The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-01-10
OLD ts1Hps DARLING.

lowest quarter If the city, there
stood anold house which was re.
ported at one time to be Haunted.
and, al slich, was avoided by all
40 one would liye iii it, or have
anything to d. with it, consequent
" it stood solitary aid lonely--a
grim phantom among tile living.
~ last, when the owner of the
place was deciding u pun it down
ard buid another hi It'll site, ali old
man made his appearance and offer
el q take It On the condition that
the rental waslow Of course, the
owner jumped At tile chancc, and
Nampire Grip became the tenant
OF the Haunted house.
There was oite great popularity
about his appearance IL thetumble-
down place 40 one saw him come
IN, no one saw d pestigc ef honSe.
hold tliraaitnFe removed, and Oh the
next morning, when hts white hair,
long beard aud hook-nose were seen
at the window, one and all decided
it was another ghost. However,
Grip soon dispelled this thought,
for lie came down to the door III
person to purchase milk for the
morning meal, and then the mob
saw il was real flesh and blood
man.
Various speculatiols ran rite iii
those parts as to what old Grip
might be. Someyeutured TO assert
that he was q rich old miscr, but
'he TACT of Ills ordering the dantiest
joints ct meat from the butcher Or
posite, ruiuted this suspicion ; Others
made him out all Old fence, but
policemen Of the disTict said that
he was utterly unknown to them;
il short, sane said one thing, aud
some another BIT one aid all
agreed that there was an unaccount-
able and inscFatable mystery about
vampire Grip which 10 ole could
tllravel.
Old Grip himself said little Or
nothing to anyone Always quiet
and reserved, he plodded around in
his old, peculiar fashion, and the
iainteSt hint At crussquestioniug
would shut up bis lips closer than
death. when spoken to about
ghosts ii his house, he would an
sWer:
Yah, there was ghosts III ny
house but ! don't WY want to get
rid Of them. Oh!nein, nein, neilr."
Strange Old Grip! how the
ileighhorS wondered Still, they
did not wish to use yiole ce iii dis
covering his secret, and thus the
old mai lived ou, 4 tenant of The
haunted house, aid unmo'eStcd by
the people who surrounded him 10
thickly oa every hand.
We will introduce the reader To
old Grip as tile night begiLs total
upon a bright aid sunny day. 'ile
room IL which W. tiud him il very
dark, aid TIE evening twilight
scarcely peaetrateS the dim windows
Into which il Is teeby struggling.
Grip il sitting with Ills back IL tie
light, aud Cn the tioor before lin
kueels Z young and lovely girI III
about sixteen Summers 10 Won
drOusly tair that the sun seems to :
have melted itS golden beams ,lppn
lier hair, Aid lett them as d legacy.
,,he y gazlng up l'lto the old mans 4
Filce with q deep expressions Of love Y
lda reverence, while trips bany !
|laial iieAst'S III Her lacks AID !
sInootieA them hack from her white \
Presently Site speaks: n
ISL ns, grandpa; yoa M Sad \
lu
n ah, child, 1 Vas sod, dat's \
NJ; Nas thinking III the past \
"a Dirt, gradara, YOU told mo !
When came here, tl,at 4 was tO y
0lget tile ,ast.'' I
/" tsla You I'll torget, Lenare, I
Dut must nut target, dare liot.s Y
Will you lever tell me why
l0l ksep ma heEe III secret I aln II
\ trial of living legs alone. ii
* shade III sorrow passed over Ii
lid Vld insis's laCe III lle heard this, 81