Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-04-05

upon that occasion. My hrst lmpuls,
I own, was to plunge, headforemos
back into bed. Ny second. I al
proud to say, was to search the room
I I did not feel called upon to veutur
I out upon the stairs. There might b
4 a perfect Walpurgis night In the en-
I tries: that was none of my business
so long as nothing came through tn
/ keyhole. I confined my investigations
/ therefore, to my own surroundings
and so successfully pulled things on
I of place, that in considerably less thar
/ FIVE minutes, had prepared a goOC
half-hOur's hard work. for the cham
bermaids, next morning. Amidst al
this disorder. l got back into beC
again, like Marius amid the ruins O.
Carthage, and read BalZac, till sunrise
brought me slumbeF and slumbel
brought me late to breakfast.
I was very well, thank you, all day
Unlike most ghOst-seers, and, presume
hearers, I was not at all trOu bled about
what I had heard the night previous
1t was what I might hear the night fol
lowing that disturbed me +; and, I think
a suddenly recalled engagement would
have Imperatively summoned me tC
town; only, in the first place, some
kind friend might have had the good
ness to hint that discretion had been
the better part of ValOr, and, secondly,
a rising young lawyer had, since our
arrival, made himself excessively agree
able to Miss Florence HassIer, and, as
a not unnatural cOnseq quence, proper
tiOHably, though uncOnsciously, disa-
gneeable to me, I, therefore, again
adapted myself to circumstances ;
though less satisfactorily than before ;
and sta1d where was. had a tOlera-
bly, successful evening; and was at
once rewarded and encouraged, by the
comfortable Consciousness, that 1 had
distanced my learned friend on the 9th
or side, when Florence bade my good
night and hOated upstairs, in a cloud
of ladies.
Not being In any very great hurry to
float upstairs, myself, cruised about
on a voyage Of discovery, and presently
discovered Mr.. Hassler, all by himself,
in the library.
Why don't YOU 20 to bed ?'' asked
he, looking up. BE was sitting before
the fire thinking, perhaps, as IL some
how occurred to me, of her who might
have been, at that moment, mistress at
Coast CedaTs.
Well :" said I, "tbe fact is-that is
to say-on the whole, 7 don't mind ac-
knOwledging it to You. don't like to
go to bed"
81 Don't you ?'' said he, rising, that's
curious. I'm rather addicted to going
to bed, at certain hours and I think
it's about that time now"
Sc Would you mind, I interposed, as
a luminous idea occurred to me, would
you mind passing part Of the night, in
my room 2''
g You are hospitality itself, my young
friend; but have a room Of my own.
I'm obliged to you, however, all the
same"
81 No, but really, I ask it as a favor
There is certainly something in that
.OWer."
3" I'm glad Of that, " said he, " on your
account. How uncomfortable for you
fthere were nothing in it %
'' Mr.. Hassler," I returned, with earn
lestness /; not to say sOlemniGy; ; +"
nave heard the voice."
OF course, I was Immediately laughed
It.
continued. speaking on the defensive. !
The tones were those ofa human erea-
uTe, in distress"
g You are judiciOus. But let me sug-
rest to you, that a startling imitation of
he human voice is at times pTOdu 5ed |
~" said Mr.. Hassler, 81 the domestic /
i" Did you ever hear the cat say, only
little more =
N-n-no," he. replied, q I am not, at
his moment, prepared to state, that |
.ver heard one express itself, precisely, /
n those words. Well. I'll join you /
Jome. I haven't had an adventure for /
wenty years. Let's go, and if possible, |
lave some conversational the way Of /
monstrance--With this Unsuitable /
ady.'
On our way Mr.. Hassler remarked /
lis sOn-in-law's boots awaiting the ma /
utinaI bIacking-b
" never quite fOrgave that man." he |
aid, looking back at me, "fOr not 4
poor Katie home with him, in /
tead of burying her at New Orleans
here's something underhanded about |
be fellow. Did you ever feel that he
1ight bite yOu?''
I admitted that weakness of a disor-
cred imagination.
4" I don't mind talking to you," said
Tr. HassIer. g You're more of a son to
i'm and did. Did you ever hear, that he
anne back in cOasting vessel of his
wn, and brought his new wife ashore,
q the middle of the night, as if he were
shamed of himself, and perhaps he
ras. Don't you smell mutton chops p
50 was just going to ask you the same
uestion."
st always told VelIany,' said Mr..
[assler, stopping short at the entrance
f the arched paSsage-Wav, Z" that he'd
etter let me plan his alterations for
i'm. These modern architects let
Ounds and smells go all over ones
Ouse. What's under this second-stOry
ault ?"
The kitchen and -wash-hOuse. So
ne of the servants tOlo me to-day. He
the information"
II didn't suppose you asked him.
Fho can be working at this time Of
light ? Let us see if we can find the
ray to the Kitchen
It was easy enough to find the kigch-
D but not so easy to account for find
lg Mrs. Vellauy at the range actually
1gaged in culinary offices, at that hour
f the night. She turned sharply round,
s we entered. I had just time to OBJ
9rve an angry, evil look gathering in
er plain face; when my possible faith
--in-Iaw, muttering something about
le wrong room and thousand par
Ons, seized my arm and hurried me
# to my own Chambe
We took our seats before the fire, and
1nversing in low tones, awaited fur
Ter developments.
" Is there no other room in this stee-
le ? We must be rather high up in
le wOrld.''
"a Yes. There is a Iumber-room above
S and there are two rooms below. I
-ent through them this morning. They
re all empty. Hark Isn't that some
Ody coming upstairs ?''
" Go and see who it is"
I obeyed-as to the going. AS to the
seing-thOugh the footsteps came up,
p, up; passed me; went on above me
lere was nothing to be seen. A cold
ludder ran over me and had not sub
ded when I rejoined my companion.
-e looked at me, interrOgatiYely.
I shook my head.
90 This is getting interesting" said he.
heard the sounds. They seemed to
o right up over the ceiling
''But the staircase turns, at this land
lg, and ascendss on the opposite side
{ the tower
''The sounds, from some other part of
ne building, must be echoed over here
lat's all.
" But the tower is detached from the
Ouse above the second story
q" Truel Hark Wasn't that a door
losing? If we were in town now
lOuld say, that those sounds were in
ne next house. Listen %
But he himself interrupted the silence
fter few moments, by saying,
9 The coming day will be a sad one,
} me. 1t is the anniversary of my
DEATH"
He walked over to the window and
5Ood looking out. At that moment
anne the wall