The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-04-04

mind when i adjourned ON the knife
board of . city-bound omnibus to the
rendezvous Of Saturday.
The dinner came and went and In due
course We did the latter also, having
previously fortified the inner man, on the
homeopathic principle similia simili-
bus, With modicum of spirit
Keep the spirits mp
| By pouring spirits down
again remarked our .self-elected joke
monger.
Reaching the haunted house as the
shades of evening were falling, We found
even these were not able to lend an air
Of romance to the place. 1t was the
most unrom&ntic. unghostly looking
house possible, being. in fact. nothing
more nor less than a perky villa, of the
kind usually abutting ON the main thor
oughfare of q suburb.
Chester had the key, and between ms
We had brought material for q mild SYM
postum We did not want to give warn
ing to the aborigines of our nocturnal
visit. by purchasing articles on the spot,
50 We brought down eveything-even
candles-vith us, and we had every rea-
son to believe we entered the house un-
perceived by any one
I" Brush" was the first to make an in
spection of the basement, and we did the
same with the whole mansion, peering
into every hole and corner capable of
containing the ghost of q deceased
mouse. Ii did not take Us long; for the
villa was notextensive. There were sun
dry articles of furniture left behind by
the last family who had skedaddled-all
the heavier movables, In fact. We light
Ell candles, therefore, In the front parlor,
closed the shutters and drew the cur
tains, so as not to attract attention from
outside, and then paused to deliberate
on the plan of proceeding
We had no notion so We agreed to sit
where We we're, in the front parlor, and
If the ghost did not put In an appear
ance there, try another etage afterward-
We were quite prepared to "make q
night of it." or any number of nights,
for the matter Of that
Brown, Jones and Robinson, who as
sumed the humble position of " supers"
on this occasion, lighted pipes, and after |
duly gaining permission, devoted them |
selves to the unspiritual amusement of |
three-penny loo. BRUSH" cooled him.
self up on the hearth rug. having no
doubt exercised his imagination so far
IS to fancy there was a good fire in front
Of him We-that is, Tom Chester and
the chief actors of the occa-
sion. devoted ourselves to semi-spiritual
50 as to keep ourselves en-
rapport with any ghost who might wish
to communicate with Us.
We had purposely left open the doors
IF both the front and back parlors COM
with the passage or entrance
nall, and also the folding doors between
me two rooms, so that we might hear
my noises about the house, and also
place no material obstacle in the way of
he ghosts entrance. if hethought proper
o pay us his respects
OF course the stairs creaked. and the
boards IN the floor and cupboard doors
'reaked In the usual way, and, as they
lid 50, drew our eyes ever and anon to
he door In expectation of seeing some
hing. There were noises ike things
down IN the kitchen, and the
qualify lucid explanation OF rats. etc.
iradually the Saturday night brawlers
n the cockrey village grew quiet, and as
be church clock struck twelve, Chester
In his most sepulchral tone,
he words:
. Tiz now TIE very -1sshirg time o. night
When grzvsyar1- ya~n--
81 wouldn't continue the quotation"
said; lit is suggestive, to say the
.ast.-
The tho, tired of their loo, began to
ook insuferably bored; and Brown, or
ones, or Robinson was In the act Of
,aking mp the following practical re
lark: last up train gone; we're in
Dr the night nov, when-how shall /
escribe what occurred? The first thing G
nat struck rs all simultaneously was
he sensation of an intensely cold
raught of air-so we should have
.rmed IT under ordinary circumstances
rather, let me say, a violent cold