The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-08-17


il there was any chance for spookers to
hide away il should get after one with
long pole some dark night, when discov-
cred that a panel of the fire board was
loose. Removing II, found the note torn
in four pieces, copy Of which read your
ancient
81 remember tearing that note up and
throwing it iuto the stove; the draft has
doubtless carried it through the shortpipe.
and then it must have fallen whore it has
laid ever since.
Every truo, and thought genius might
turn it to account-perhaps through it,
have the rookcry demolished or repaired.
made inquiry aud found that Becky was
Mrs Ware whom you had once addressed,
now widow. | naturally connected tho
desortion of your house with tho disap-
pointmont revealed to me in that lady,s
note, an dI knew if she and you could be
brought together, the removal of that old
pile of lumber would be insured And
that's all know about the ghost.
Both laughing noisily, Win jumping up
rand down with his hands in his pantploons
pockets.
"Now that pile mnst fall; if you do not
keep your word, wW see ghost, Tell
me all about the fuss.
"The furniture had been removed from
the house, which was to bo re.painted pres
paratory to introducing my vito into it,
when the note came. | sank down and
buried my face in both hands, My father,
angry at this display of weakness, declared
l would be fool if did not press my
claim and hold my atianced to her promise,
and he added sharply, "i( you do not mar.
ry Becky, this property shall never be yours
and it shall stand empty forever TO harrass
aud mortiiy you when you see or hear Of
it,
"Woll, there's chance for You to marry
Mrs. Ware now; and as / am head over
heels in love with her daughter Dora, who
knows but that you may yet be my father"
"one month subsequent to this, the eyes
orihe good people of Alton we're delighted
with the prospect of renovation Of the dark
corner. Carpenters and Masons we've busy
about the house, and Mao himself was busy
in the yard, moving down mullen stalks
and clearing the walks ofplantain and dock,
Another month changed the whole aspect
oil tho place, so that the villagers thought
| Tho Shaws must be getting extravarant and
trying to rival the Bucks. The old house
was metamorphosed into an Elizabethian
cottage, with very steep roof and cluster
OF small chlmncys, or, as the old ladies had
IT. with dozen steeplos and lace around
the portico." One day, about tho time the
house was completed. Mac Shaw drove
out iik the new carriage which no had
built after model of his own, as usual ac-
companied only by Dora In the course of
the ride they encountered Halman Shaw on
horse back. The same evening the father
said;'
Where was Becky, your wife elect this
morning ~
Pardon the deception have practised
upon you, father, the daughter, not the
mother, will be Mrs Mckenzie Shaw"
D, 0, h, A, docs not spell Becky.
said tho corner property should not be
yours until you married Becky, aud ! will
burn the house before | will break my
word.
Now here was perplexity. Mac paused
looked at his boots thoughtfully, and dali
lied with his watch chain. lie would not
change the daughter for the mother for all
the EIlzabethian cottages in the world
Suddenly he started up. and drawing from
his coat pocket an album which Dora had
given him to write in, opened it at the first
page, and placed the name inscribed there
before his fashorss eyes; 'DonA BEpEccA
WARE
Haman Shaw went to an old-fashioned
secretary tina. stood in the room, and un-
locking a small drawer drew forth pack :
age of papers and handed his son a deed
for the corner property,