Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-01-19

q chest Of drawers, nSw ID k4. We lel
| every thing kskoga are weaga lst u. p
That's the gsnk thAt's got your room,
| whispared IoaAas az ha sash@rs& hkEa Paasea,
| by into tbs s0fs-neomG aa8 H
/ The persaa alladsd 10 was a FsEy mild
milky looking young gentleman Of twsnty
enc. His present position was evidently 4
4 new oaa, tor he waa constantly RmpAeyed
in pulling up bis shirt collaE, and using hi
tooth pick.
aJohn,D said pohsouhy, aFmast hay,
= bed. Bring ns bgoIlsd boas aad giass
OF brandy and water, aud pat than o. thl
table next to the young gentleman willis
speak to Bstky.h
What the nature Of Mr.. PoasenbYia CON.
municatioa to Betty was I don't mean d
reveal; but she @Faughed eonsnmediy % and
waa shortly Afterwards seen entering Ne
4 | ~ - zEith : RzAEEaing- nanz aad thsn nekaEns
] Ing without Il.
I The bone and brandy and water wsrs du-
| IN served, ana Ag. PsasSHhy took hts place
at the sabls. TIE miId gentleman pulled
| bis collar more frequently aud piled his
soeth~pick with Increased snargy.
stWaitazzn cried Ponsoaby share, take
| this thing aWay.o ....-
aCapital boas, sir t'' said Joha some.
! what AstoRisaed.
sDon't tell ue capital bone l'' exslaim-
ed Ponsonhy; ssths baAs driver was com
planning of ths mortality among bis horses.
| Take iE away" aa e. " at
Ths mild gsnklsmaa looked alarmed, and
paused 10 the act OF pulling up bis leeE
collar.
"Wretehsd hoass, this, air, p said Pom
sonbys eouhdentiallY neveT come here II
can avoid 1t bat at Regatta time glad to
get in anywhere"
"Yea, siF,n said tbs mild oas.
"They served me q raseally trick once,
and shall never forget it. Twondsr who
sleeps la that room TO uighb--pOor asvii ~
"May ! inquire what ths trick ~ass
sob, certainly, said ponsonby. s'though
hardly like to tell the story, In case gou
should doubt ny VsraGity."
60h, sir"
"well--it seems absurd 10 talk Of haunt
ed chambers In the HinstsentA century"
and Peasoaby paused,
"Not at all, sir" Raid the mild one en-
coaEagtagiy.
"Bat that there Ia pa = In this house an
ready to swear,7 exclaimed Poasonby ga
room with large, oid-tAzhtonsd clock In
it, ...
"NO. 42'' gssPsd the mild one chats
nay room p
t.Hash, for heavens s2ket'' said Pom
soabgt "ha4 known that woaidn't have
said woVd foF the world" ..-....
envy dear sir, dsn't say that; pray 60
on, sir. pa not aHpaTst3tious, neither ana
| foolishiy incredufous 70 sad the mild one
wiped his forehead, and sznptied bis tum~
bier at gulp,
: 4WsE, a. yoa dsslrs It, viii aarrase NY
story.u said PoRsonbg. "It vas exactly
three years ago this very day, that aud
nv Iuggags found ouraefvs in No. 42, the
last room SO the chAmharnaEd told Ena Hn-
let in the house.
Exactly what she told~me--a eoekR-
trfHe rs interrupted tha mild one.
sI vas tired by my dayis ioaraey, and
went to bed exactly aa the clock struck
twelve. Thoagh fatigued, felt no dlapo~
sltiua TO sleep so placed my candle on
the bed-ateps, and began to read. | had
read about Ave minutes, when suddenly /
received q most yloleat blew in the ssom-
ach, and the cloek struck quarter. Esa&T-
ted up there vas no ane--nsEhiag 10 ae-
count for The phenomenon. At Last / con-
ctuded il must have been fancy. read on
for another quarter al aR hoar, when krs-
csiysa tive blows, of gFsater vioEuneu than
the former oas. jumped out Of bsds re .
solved to secure nay assaiiant, koy there
vas no one l--~4Ae slosk ehinsd khs halg
houT.R ...
"Anothsr glass Of brandy and water P'
cried the mild uas. srE@
Itwas brought, and PonsoBhy proceeded.
ssI seized the helL~rope, bat 3 senss Of
shame would not let ns proceed, I, there
fore, resolved To ksap watch fcr sheFs
time. AS / sat Up Ia the bad, my eyes fell
upon the face OF the old clock In the cor
ner: could not help thinking shAt was In
seaae way esaAeGsea with tha annoy&nss
had suffered. AS I looked, the minute
hand gradually approached the TX on the
/ dial and the EaomenE it arrived there re-
celFsd thEss alsGiaGt and particularly sharp
xaps on the crown of my head, The clock
/ struck the tnres quarters. ] was now eon.
/ vaneea that there was Bosaethinx wrong ~
| What was I 70 da2 Ii / disturbed tbs
| house and told this story, | should be laugh,
/ ed ut, aud set down either aa drunk ol
| dreaming. resolRsd 10 brave the warst
/ got out oE bed, and gsatiY opsuiag th'
elock-case. stopped the vibration Of thi
pendVlaIn.
@.Cosns, that must prsTnnt the striking
Thought I; and laid myself down with some
thing like chHekle At my own bziliian
Eey," s.s-...~.s...ss ...s--s q -a.s.E
ii chackis p saurfasrsd ehs mi!d ons.
ssEh had not been in bed Abova Eve mtn
utss, - resumed Ponsenby, @whea hear
the DOOR of che sioek-csss opea slow ly.
felt, eoasssz q tramsF~~---s1
81 slaoald thlak solp
aAa saw the peuaalam threw aomss
set On the door, and deliberately hep--ho
Il --hog towards tha bed Il paasad fgr ; as
snent, aad bending its roand, bgszsn Fac
full upon me, sad
sspokes'' gasped ths mild one.
"sAid, p ieontinusd Ponsoaby. net hses
, Ing ths infRrraptioa,) 9 : SIR. I am veg
much obliged TO yuu eof ssnpplng nay laher
People Ehink nevNr wamE sny rest, b
that saa stand being perpetusliy weuz
ap, ana kapx On the SO. With year psFmail
s Hfun, Esll geg gaE0 bed. And, waahoaa waa
: / iag feF - anM@sEs inta Aad u goks
stI mappoa&,i eontinassA the peaAalsaz
syau are net AWARE that shts Ii ssaE room
@ tOur room Y said +.
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