to nliiart.e1apSooar s. deyii 7
laMayaI enquire Whit tbe -tr;ek WINS
sirr = ia9yf da ,sai'Rl slIi 10 s66i:tl n
i4aOh. certainIv.p said PonsoonmbvH atbono,l
hardly like TO telltbe sforrvr frr h eased Tor M
sf,ouH doubt nv yersacc;t,r- ~ no ,Fnb ISL
YiaOb' eli z-LL.zgrIs1 ~ I Ioi ,riiIs9! 2
s1~WeH.it see, seems ,absi,ra 10 ta,k ~ fla hmm n.
tad chambers s. Etbe Ip,ine,s,entb csniinrv!, i,
Ponsomby uaaused i'i 7'7I'f 3 b'iiT 20
risNol Il alE.irmisaia tf,eea he mild one en-. en-.
couraSeipply.. y..n''3H G0 s1T0E7 Ti'los 9a'I j
Z! IBut tbnt tIersiis one IN ttbiil bou.c,
I am ready 10 s,waatH He,rScIained Ponsomby
aas room with II raa oIa Tssb;oned III
clock n !, rfali1I l aol iH'a i~G7T 7lsdj I
il"No. 4e,p oasped the mild one. fb.f,.
nv roon..,. 4 - l.ah -0li2 . ''b 3 ~
i'4Hush, for Heavens saketnH said Pom
somby: l.had Il known that I wouldh',
hav. said word" -s1s-iii ~ :
MY dear SIR, don't saw that. pray On
on. sir. Tn not s,iperstitious, SUI, neither aln
f6olishlv incred dafoiis;'. and the mild one
wiped his forehead, and e,nptiea his tun,- nm,
bler nj n o,,I,. ''ii "i ~" ~ - H.
g4Weif as you, desire it.,I viii tarrr,n,ts Inf
my story said Pouusou,nly.2 AFT wa, ,'.x TX
actiy Three wears ago. this very day tia,
1 and our luggage found ourselves in No
AZ, the last room $50 the chambermaid told
me, inlet in the house. - '''7 TF'''1 :
.Exaclly what she told me--a eocka.
tficel" interruptetl the mid one. '.'a! 9i--.
AZ was iired byi nv DAYS Journey. and
went to bed exactly as the clock struck
twelve. Though fatiaued. / felt no.dispo.
silioh 70 Sleep; SO l placed nv candle on
the bed stems. and began to fead. I had
read about fiye minutes. when suddenly /
received n most violent bii,w in the stom.
.cI and IN. 7clock strucs a o,uartsr / 7
d, r,ad IN ,bere wyros n1 one ma. vol ;nr il
.cc,nn, fnr tI,e nb.nomanon Al, IaS7 7
c,ncInd.d Il mni, ib,vs heen fancy Tre,d
on eor ano,ber Quarter of an bour whom T
recaivod Two bIows Of Greater violence than
he farmer one II ;,mned ont Of he'd re.
solved n se,c,,ra INV assailan, M. tberp
wnss no onefs fbe clock lcbirned the half.
hour nlSTi / - ,rGSY II - - - -.
faa,o,bor ,c,,,ss Of brandr-orar,!; W ~ . ,er ~
cried ths mild one = o-!'--' ',1I'' b
Itwos bronoht and Ponsombv nroceeded
az smul he bell-rope, but a sense Of
shame nt.let me proceed. there
fore 1resol keen watch for a short
time. AS I set up in The bed, nv eyes
fslih.,,iunon the fac, of The old clock in The
corner: I could not hel5 thinking that it
was ia some way connected with the an
noyarcs l had Suffered. AsI looked the
minute hand gradually approached the TX
on the diaL and the moment i, arrived there
| received three distinct and particularly
sharp raps on the crown of my lread. -
The clock struck the three quarters. l
wasnow convinced that there was some
thing wrong. What was to do? If |
disturbed the house and told the story, l
should be laughed at, and set down as
drunk or dreaming. I resolved to brave
the worst. 1 got out of bed, and gently
opened the clock case, stopped the yibra-
ton the penluldm, 81 q ssh i'ooA 'e2i'
s"Co.ne, that must prevent the striking,y =
Thought L; '.sand | laid myself down with
sohfltfhng like chuckle at my own bril-
iabcv." .i9-'i' a.
"a -chpekle " murmured the mild one. =,
ii had not been in bed above five MN,
utes." res resumed m Ponsomby, .when heard
the door csrt Of the clock open slowly. l felt
confess, a q tremor- ,,, - - -
al should think SOP -, n III.
"As saw the pendulum throw a sum-
erset on the floor, and deliberately hop