The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-24
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By MARaARET HosMxR.

By MARaARET HosMER.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK
We had fallen into . habit Of gloom,
and change for any Of US would leei.
sssariIv produce good result, H, would
shake of tho impression Of Ber.hs's
sickness, sod oom. back With the viieo'r, ',
Of change and = new experiences To-. i on ID
livan M: ~ =. ~ T. - - > "'F -@"'E -.
7 told Bertha % when I: came back
from seeing him of and found her CRY:
log in her chamber, her bead buried; ID
the cushion Of, the lounge: She waa
not disposed 70 take comfort. ..:..-.s :,
!. "Wnat will become Of us in: this tor.
rible room alone,'' she: mo.ned. "oh
Mary, it is just .s fali % it can hold O
siehs and whispers; / listen: to them
till + think I shall go mad p -
"Now, Bertha,' I :: remonstr.ted
Chow very sill, that il; Il ) vo,nntde,, ,ntd
George allows you to talk 90; I NIGH
as we'll say I heard il, because the
sound Of your talking comes into nJ
room, and q nqrmuripg sort Of noise i.
heard every night IS ! 80 to sleep"
"0h." screamed my sister, looking
aghast, "shen you do: hear it too.
George and + never open our lips ; We
sre too much frigh ghtened; he pretende
be isn't, but he trembles sometimes, and
calls it .,ohill-"s :, Tx
>. "Wh.t do you mean, Berth. ?" I 10.
CURED, sotennly.5
Thep ny poor little sister replied,
that they had .t drst thought the con.
vsrsation from. the next house va.
penetrating the wall, for they gradually
y became aware Of faint. :wEispesriugs
intermiogled With rustliag noise that
seemed 70 no,e about the bed. .. .s,,;,.:, y;
George h.d 81! !arsasd her out of sem.
planning g. the hble y sde meant = do,
% as to get Miss Van Artl.ndt . OK.
plain its meaning, if possible. ::
Thus she had borne the growing
horror Of these inexplio.ble sounds 10.
til it seemed that she must lose her
mind.
why d. you not make = light, and
search everywhere | suggested.
We keep light all the time. I
would not lie down without one for the
world" .he cried, energeticallg ; "it is
bad enough to have sounds without
sights and every night I lie staring,
expecting tho horrid whisperings will
assume form aud terrify mo out Of
ny miserable life" "
HYou are not very we'll, dear, and
'be p.rty.wall between as and our next.
door neighbors i. deplor.bly thin.
Come and sleep With me until George
comes back, and you will soon get over
the idsa.''
Barths looked around sppreheusive-
ly as if she feared to be overheard.
"Ithink the-the thing, whatever It
10, wanders oil over the house; I al.
most taw it in tho small room next the
pantry" T.,
:. I tried to laugh, but did not succeed
very we'll. Bertha shuddered. .,'
"Oh, pray don't" she whispered tit
is really awful, aud it wears 4 striped
sort Of Dress. Lot mo tell you how i
was. Night before. last, whom you had
tired yourself dusting and arranging u
4 the books in the library, and ,goas to
bed, I went down stairs to get .:goblet
Of water. and expected to sse George
sitting in ~ dining. g.room fniahink. hiis
cigar, while he r,ad' the letter that he
had just that evening reserved from,
his general. He was sound asleep in
the armchair, and the gas was 10 low
ttat it barely showed me his figure. l
tried to turn it up, but could not reach
it-and while I was stretching MY arm,
somebody iu striped skirt that rustled,
went quickly BY me, aud entered that
little room we don't use."
"Oh, Bertha, how could that be,
when it is always kept losked7" ex.
claimed. e g.
"Th.t is it," walled Bertha "if il
hadn't been looked, I should not have
felt = shadow sf alardm-but to glide
through ! door Is that thing did. Oh,
dear r. - -- ..-.--~.-.-..- ..-.-......-... .
".You should have asked George to
turn up the ga aad satis6sd yoarsslf By
searching" - y ii .@,- - =. .-~~'' ,-F..'
:! !; We; did turn up. the light: and: VI
did sesreh-hus y for satisfying our
selves, Mary, you eoulda't .zpest such
!. thing George ! protestsd tilt hs fl VI, Vi,
tired, and said he, bad. oftsa faaoistdd ht
beheld appearances md silethlt,;. bu,
L savlthse stirt, = and I .: saw il pa.. ~.
through that door," .H@~s'.a,: sf@@7ss
"What kind Of : skirt did you say7'
"a queer striped one that rustled
but it Looked like ,ehintx or linen rath.
er THAI silk.''''s + :. @s : t7ssss:.ss sr4:h
Ittho1xht Of tho bit of material o.
that kind swhlohI hdd ont out. II thu
wardrobe but ny. poor little sister "a, "a,
,ush . vietin to terror, that I did ns'
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