Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-01-18
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/ had bees. to the theatre that evening
The play was one that imaginative people
would see, and not be likely To forget
IL romantic rhetoric, revolving crime. and
red handed vengeance are calculated 20
fasten thing in remembrance, Schiller's
Robbers will surv i've the second deluge.
The "harrowing dramatic spectacle left
no morbid impression behind on this oc-
casion. 1t had been my fate to undergo
it score If times before, and had hard
| cned under the process. Charles de Moor
slipped into oblivion with the cxtinguish-
ing of the footlights on the evening of the
occurrence of my supernatural experience
was domiciled on the second floor of
a brick house: one of those smart. trim,
martin box affairs, that are wont To
) ''priuk" themselves on the retired thor
oughiarcs Of all American cities. Over
the upper hall was large skylieht open
ing directly to the heavens: one likes to
lie precise when dcaling with such natter
of-tact materials a skylghtS and bricks
II was not later than rniduight when as
ccndcl the second fight of stairs, on no
thoughts intent bu, the soothing ores of
bestowing myself into the inviting arms of
Morpheus as speedily as possible. 1t was
pretcrnaturally bright night out Of doors
The uucloudcd disk Of full moon poured
a flood of luminous radiance upon the
patch Of urcarpetcd floor underlying tLc
skylight. Humming somnolent air, |
passed from the hall into my room, and
drew lucitcr against the wall to ignite
the gas with. Just as applied the fam
something else. blew il ont, ard my at
tcn,ion was instantly arrested by three un-
cquivOcal rars. such as only a hard knuc-
I killed. importunatc individual would be
guilty Of penetrating -almini>tcrcl, ap-
parcntIy, to the door of an adjoining apart
ment Wondering how he, or she. could
have come up stairs without being heard.
| stepped into the hall From the solidi-
ty of the raps | expected to see large.
masculine person; but to my infinite sur
prise there was no visible presence in the
hall
The door of the next room opened. and
the lady. who. with her husband. occu-
pied it, thrust out her head, and seeing
me. inquired:
Did you rap?"
Il did not" replied, Il heard raps.
thought, upon your door. and not hav-
! ius heard any one come into the hall.
stepped from my room TO ascertain whence
the sounds came
1T is very strange" she said. glancing
nervously about. The same phenom-
enon has occurred once before 10 night.
and, OF opening the door. no one was TO
he seen. What can It be -
Nothing" I jocoscly said, ''or next
to nothing. am sure it is nothing but
can be easily traced and accounted for.
should the phenomenon again occur
Probably it was the wind. 1t is tossing
itself about wonderfully outside"
She shock her head in that negative
way that women will when not convinced.
Il do not believe the wind could thump
door like that The rars were too resu-
lar and methodical for the wind. IL was
altogether different from the desultory rat
tie usually produced BY gust Besides.
the doors are all shut. and there is no pas.
sage above nor below for current of air.
fear ii is an omen Of evil Nv husband
is absent much beyond his customary hour.
and am spprehensive something dread
full has befallen him" Here she washed
her hands nervously in imperccp,ib'c wa
ter. and 6espairingly wrung them cut.
Nonsense This was the most COM
fortiag assurance | could think of at the