The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-25

} housekeeper, an ugly dark French wo
man But she was sharp. She cross
ed the river sometimes, and her nam,
was Madame Sevigne. just befor,
the wedding Lady Viva dismissed
her think they must have had som,
trouble, for Madame Sevigne had man,
bitter hings tor her late MISTRESS
Is SO happenedthat when she left tn,
R0ses my wife was 0n board the boat
and the two women had a little talk.
.'Sorry for Arthur Werner? ah,
exclaimed madame. Never! She
has no more heart than an apple =
! What did she ever care for that boy
when she rode and drove with him I
Bah! nothing! But she knew that
he was the newphew OF his uncle. She
had little game to play and she play
ed it well. Do you remember the lat
tie reception in the spring. That was
given forMousieur Montcalm. He
did not come, but his nephew did and
30 she courted the nephew. When she
made another move she WAS more sue
cesstui. Monsieur Montcalm came
and she shared him. Then she had
no use for Arthur Werner. He will
die. Well, let him. She will not
care" ... s
never shall forget what happened
that night. Werner came ON board
about eleven o'clock. i SAW look ii
his face that convinced me that he
was quite insane.
/ 1t was moonlight night, but the
clouds were ragged and watery.. He
Stood by the broken rail where there
was de open space. Suddenly 1
saw him step right through this open
space into the water. I stared at
the empty spot a whole minute before
| realized that poo Werner had cen,-
nitted suicide.
Well. the boy and I put the boat
about, but 'twasn't any use. He was
drowned dead when at last we got him
up.
He was buried from Oakhome, and
the wedding was put off Tor while.
Is that all, did you say? No sir,
that isn't
The night Arthur Werner was bu-
rieti-late, it might have been three
or four hours after the funeral. and
he was laid to rest at sundown-I
was going over for passenger, when
l saw figure near the broken railing
You may hang me dead if it wasn't |
the spirit of Werner
Isaid nothing, but the next night |
l SAW it again, and passengers on
board the boat saw it. My
boat soon began to get bad reputa-
ton, and people Stunned it, and went
over by the bridge.
Starvation began to stare me in the
face. went to Lady Viva. She |
heard my story incre,lulously, but
turned pale. We talked long time |
1 repeated some of the stories Madame |
Seviene had told about her. Ste
violently. begged her to
cross IN the boat at eleven O'Clock, but |
she would not. She was soon going |
away from the house she said
Then she went into the next room
and returned to me with purse of
gold.
"My good friend" she said, in. her
soft voice. take this and buy your
self a new boat. We will hope that
that will not be haunted"
Well, 1 bought the new boat. For
4 while was not quite easy-spirits
ara not just to be depended on, you
know sir-but the ghost did not trou- !!
bile me any more. And gradually my |
custom came back. People crossed
with me again.
Lady Viva was soon married, and
went away. l was never quite salts
led until she went ] was always ex-
pecting Werner's spirit to take ride |
Why didn't 1 sell the old boat p
tried. but. bless you, sir! nobcdy'd
bay it. IT lay afloat n mile dow n the
river. until it got leaky; then used
It for flrewood. -s--.
Welcome for the story, sir? Hap
py to take you over again!