Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-24

ell up 10 III anu icdu ms S'o-~'S
villa ia to let, unfurnished, with one acre
of ground. Stablipg. sc. Terms very
moderate. d inquire within.'a HnliFa~t
i coald only zee the top of the house,
which seemed very low, and some little
way from the, road. The front looked
on to Bud,lon's grove; ON one side was
a Dissenting chapel, standing on a
small piece Of ground; on the other a
very qniet, lonely lane; there was q
door evidently leading to the stable,
yard; it was bolted, and there was no
bell, tried to make the people hear,
and falling, returned to the front en-
trace, which 1 had not seen before,
and after soa,e little trOuble L found
tile brIl and rang it. Five Minutes
elapsed hefore any one answered the
summons, and then man opened the
door and asked me what wanted. He
was a GINNING, dirty-looking fellow,
with very peculiar eyebrows, growing
in patches, as if he had the mango.
He looked as il hc had been drinking,
ont did NOT speak quick, nor was his
gait or hand unsteady, but the blood
shot eyes and bIotchy face made me
teel sure thai he was not a man l
should care to leave in charge of a
house. One other regularity noticed
then, and that was the great length VI
Ills arms, which gave him the appear
aihce Of monstrous ape. ss
He led the way to damp gravel
walk over.grown with weeds, through
what had been alittle garden. On the
right hand side l noticed a large patch
of very rank grass around a broken
sun dial. remarked to the man that
the soil seemed pretty rich there.
Yes," he answered. with kind Of
hoarse chnckIe, "the grass do grow
very thick and sweet there; and i,
ought 70, considering what is under
meath"
"Why, what is underneath there Z
"Clay, OF course he answered, Will
another chuckle, and by this time
found myself at the front door of the
house.. f.. - ava
1t was singular little place. The
windows OF what was probably thu
dining room upenrd into a rickety
mouldy yerandah, which terminated al
the porch. This porch projected some
! little way from the house. and at oncs
struck me as space very lily utilized
since there was sO room above. I've
urus, that looked as if they were afliet
ed with gangrene, surmounted tht
front door; the lattice-work that had
been put up ior the creepers was near
ly all rotte,i away. One or two chin
neys were quite ready to drop, and thu
whole place looked as if it was bailt o
rnOuldy cheese. u lss 8gfg y
.s-Not in very good repain thii
house." observed to my hid ouI
guide. dloIs gsasq siilEm y Ahail =
"Quite good enough.sls Only wants
little touching up here and there.'
bI,capnot tell you why IL was thats thlts
1.-THE pecalisr feeling, which had 'takes
possession of me ever since 1 looked q
this nninviting property, pronouncet
| itself SO strongly as to become dis
tine, sense OF horror But it was y
now; and ,ss,I looked up at the pncl'er
ell face of this ape-like man l say
something that made me almost utte
cry, Of dread. But restrained my
self, | should not. have bern snch 4
fool at any other time, but had bee'
now walking about for seven hours
and my breakfast had consisted Of on
cap ofteas aogs u6i l.gs.sJg sAis
! We entered the house, and IN N
passage We found a womai waiting 70
u.s. emsb 81 iie.t j to dsuigcs 81
f@My - if, , said the man; q shp tsil
go through the rooms with you,' AM
be then disappeared through the hous
4 into the back yard. a trsisi asaai
4. -
j The woman took me through tn
rooms or the lower floor. fpbserve'
nothing remarkable about them, el
| cept that they were gloomy. Their
Il were no rooms in the basement excep
4 cellars. The kitchen, culinary, etc
T were on the ground floor. Issay tina
there was yard, with stables an
I wash -honse in it. ] went into tn
stable and fonnd that it was. littl
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