The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-11-08

sDu who di d was M old naB-Jan as the
called hinl--and had Mt one time been
s rvant at the inn. The inn, like man,
Others in G rmany, has u farm attached
Jan had worked hard, been frugal, an,
wi h his savings. aud the addition of {
small Legacy from wealthy relative, hao
purchased a small lot adj ainipg the or
chnrd Of The inn farm. Nav the laudIady
was widow and sole mistress of the es.
tab!i-hmeDt aud besides had DO very plea
sant temper. Jan wa, stubborn aud self
willed, and withal quite set up with being
landed proprietor. Between people so
tempered it was net likely that amity
could long exist. Before year passed
there was n quarrel about the orchard, and
90 usual, 49,. 1852 -:-t., 8. ~. - ..--., 10
tima'ion. The qnarr,l went so far that
the parties would not speak to each other.
and so it went on for years-uether would
cnucede one inch. At last old Jan grew
sick unto death, and AIMING the repentap.
ces and better thoughts thar come around
a man at the closing vf this earthly exist
ence. came the wish to be reconciIed to
his old friend and mistress Thrice pre-
vInus toIhc night of which | sprak, he
had sent for her 10 come to- him, and twice
she had refused, but about ten O'Clock
that light, one IF the men cf the village
IA friend Of both parries-aad cnme to
the inn and It'd the land ady that old
Jan vas dying and could not make his
peace with God ill he was at. peace with
her. Bling good Catholic she dared
iume lately fur JAMS house, where she
remained 'ill he died assuring him IF
her entire forgiveness for al, past provo.
catl,ns asked one OF the men, who,
from his talk, inferred had cen present
at the lid mans death, what was hs state
of mind, aud he said hat until the coming
of his ueiehbor, he seemed to b. in great
dis ress. tn use the speakers words, il
seemed as # his soul could DOT leave his
body ill she came. i... ..r..
dcst rIbed the figure l had seen the
night bef,re aud asked him if the old
man wore anything like that. IIc looked
at me with sst"uis hineut and asked where
and bow had seen old Jan, tor he had
been bed-rIddcn for months. | said uoth-
ins but turned away with ample theme in
my mind FIR thoughts and conjecture. |
scarcely hazarded an opinion even to my
self, and { 1t unwilling TO tell any one
the strange circumstances. 1t was certa,n-
j., utterly humanity impossible, that tie
OLD man, in person, could have been in the
room, when at the mnmeut he was living
ga>piu. his last, mile away, and yet 1t
Was just rs c. rtain as that | stand here,
that | saw with my waking eyes, bis sem.
blance standing Ia my room, when be
must have been lying in bis bed at home.
There could be 10 mislake--the pecu
liarities OF d,css, the face, the figure, the
broou,-whicn it seems he bad queer
habit Of carrying about with hiu--werc
all so decidedly singular, they could have
been shared with no ole, and no mortal
could mime the expr, ssion on that wau
old face.
Is it possible that in that awful strug
gle tn obtain peace that the spirit lefc Ito
earthly tenement aud came back to the
home Of earlier years. seeking the one
who kept him from the peace he 8,
craved or, that peace being his, had be
come to look upon scene that must have
been dear to him in the days long past
| would not tell you now what |
thought about it-wheth,r | believed it
then to be II spirit, nor eau say whether
l now believe it. l put away al,
thoughts about it., though it is imprint
ed up'n III, mind too deeply to ever be
forgotten. | think of 1t as seldom as |
can. There may lie disembodied spirits
or there may not be. They may visit
the earth "r they may not, | canuol
tell, and l don't like to speculate about it.
Strange things happen, that know, but
it always gives me creepy feeling to rea-
son about them, so dive all sucI,
thoughts afr IF.
That saw old Jun is as true as that
thu sun shines, but why | saw him | can.
not tell.
To keep yoo from feeling gloomy after
your introduction to JAMS ghost, will
have to tell you how o"e OF our fellows
aired some ot his vanity in AMSTERDAM,
aud therebv found out W Use for
rADY's LOOKING GLASS
The ladies' of Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam, have a curious custom Of having
mirrors suspcn ed at their windows, fixed
at such an angle, that they, s'tting with,
in their room, can see all who pass ou
their side Of the street. A LIT of US,
American students, were passing along the
street one day, and two or thee were in
newly arrived Que of them, unlike
most arr. students, was great dandy, aud
was always fixing aud idgeting about his
dress, his hair or modsta,he lie saw II
looking glass just ahead of him and true
to instinct, he stopped before it, took of
his hat and began smoothing bis hair,
twisting his III 'ustache, arranging his col.
lar and 6xing his neck tie in the most de-
liberate manner. Just imagine how ho
looked and how we laughed, for can't