The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-12-09
THE
Ghosts Bargain ;
or.
TIT HAUNTED MAN.
4 CbRINTHdS TALS.

angry irotl1h q his hsili LEI ne tfot u nom
ny rsu,ry q" Ihe ,ccir., Eith 4 stirins md
with \. unwi4t.ng. er4el eyss stll hAed upon LIS
f.ce, went oui
"a dream Ike here stole lyon my own Ne"
"itd.d,- sA.d Re il1-
"a ioy., A. b. hr-s,~ pursued the Phantom.
sroy Inferior M, n, IN .hi cherish, arose in NV
own besrt va, 80 pr & tind It's otresto ny
fortune then. b. suy rrorn's or entr.s,y. How'd
b ~ lar too We. T. sst H. 40 u. But, more tina
ever D. ID srvsn la my lie. s'r'c " Il NIB.
Oniy en- inch gained. brought me smelling nearer
4. shr he. git 80 81 VI L. the lse Isn'es II
my sb'f At 'hst time my SISTER fsweet eonpsn-
iog sll s1.r a. " ~ fre tts expiring embers
,ni he Coo Z he,rtA Nt-n Jay was breaking.
What D. sure ~ tho fIiuIe dh | sec ="
~ s.w th.f1. ~ ihe frr. bui now" he rnu'mrr-
81, 'lrcy goo bac. '"1i. 10 music o. TIE wind.
wear"
".-r,i.-.a ofmy own domestic Ito ga sn.r
I me. -it1 hsr ~ s,s ~ l'ptt'ion ~ my toll
T. turs. ofuy sstst. ru.ds tn, vie Of my ds-r
T. .end ru 81 a t~Ttns tor he ted scue inherit
irnct vr tar. ricIurv. 4 or sotsfed age ard
moUoeei happiness, and ~ Tho golden hrs.,
etputing NsrN = IA. hat should bind ne, ami
our otldFen, 81 radi.s' garland" sad The Phsn'
tor
~ .it.,"e,Ir. t,rr,c4 tn,n. 'thst we've
dsusIous. Wuyt Amy duiy 10 r"tnen.t'f 'hem
to- rel 80
"D.uai n." c.ho..i 10 Phantom IN II. chsns.-
loss ". ?, and < Nriug %. nth rs chsngclsss eyes
"fHy my frici.d IN whose breast my confden
~sS iork-d, a. IN my Own, pas'ins tstwsen me
and te centre oftuy bopes ait struegts Won her
10 htn.e and -h>Gt.-,d ms frAil universe. Ny
.ter, dout ' dear dyuD.y devoted. dc Itly cheer
a. h. nv home. lived b. see me iamoI-, sDd my
old Amliiion ~ rewarded when is spnns us
hrokeu aud then"
Then died,"hs insrpo-.d "Disd grn,e a.
e''r hsppy 'nd with no concern but tor her
bother. Psse- !" iAs PhAusl IN -ase!..d him al
.sBty.
"Rer.mnered I" aid ,h. haunted mar. amer
pause "Yes b. vel remembered, that svsn
Hb her AZ u IA
III e or more visionary b. rae than ITO boyish love
o. loi outivei, think OF with sympathy, ss n
u were younger brpthoT'- or q son's Sometimes
even wonder wien her heart nrst Dolined 10 him.
snf ho~ aitc,n ec,ei toward. me. Not
lishi once, Ih'nk. u this, 10 nothing. Eary
uuhs ~ nee, wound from hand loved aud
trusted snd loss shAi nV,hing can replace ouibvs
stCh hsn'its'
titus" said the Phantom. 81 bear within .
Sorrow snd Wrong Thur prey upon myssh.
Thu- memory Is my curse snd. Il could forse,
my sorrow AMI N. wrong. would 90
~ cEct e" ssii The Cnsmit, ls,pnc up, end
making. With wrataful hand, at tie thrnst Of his
oihcr al. "why bsvs 'lvsys tat s.ani in my
ears''
"Torbesr e. e,e,a mol III. sreclr- IA en- aviul
voice Lay hand o. NJ, sud do T. He stop
ped midway. Il iis Jrds Rod par yssd him {. IL
lad "a arm rsised d sh ia warning and q smile
passed over n unear,hly features, a. u reared its
DARK ui-src N triumph.
III could forge. my sorrow and my vprg.
would" the Ghotd repeated. If could forget my
sorrow and my wrong, would T.
xvii sririt Of myself" r,tgrrsd the hauntd
man, in . low, trembling tone, any NE N osrkss-
e. by tat incesssnt wtisp-r."
1t ~ o. scho." - d IN" Phantom.
'Ift he On echo II my thoughts Sc nov, inds'i,
I kuow u So rsIo.nsi the haunted man, "~hy
should therefore he torn nt>d IL ~ not sslh N
thought suffer IL N range beyond myself. All
men and women have their sorro~s, - most Of
than their vrongs lnsr,'iride, aud sordid
jealousy. aid interest. bssstting all degrees OF
a -. q
~rongsr'
.'wlo would not, truly, .ni he the happier and
better Tor ~" sAit the Phantom.
These revolutions d years, which We com.
recall Are there any minds, in Which
they Do not ~ a-aken CONS sorrow or soue
Goubls' What is the remembrance 81 the old man
who vss here t-nish,' 'issoe of sorrow and
uo BILE
.But coumon u,tures," sad the Phantom. with
II. Evil . nile pnn ia assy faee, 'unenlightened
minds, and ordinary spirits, do not feel or res-on
these things Ike men OF higher cultivation end
Irofoupder thought"
Temper" answered Redls~. "whcee hol.
low look and vocc dread more shsn words
can erpress, and ffo'n whom sms dim
fo-eshsdo~ing ol grsster fsa ia stealing over
me While | speak, hasr again an erho 81 my Own
mnd'
Recsiy, II I. a proof that 7 am powerful"
returned the GhoS,. ''iicsr ~hs' ! Offer Forget
tn. .orU~, wrong and trouble YOU have known r
Forget them :" he repeated.
Il hAvc the power 10 CO pc.l Their rsmsmt Anos
to leave hut very sin. confused irsces OF them,
that will de out soon" returned the spa rs.
"Sav std me-"
STAY T. cri.d the hsun,4d man, srr,s,ins by .
terrified gesture ths up rcd hand Il trembls
with distrusI snd doubt fycu And tie dim fear
you csss upon me dee sls into name e~- horror
! can hsrily bar. would not dsprlve my sef ~
sny kindly :, q 'tiou, or any sympathy that is god
for ln., ~ others WhN stall l looes, II assent
T. Vs' What else will p.s- IRON my rsn'oin