Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-03-19

yefton fbelleyed II, and before sh'
left the house, had hired Jessie t
fill Johannes place, for the space o
one month from that day. Tha
evening she came and went to worl
with a will. 49, ~ - 49, 1
4 Dinner time passed comfortably
and tea time came. The Culverton.
never ate anything but a biscuit o.
cake at this meal. and cups wer,
handed about in the sitting room
Jessie came in at the appointed hou
with her tray, served every one. ant
then stood smiling before Mrs. G, a.
she said: -. seH fsr ..4tas sas
"Please ma'am, let me pass you
the old gentleman has not been help
ed. Ia isGl-F 81 aSEs .sEsEsE
neutrality-suspicious. p criet
Mrs. .Culvertop.
Eyes, ma'am, behind You in the
corner, there please"
"There's no gentleman, young OIL
old, there" said the lady. Il can
imagine what YOU took for one.'
The girl made no answer, but
turned quite white and left the room
Mrs. c. followed.
At first she could extort no expla
nation, but by and by the girl declar
ed she saw sn old gentleman sitting
in an arm chair in the corner, who
beckoned to her, and she fancied in
a hurry for his tea" go
"What did he look like ?" asked
Mrs. Culverton.
"He was thin and TALL" said the
girl--'.his hair was white and very
long, and / noticed that one of his
knees looked stiff, and thick gold
en-headed cane was beside him."
'aUncle Hiramp' cried Mrs. Cul-
verton. "Upon my word, you've
described my great grand uncle, who
has been dead for twenty years"
Jessie began to cry.
II shall never keep place." she
said. You will turn me away won't
you"
"See as many ghosts as you
please she said, "as long as you
don't bring them before my eyes. +"
and went back to her tea without say
ing word to any one Of the family
on the subject, although she was ex-
tremely mystified.
Surely if the girl had never seen
her Uncle Hiram-which was not
likely, considering that he had been
dead nearly her whole life time-sbe
must have seen something in the
ghost line; and if, indeed, it were I'm
Gle Hiram's spirit, why should lie
not come to aid them in their trou-
BILE? Mrs. Culverton had always
had n little superstition hidden in her
soul, and she soon began to believe
this version of the case.
The next morning she went into
the kitchen, and shutting sthe door,
she said to Jessie:
"My good girl / do not intend to
dismiss You, so be quite frank with
me. / do not believe that these
forms are optical illusions. / feel
sure that they are actual spirits.
What do you think?'
81 think as you do" said the girl
"Our folks have always seen ghosts,
and grandfather had the second sight
for ten years before he died"
''If you should see the old gentle
man you told me Of again." said
Mrs Culverton, ''be sure and tell me-
I'll keep the story from the young
folks, and Mr. Culverton would laugh
at it; but you described my dear old
uncle, and my belief is you saw him."
The girl promised not to mention
anything that might happen to her
mistress and from that day an in
terchange of glances between them,
and subsequent conference in the
kitchen was of regular occurrence.
The girl saw her apparation seated
on sofa in the parlor, seated at the
dinner table, walking in the garden,
and so life-like was it that she found
it impossible to refrain from passing
plates and cups and saucers to it, to
the infinite amazement ofpeople who
saw only the empty air in the same
spot.
BY and by she invariably spoke Of
her ghost as the old gentleman, and
was no more affected by his presence
than by that of living being. If it
were an optical illusion. it was the
most singular on record.
But all this while-ghost or no
ghost-the figure never spoke, and
never did anything to help at the Gull
vertons in their dilemma, and the law
suit was nearly terminated without
the shadow of a doubt in Jabez
Hardy's favor srrts.T ~ slssr- s
In three days all would be over,
and the Culvertons who had earned
their property, if ever mortals did,
by kindness and attention to their
aged relatives-whom they truely
loved and honored-would probably
be homeless. E.r-s-.-.-
One morning Mrs. Culverton sat
over her breakfast after the others
had left the room thinking of this
when Jessie came In.
ave something to tell you,
ma'am, said she; ''there's change
in the old gentleman 4 .s,soq
"What do you mean ?" asked Mrs.
Culverton.
ave seen him twice at the foot Of
my bed in the night" said the girl !;
sand though always before he has
been kind and pleasant-looking, now
be frownsI and looks angry. He
beckons me to go somewhere, and l
don't dare-in the night time
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