East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-12-17

oldson. though he did not say it. The
manager was prudent man, and things
went well with him. His son went TO
college; my father came into my grand
fathers office; no more forged notes
turned up, and his wealth was increasing.
In the safe fashion of those times, he was
not only manager, but one Of the four
proprietors of the bank. One lived in !
Copenhagen, one in Bremen and one in
Lubbock; they did little in the way of di- !
rection, hut left the entire management
TO Haroldson, as the right of his family,
and though not stingy, he kept his house
ami his son economically, that capital
might accrue to buy back the family es-
tate when Frederick came to his great
ness.
A year passed quietly away; the young
man came home to see his family-they
said much improved. He returned to
college, but not with tho minister's son;
Frederick and he did not sort well. His
father now believed he could take care of
himself, and it appeared the managers
confidence was not misplaced. Fred
erick's letters came so regularly, and were
so proper, detailing from week to week
how he spent his time, how he spent his
money; what progress he was making, and
what acquaintance he formed; they were
all sons of grave lawyers or clergymen,
steady students and exemplary characters.
Haroldson showed the letters with great
pride to his friends, who all agreed that
they had been mistaken and he correct IN
the estimate Of his son.
The winter was a particularly dark
and depressing one in Hamburg Heavy
fogs hung over the city night and day;
the ice on the Elbe and the Alstar was
not safe for country traffic, while as usual,
it blocked up the shipping; provisions
were in consequence dear, business was
dull, and there was little news except what
began TO be whispered about the Danish
bank. AS the nights grew long and
dreary, report got up among the clerks
and servants regarding tall figure in
whitc--positively a winding sheet-which
came out of dark corners and surprised
them in the loncliest parts of the build
ing. The porter had seen it first in one
of his nightly rounds then it appeared
more or less distinctly to several of the
clerks, but always when they were alone,
aud at last my father got glimpse of 1t
in corridor leading to the strong room.
We Danes equal, if we do not surpass,
the Germans in our faith and fear of the
supernatural The bank had been a con-
vent, castle and q prison. Dark deeds
had been done within it under every
form. There was garden behind which
had been changed into prison cemetery
the strong room itself was the crypt OF
the chapel, the fiat tombstones Of knights
and abbots might yet be traced in the
floor. Half score Of legends might
have been recalled to account for the APP
partition, but-why or wherefore my father
never could make out-the whole estab
lishment believed to be Edward Grun
der. They had notion that he had
been unjustly condemned, and that there
fore his restless spirit haunted the scene
Of his accusation. The terror this ides
; inspired was so great that some of tn,
oldest clerks gave up their places; the
porter, whose courage had never beer
known to fail before, would not 90 on hi
rounds alone; and my father, who had
/ given evidence on the trial, though only
concerning the date of the transaction
with the English house, said his hair useC
} to stand on end when he had to eros,
. any Of the passages after nightfall. Tn,
, manager alone did not appear to b,
! frightened, though it was generally al
lowed he had the best right 1t was long
, before any one dared to tell him of tn,
spectre. When one Of the clerks men
toned it as the cause of his resignation
+ he tried to laugh him out of the notion
insisted that good spirits had no desire t,
return to this wicked world, and that evi
t ones were not permitted to modest honest
: people; but when tho man would no
: stay, and others went, when my fathe
confessed to having seen it, he took t
t going about the place after dark, anC
must have caught some glimpse of it too
for he acknowledged all at once that Their,
was something in the business he did moi
; understand, though nothing would bring
} him to admit that it was ghost. \ fac
which seemed to corroborate his opinion
came to light about midwinter, when the
nights were the longest and the fear at
its height. 1t was discovered that cash
to an unknown amount had been abstract
ed from the Golfers in the strong room, &C
which, by fixed rule Of the establish
J ment, no one had access unless accompa
MED by the manager or his chief clerk
There was no mode of entrance or egres,
, except by the iron bound door of which
Haroldson kept the key. On examination
the place appeared as secure as ever
nothing was disturbed, nothing out OF
order, the papers, jewels and plate depos-
tied there for many Danish family were
all safe in their chests, yet keys had been
found for the old fashioned Golfers which
contained the specie--tho bank had q
good deal in store just thcn-and crowns
and dollars could not GO without hands
dts no ghost, Peterson" said the man.
ager, as he and my father talked over the
matter in private. "There is some wicked
: trick playing on us. You remember
what Delaprcs said when would not do
as he wished. These French are fear.
fully clever in mischief am sure it is
he has frightened the house and then
robbed IT, Nobody has ever heard noise