Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-05-15

strong in death.
YES; bat vou know Won do lore
me. Say yes, quick. and crawl un-
der the table; Uncle is going To wake
/ up urged Grant. inwardlv laughing
at the ludicrous position, though an1-
ious for the yes To be spoken.
Yes. then, if [ must!' and Svbil
made plunge from her throne, and
took up her position under the table.
Just as the old gentleman woke up
with violent sneeze.
:. kerch- OK ker-ter.choo-ot WHY.
/ Grant, it's colder'n barn here. I'm
III for the rheumatism, good and strong.
| feel It III my bones. W Whv, whcr.
does the wind come from I feel it
/ blowing IN like perfect hurricanc.-
/ Get up and see if the window Amt
I open
One of the panes Is broken" fab
ricated Grant. " Did Won say Square
Farnham had sold his horses to Law
yer Smith
Thercupon Mr.. Ward went into
detailed relation of the sale Of the
horses of one Of the neighbors. and
ended the narrative bv going to sleep.
After he was soundIv locked in
/ Slmnbcr's arms" Grant called. in low
whisper. Svbil".
" What ?" came from the direction
Of the table.
- on can 60 to vour room without
/ going outdoors. Go ont at the dour
of this room and no one will see vou.
viii take care of the sled.
" But Sarah She's waiting at the
top Of the hill for me to come back
with the sled
Go up to vour room and strike
light. She viii see it, and concludo
Won had enough of coastiug withnut
dragging Yourself mp the hill to tell
/ her so. You can excuse the matter
/ plausibly enough-can't you? p
:. \ es, | guess So was the rcplv.
=. Hark = in Il tragic whisper.
Sybil !" Sarah was calling out Iu..
tilv. Svbil, where arc YOU? pcnr
me where Is that simpleton gone to'
She must have got tired of sliding
down hill IN 4 hurry, seems to me
/ Sybil !" raising her voice again. til,
time near the window. . Should have
/ thought she might have called me, if
she had got tired of sliding. | d"n's
see the sled anywhere She must
have gone down by the grape arl.o,,"
And then the sound of Sarah voice
. died away il the distance.
Now is your time" whispered
Grant Cut aud run !" According
+. L. Sybil made an advance in the di-
rection of the door.
Oh, Sybil! called Grant rs ,T.o
reached the door
What?' answered Sybil. irnrn-
tiently.
You'll stick to your promise.
won't you, if | wont say anything
about this = Yes. -
And with this answer, that sounded
SO pleasant to Grant. she made
hasty exit. Shortly after he heard
the hall door clang to; and presently
Sarah went up stairs, talking inaudi-
bly, TO herself. wondering. doubtless.
what the mysterious disappearance
meant, and how it could be accounted
for.
Grant was up long before daylight
and concealed the sled under his bed
! Things were at SKIES and sevens about
the room. and he righted them up -
we'll as he knew how. He shut the.
+ easement together, and dropped one
Of the curtains to conceal four broken
panes of glass that had been knocked
out by SvbiIs sled, when she came IN
so unceremoniously. lie swept up
the broken glass, snow. and splinters
3 Ia i Il.
which one corner Of the " "one-horse
shay" had struck, and threw them on
the fire he had kindled. Everything
was "sljck as could be" Grant men
tally commented. when uncle Ward
awoke with an awful cold in his
head
"Ill be blessed If I stay in thi.
room another night! said uncle Ward
as distinctly as ne was able TO do.
my nose Is corked up tight as bot.
tie, aud I'm rheumatism all over I'll
be blessed if the room amt haunted
Such noises a / heard were enough
to scare anybody out Of their wits [
/ don't remember distinctly what they
were; but first | heard thunder-or
what sounded ike it-and ! should
have thought it was, only neyr heard
of such thing in the dead Of winter
Then some one kept up whispering.
and | thought some one was In the
room But was so confounded sleepy
/ couldn't keep awake, and went to
sleep. ] woke up once, halffrozen to
death shan't step comfortably for
9seek-and the suffering old gentleman
hobbled ont Of the haunted room FOR
more congenial quarters.
They all met al the breakfast table.
Sybil was shy and silent-something
that was entirely new fer her-and
blushed rosily when Grant looked that
way. Sarah was yet laboring under
her last nights displeasure at being so
+ suddenly and unexpectedly forsaken.
Svbil, Grant whispered. after
breakfast, as he bent over her for
moment unobserved, .. Yes last night
shall be yes this morning. shan't it,
"Yes. she answered, blushing de-
.lightfnllv.
God bless you" he said earnestly,
and kissed her forehead