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

rub OF water first / bouDc, d out, m AIDE
p ha,ty tniletfe, and took myself uff do VII
stairs. determined TO he little less ca ~
t" pease Oh the subj ct of lodgings 10 fu-
ture
Strange betlfellowa were not all tire
remarkable things with which l met ut
country inns, j., Westph#lia. and for the
only time in my life, | encountered
REAL GHOST.
One warm june evening [ stopped to
remain all night at an old country inn -
which [ "eoapiea alone. Aher lying
down felt not at III sleepy, though was
by M means nervous, or uDconfDrtah!y
wakeful. have SAID fore ain not at oil
superstitious. believe am more than
usually sccptical. mt have never settled
at things which I d" not pretend to un-
derstand. / only know that the incident
| shall relate happened inst as [ tell you,
but why, or fnr what purpose. leave those
to find out who are more skilled in super
natural affairs than am.
II was gl"riously beautiful night. The
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As il was very wa'u wealth. r, / ST. pit with
my window easements op"n and The yell
l'w moonheams poured in through it,
showing me plainly all withnut AMI with.
in the room. Outside, | could see the
t"ps of an orchard of aprlr trees white
with blossoms. aud their sweetness came
to NE on the soft night wiod, AID brought
| Il e., a.,
over the sea. Within. all was as usual in
inn sl"rping-rooms in that part Of Germa-
nv clean, tidy, hare hooking. al
been amusing myself watching the pretty
eff c's of the moonlight upon the quaint
old furntnr" within an upon the white
hlossnIned trees withont-just as wide
awss q as nm this IN nl'e, when my at
cn'i"n was attracrrd by The figure Of an
old man at the foot of my bed. He stood
righ' in the full glow Of the moonli hit,
and saw i'm so plainly that was nb' e
to tell how he was DR. ssed, and my ten
tion Sc med 81 oinseIy r:vptpd TO what
saw, that noticed little p culiaritirs I am
sure ] should nor have noticed at ordinary
times. He was lite, thin, wrnkl"d
oil man, at least seventy y 'ars old ; with
face HI wriDkled aud skinny as face
with fish on it we'll could hr, aud with
strange, wac, sharp look upon it that
made mr fec almost uncnU Portable to see.
He wore Oh bis head u red n;ght-cap
with tassel on the top, and his thin,
white hairs struggled from beneath it and
fell around his dim, sunken eyes. He
| h..l h.s l. l.
shirt aud that was uubutroned at the
throat aud left bare his poor, wasted neck.
A he turned his head towards the win.
dow and looked intently out into the
orchard, saw around his throat black
cord, to which was attached black cross
about two iuches long and to that was
suspended little red heart. He carrie d |
in one hand large handled broom and
the other he kept upon the breast of hi
shirt ; drawing it together as though the
night breeze made him chilly. He stood
quietly without seeming to perceive HE,
and after waiting little while, | saluled
him. What whist thou, fir eud said |.
He made no answer but walked towards
the door, dragging his broom on the floor
behind him. The d"or was shut, or had
lett it so, but the uncauny figure disap-
peared through it, or in that dire ction. l
lay thinking, wondering as to The person.
ality of my strange visitor, and why it was
| cid not grow sleepy when, after the
LAT Sc of half an hour, | suppose, saw
him stan lug at the font of II y bed. HIS
tltude was the same and ] noticed no
ch Dge in him, except that Lis face wore
an anxious, imploring expression, as
though he were longing fol something
with all the earrestness of his nature.-
His glzr was fixed upon something With
out the window, and felt my self craving
sad, aud strange awe or tri III: stole over
me as To- ked "a, that pinched, CHASTITY
face. H"pipg to rid my.elf of the un
pleasant sensation. l addressed him with
the salutatiuu had used at bis first visit,
but he did ut heed me and, as before, he
urDed slowly from the window and moved
away, draesiu his broom as before, and
faded from my sight i'll the direction of
door. As tuat side OF the room Jay in IA
snadow l thought it just possible the
door might have he' s"t'ly "prn.d With
out my having p rceivcd it. sprung
FROM MY bed aid lowed my visitor.
1 und the door shut, just rs bad left it,
and upo' opening anu shutting it, l found
the latch made su much noise it would
not have been possible to open il without
attracting my attenthD u. went back TO
bed lie. ling convinced that what | had
seen Was cut IF the common order of
things, aud while tbiuklug alb III and try
ing TO acc"uut fur It, the leel'ng of awe
woe of audi fell INTO sound sleep,
from which dad not wake till The sun
light was pouring in through my lattice
and the bras were singing in the apple
trees beneath.
As soon as I walked the remembrance
of ny strange visitor came to me, not as
the memory of dream tut rs an iucIden'
pew aud sharply impressed upon my