Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-06-10
THE RA UNITED HOUSE.
IT ANY RASpoLPn.

4 u ALI bAcpOLrh.
oh. sunsy y'oa never would live In the
Glen Ctfsge.'
why shouldn't live there, II I'm able
to pay the rentl' demanded MISS Peckhan,,
settling her spcctacles xusterrly.
They say it's haunted, sunty, said
Mary Green, lowering her voice; they say
there's q ghost rusi,es through the rooms
all nigh. dong, and nobody dares 10 60
past the door after dark
Yes, chimes IA the Widow Parkes,
and there's lights s>glimmerin, there that
aint O this world--blue ligh's and drefful
strange sounds
'lm not afraid o live people, said Miss
Peckham, drily, 'and don't see why 1
should run away from dead oucs. Let em
rustic and ralile--wrll see who'll be
tired firsi.7
'Aunty" demonstrates Mary, NTH her
applechceks growing pale.
Hammer Pcckham. ciUaked the Widow
Parkes, you're a-temptin o Provi>
dcncc
oh, fddle.' said Miss Peckhsr. 'Proyi-
dence haini nothin to do with ghosts,
know
But why don't YOU stay cUntenicd and
pexceable where you ber
Because there's water In the cellar, and
lcaky ruff, and the landlord won't make
no repairs, cad the rents highcr'n lone
body like me feels able to pay. Now
can get the Glen Cottage for nfty dollars
q year.
Yes, cause nobody else don't want ia
live along q hcogoblins and spcctcrs.'
We'll, don't nor dent mean to-
But, sunty, inlerposed Mary, breath
lessly, John Torrcy WAS going to take it,
bul when he heard our Jonas tell what
horrid sights ssrd sounds re himself had
heard and Witnessed. he declared he would
live In q barn sooner. Jonas ssys he
won't stay TO work for Us, If We &c
there.
We'll, LET HIM stop away, then, said
Aunt Hannah, coInposedly taking snuff
The Glen Cottage want, anu the Giei.
Cottage Ill have, Ii there were forty
ghosts there
Widow Parkes looked around the
twilight room as if she expected TO see d
tall figure, ell in white. ss,ac forward and
snnihilaie Miss Peckham at once, and
Mary grew pale nj her sunte unexampled
audacily.
| i don't like this Deighborhood, noway..
went On Miss Peckham. 4 don't want Ia
accuse no one. but my things do disappear
in the most unaccountsblc way. Five
silver spoons and ten>dollsr bill'
| But, sunty, Jonas says the travelling
peddler who sold portraits of General
George Washington, took ,hem!'
Maybe be did-msybc he didn't; but
he never took my keg O molnsses, nor yet
the three biz cheeses On the top milk room
shelf, nor The cinnamon silk yound that
never hso had pair o. scissors to il!
never heerd o ghosts stealing, any
howl
But the Widow PArkes shook her cap
ped head with melancholy persistence.
~ ell. iinnner, all ask is Jist remem-
bcr did luj best to talk ye over:
I'll remembcr il, ssic the spinster,
driiy.
But Mary Green clung, sobbing, to her
aunt's mouse-coiourcd merino skirts, after
Nn. P,rkes had gone groaning home. and
pleaded piteOusiy Tor . re consia Grafton
Uf Miss Peckhams decisions.
'Dear auuiy, never can live in a
haunted house. should die Of fright
My dear, said Aunt Hannah, drawing
up her tall, muscular figure TO its full
height, in hand. TO hand tusslc between
me aud q ghost, who dye 'spose would
&c. the best of itr Don be u fool, Mary
Green-l did suppose you bad better
sense. Tomorrow mornin', the first
thing. We II 10 TO tskin up the sacks IN
the red ingram carpet. The Glen Cottage
10 in dreadful shackIy state, but Iii
move in xfore have carpenter or = mar
son, an then III be on the spot to SET
shx, things are done as they'd ought to be
There, There, Mary Green, stop cryin',
and well sort out the gilt edged cheeney
sfore Jonas comes into his supper
But Jonas smith came shambling in,
even while Miss PecEhsm pronounced his
psme.
W has's this Widow Parkes ID saying,
about your iakin' the Glen Cottage, Nils
Hammer You aiut sgoin' 10 i've 10 that
infested placer
1 csl'lsig / be- said Miss Hanash.
conpossdly. ssrbercsa handle tpocksd
of one of my isa-cups. Aay-I woodsr
if cement wct1 mend IL. - ssi
But tsli ys, Aiis HsnneT, you'll M
say sbsrs two days-'
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