The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-08-18
MY PENNY DIP

WEst was III 4 sa4tcH eAI1ssr ~ w ae.~
The 20. wagl3'n; bsrn, ilse sev9.-ne sifsa
: gggst ms wiGh It's sKioas odor, he aaii seas-
tered. 0urnI bias, AID went cut. an
afraid Of the dark; thai ghssEiy hlaeGHess
shTeh makes onss gyss ache with the want
5 Il ..gat that pa}psbEs gloom Eaich seems
e beat Ike = rs9GAfaG Ut palVstaa5cs Of Tue
heart around FDg, above you, ao2a' y9e'
F prvyyvhrre: that visible nothing, watch
holds the tables, the chairs, Ehe portraits
vaa are familiar vlth, yet a51g- tEen IN US
black vail from y1gE yTsw that empty i2ii-
meas through which sou thrust 0ni your
{ gyaUirg arms, then shrink back oppressed
wstE q presence yaa can neither arar,. see
u6r feel 80 &
{ "Mrllg,v I ,aid to ny littIs maid, ''Eun
.omswhere and zsE ne 8 hight.
j She ran to the gracer's wife, and came
hack with reang dip in brass esadls-
stick.
A. .he placed j, on ny table, went cut ani
shat rBy door. the Little hoy IN brhrze Oh Ey
mantle raised BIS hammer aud struck the
aggrs Of tiraetn~.ve ringing blows apon the
heart. Is vas midnight
/ The candle burned clearly. resumed the
old volume Of German Eegends was read.
ing, and a. lad ms finger OF paragraph,
and paused to ponder on the possibility OF
.p,r.is reIuruIsS . earth 70 srsa< ven
srapes on fses ur gasa wea. Tor fE.snds, /
haars! deep stgh at my elbow.
J. ItufueI and beAe.d the ghost OF my grand
mother.
| knew her from her Fesenb'ahee 20 hfr
portrait. She wore the sane ~"He cap "ith
Is. vide border plated around her face-thr
same grim ire.s With which had grown IA
n'itaT 10 5hs Ete'uff'
/ >he Hi14 A"'H'F J~"t9 49, "N'
et,er her ,.-,,
df"" up "a" ro1A4.'1 0''"'' ~ w. 80,
. She sat d'"u ID H. y pun" " "'' nv ',''
saHE IN ~ more H'''''.7''t '""N sue "''''
SHE SrP' h.r aA"a- ID ''s '"'"S F'S'''1" ""
her breast, that somebody ''eu '"em '"S"'l
years aZT.
She t4rd heF Keen .'',N Eyes upon me,
Erau'l1a5 eyes, Wetch mai away" adfaif'"
rs ita F3Tara. none 0i Hss ueseebN'H'S
I'D *ash Eyes.
II c.uI not come sac SAID, 10 aeep Sfp,
a|ehral ,-ue, ain gas light" Ghosts and
gall hs are At "ar always. As for @gro-
zsn1 eli, ~ gFuau 10 srr1i st Its use, row
m#ttai Uases can, night alter n'ght, lh"aie
she 1aar II cuits, D.. wonder. IL - worse
than brlm,lau". We htv" put our cid itF-
under wear c.Bmneys, ard blown our @hest'y
trnatk7 lot the aHmcs. We have seen iiIe
chsn.nrys harErn with smoke, ahd al art
mantt Gil with dsTuahr. fragrance. feo'
rls only said tha taugp "a ia tbf draft. They
m1gs.. Il Eni bore wish i. We shall have
- Weld, k.rasGne Is modern discovery.
l,as4,s are did fashioned. Totc oaiot da!e
E., ~ "a r9t IF mind. Your '4i.gw candle
NJ .aaf4 n.a. Va ghosts ike tho light OF
giar- d.ss around Us. We always, IN the
aaav. burned taEow candles"
The aus eyes oflaY graplmotbar caEed ~
me rrnny asp s,,atfastly for n moment.
hr..sn..I a. s..,. visions and dream dreams.
NY d-a-." she sand. .'you are the first
II Oh. faulfv that has returned 10 candles
since tHa innovation Of gas. You ar indebt-
"A 10 yoar DIP f,r nav pre-euce. How boil
low would have oxpd under a chandelier
how hlsadless. how white! As it is.
. think am looking very natural, am notyn
. She glanced up ~ her portrait and waited
nav rsp'v.
~ l3tla pale. grandmother | said, 'but
tell me- dear madam. IL your pursuits IN the
other word aro Of such nature that they
atwsg If Your returning to this at any time
"Ty ~ means. | am permitted to appear
- this sphere but seldom. Nv influence
cHp make frlt ofIener. have not been seen
before s,ncr my coffin lid WAS closed. | am
como 81 tell ,ou there arose yell in PAN
i7,nouium. looked IN to see whence it came.
I found the great chamber assigned to little
rhIdrrp. and which Is always full Of little
one. Of ali st1es and ages, the scene Of great
commnt,on. Infants were crawling into
corners; three year old todiiers were tot
tsrtnE out Of he way. Older ones were