Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-06-10


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the owls in the woods below. and the rain
against the sbItteTsi
She must have .Ssept three or four hours
when she was ro.iscd by singular sound
sound as Of clanalng chains --bclow-
stairs.
! Miss PechhaIa was brave, but for sn
Instant her blood curdled. Til. next
4liomel: she rose silently up. struck
match, ard lighted the tsliow candle
inside tie lantern
II us ghost, | II 60 Down and settle
its bisiness ~ once soiIo1 1gizea Aunt
hannah; and fit lot, III .i.d out whs.
| il is.'
SO Aunt Hannah set f1Iih rtdaanted
Gown the creakins stairs. ihrouSA the
echoing rooms.
'Froat door vile oeen. eh? tsSousLt
she.
4 never left It SO Horse and wagon
In front--ghosts don't generally 'rsv'i
arter that fashion, as ever heeri o..
Halleo-where does that light come from.
Down cellar, true s live Nou , ,Sio.
to know why couldn't in1 :ne oe.iar'
key.'
Aunt Hannah set down he lantern on
the kitchen floor out o. ;nc draugdt, amt
crcp. noiselessly down The cellar stairs =
Aunt Hannah Pickhxm would haze made
q splendid soldier had SIZE been mar
The damn air from the long closed ST.,
terranean room struck like chill 70 haI
lungs; but what cared our spins,er
for that. One moment she stocd quietly
oDserying-whatf
Only = brilliant glsss .an.cru ;h.t 81. O.
top OF her identical! 'Sag o. ,aolasses' :'sv
cinnamon silk lying in an open paper bcs
hind it, and the live spoons perping IL ~
gentine brightness !rem the folds, and vas
:ious boxes, bundles aud packages piled
compactly ground. And IL The midst OF
them, stooping TO tie something up, with
with bis back towards her. was a man.
Aunt Hannah opened key eyes very
wide and shut them sgain,s the suDe-si;-
thus nys;c:r was Clear 1acugh 10 her nov.
The next instant she had clevcrly tJo-
pied her nidniEtt visitor, sSt.d treit wiin
one knee on MS brest Hannah Peckham
twas full match for most U;en, under The
most favorable circuns; ;ances, Jut in a.
ambus scade Ike tLat she had q terrible
marked advantage.
Lie still, Jonas Smith, said Aunt Hans
nah, IF you don't want me to tap you on
the heal with this hammer"
Jonas Smith lay st.li-hc knew thst
Aunt Peckham genera iy meant what she
said.
Now hoil your hands together said
Aunt Hannah. ana Jonas o0eycd. 'Irs
wei you provided me with lots o. good
string. Now yuur feet-that-s sfghtf'
There was rusty iron chaia with two
padiocas Ia; ing on the fnor. Miss Peck
ham enfei,y fastened one end round
Jones waist. an, attached the other to al
| iron staple ir Tho we'll.
Now then. we will ,cF: around US
little, Jonas, sald the srinster. rubbing
the rust from her hands. Hey, here is tbs
boy al csndies Desire Jenkins lost so mys-
terisously--and Elder o.noots grist of
buckwhca; anu Ev s.i'; .,ouDd and the
spoons my Amt Hidd, ieit me- a>ah,
Well. well Jonas Saith. of all tho ghosts I
ever heard on, this ghost is ..e mosi fort,
handel and provident, lat guess he hss
scared lis last sc,.le. The next p,-c,
yodl Ii halnt viii 5e lie Bellyiic Jail.
In VAN were lonas' cntreuties ard
promises. Hiss isnnaa ,OcHed hia in
the cellar, pocke,c'i i;.e KEY, and drove off
,lIoush tho cloud niiuig'lt- it had
ceased 10 rain, n,foriuna;ely with trembling
Mary Greea al her side, 'ar'er the coasta-
ole.'
And do think that shower oe raic vas
the greatest blessing that hcppenelio me
this yes.,' said Mss Feckhan. 'Decaasa
il We had not croVidentIy been ke.5
there. all night, Jonas Smith would =
carted my things Of, with my owI. h~.se.
Peggy, and 1 never would tasa been =,
a bit the wiser for il, NOu, Mary Green,
what do you think of the gnos,?'
Jonas Smith WIS duly apprchcnded ard
serteeced,-his plferins career oyei Al
last--and t.e Glen Cottage was never
haunted more. Even Widow Parks, con-
ceded, though anwiilsngly, that Hiss Peck
hams method of exercising ghosts wars
quite successful.