Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-02-24

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sust, and usder . white hat With
weed round il. called at the former
residence Of the lste Mr.. Rig. snd
stated he had come on serious priv
ate business
He wss admitted, took . scat. and
soon q portly person entered, who
announced himself to be Mr.. Jotham
Prig, the present master of the
house.
"A distant relative of Mrs. Rig,
perhaps ?"
81 rather think I am a relative"
said Prig, with a smile; "but not
distant"
"You are near to be sure; but /
meant distant in blood"
81 may be that-but 1 am the
nearest possible relative otherwise
for l am her husband"
"I differ with you there" said
the visitor, gravely, clasping two
sets Of fingers, closely resembling
the claws of u grizzly bear; for l am
her husband.
"What!" exclaimed the aston.
ished Prig, staring hard at his spec
tral guest; "then she must have two
husbands.
"That is so," returned the stran.
ger, "if you are one of them"
II am her only living husband
that I know of, said Prig."
Then you must have married
her before I did," replied the thin
mar. quite firmly for shadow.
ain that case she must have had
three husbands" returned Rig urea-
silly; I" for one is dead-Rig died a
month ago-and married her two
weeks ago; so that if you married
her since, she has deceived both you
and me. When did you marrx-her?
"Ten years ago." moaned the
ghastly unknown.
"Before or after the late Mr. Rig?"
CAT the same time," was the
strange answer.
'Impossible!"
"No moro impossible" returned
the hollow voice, ethan that l was
buried, a month ago, and have come
back from the gravel"
"Rediculous? Pooh! Pshaw! You
can't be the late Mr. Rig!
II can't say that am the late Rig,
for it seems that J. have risen rather
too early for her; and if what You
say is true, am not the lamentcd
Rig, neither"
"Who, in the name of gloom, sick
ness, death, and mystery, are you,
then?" e..
"Her first husband-the buried
and risen Mr.. Rig"
"No," said Prig, angrily, after a
pause; "you are either ghost or an
impostor-possibly lunatic. You
may be a twin.brother Of Regulus
Rig, or some other who bears stri-
king likeness to him, and 90 seek to
take some advantage of her or me,
by thus cadaverously coming here ;
otherwise, q madman or q ghost"
"Look At my likeness on the table
there"
"That's no proof"
"Go to the tomb, aud see if am
not risen."
| II am afraid to leave you here
alone, or / would. You may Be .
thief"
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