The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-05
Gbe Gintes, Aap Bloomfield, 11a.

sight She croucbed loSSin1the<shrub4
berry until The window was once more
closed hnd all was still theu she went
back to the house again, and stealthy
went up to the garrst. R
The next day she continued her search
among the old papers, bat night found
her still unsuccessful AT midnight
again she stole out into the garden, and
this time, a neighbor passing home. late
caught glimpse of her, and fed in ter
rorysuppgsing she was ghost. ~TrT
y For severahnights-Aniore than a week
she made her midnight visits to the
garden until there was a story circulating
Through the town that the premises. Of
Colonel Cady were haunted. The old
man was little superstitious, and as he
had seen the white-robed figure once, and
heard its low, and it seemed to him, un-
earthly voice, he began to believe himself
that his premises were, haunted, and Sc
cretly he believed it was a judgment
sent upon him for driving his daughter
from bis door, ar 5r .,.-
The low voice aud the, long hair re-
minded him of his wife, who had long
been in heaven. q. .,,..t ,... -.t.. ..r,
5b Perhaps her spirit could not rest while
her child was a wanderer from her home.
The old man was in great trouble; he
had thoroughly repented the rash step
he had taken, and he commenced hasty
search for his daughter. Meanwhile Rose
had been searching every day for the will
but she at length took the last paper
from the old chest, and little disappoint-
ed, she threw all the old yellow papers
back again, and was about to close the
lid upon them when, holding the cover a
little carelessly in her small hands, it fell
making an enormous noise, and shutting
allarge portion of her dress in with the
| papers.uoulGa is3los lE Eairs3s buf lyI .
ru She raised it, q, little ! frightened lest
the noise had been heard, when, to her
sastonishment, she saw that from the in
! side of the cover there had fallen a, thin
lid, and a package, old and yellow, had
fallen with it. d, ,-fsT e. ,l.,-, 90 !
Almost sure it was the lost, will,
she caught it eagerly, and opening it,
found it to be as. she expected, and that
she was a heiress to an great wealth.
| f.. .I'lI remain in this prison no longer, ?
she said, delightedly ; and with the viii
in her hand she rushed down to the par
lor, where she found her father, boxing
| pale and detected. iN' i'N,' '
\ III 1ho1. nJ "a l. ~ :, -, -
derment, then caught her to his breast,
and almost sinothered her with kisses1n .
"My poor child" lie said, Z" jackson
Garner never will trouble you again. Can
| you ever forgive me I? have suffered q
world of distressw ,e3Ho So r,ii (
ddEAll was forgiven, and when the Colo.
mel saw the will which he had long ago
given up all hope 8 of ever seeing, ,ahe
fourished Rose about, tho room, acting
like a delighted, child Do 7of6d 7ii T., 7
9oN You are shrewd little girlD he said
to be under your fathers roof all this
time, while the neighbors. thought you 3
ghost, and I was sending men all about
/ the country to find you, I think l can
risk you anywhere, and | will tell George
Snow that will give you to him, in
! spite Of his being poor, when 1 give you
to anybody" ~ i'@f' gent n'.H aHN'z .
Rose blushed, and in after-years when
she was the wife of George Snow, and her
old father dandled her children on his
Knee, he delighted in telling them Of
their mothers hiding in the garrett, and
how he repented of his hasty wordsri' /