The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-11-05

Catherine ! hope you will not lose tht
moral Of that story.
Then Kate, seeing the prospect Of a
tete-a-tcte with Dick, which she did not
want jasl vet, though she felt more in.
cHntd TO IL than ever before, after his
brave speechcs-tbou Kate rose, too, aud
saving good night, went eff With her
aunt
The three gentlemen proved poor com
pBny, and soon followed the Others ex-
simple, aud the Gre was left as II bad
been thousands Of times before in that
old chimney, to glow aud sputter undIs-
turbed, and shake It's diving light over
the old empty chairs haddled around it,
over the old portraits, and under the
lofty ceiling.
Kate went 10 her room, where Mat
was waiting for her, aud straightway sat
down ou the side Of the bed with an un-
usually wriukled brow aud pout that in
dieatcd intense thought.
Mat yawued loudly, as a hint at the
laleuess OF the hour
I'm not going to bed until settle
something IN my mind, Mat. You may
go If YOU want to. IN take care Of my
self.
Mat waited long, but seeing 10 signs
Of progress, departed, rubbing her eyes
Oh, must make up my mind, sighed
Kate, Dick is the futr fellow. Tonight
proved that; and yet-yet I'm just lit
tie suspicious Of his boasting. There, TO
be frank with myself really haven't
perfect confidence in him.
want to test him. But have con
iidence in that stupid Tom' Yes-as far
be goes. But that don't seem to be
much. Tom has decided on nothing yet.
His minds like a BOYS, ready to receive
any new argument, while Dicks Is all
settled and made up. See how decided
and manly Dick was tonight, while
poor Tom acted almost like fool OF
course there are no ghosts Ghosts
what if the old goycraess should visit
those two fellows to-night! How
wond like to see what they'd do Then
| should know them, | couldn't have a
better test than that, could |?
On, have III she cried, springing up,
IN be governess myself. What happy
thought.
She rau TO the closet and dragged out
some antique tinery, once gloried in by
depa.tcd Miss Dexters, laid up there and
sacIrai, r,~--...ed fnr---oharados!
She donned bonnet, dress and cloak
She drew on pair of huge antique
black gloves that gave her little hands a
terribly throat clutching air. She tied a
green veil over her face and nose, and
painted her brows and cheeks in blue
and black water colors from the box IN
her escritoire. Then she reviewed her.
self in the glass, and started, hall-fright.
encd by her intense air Of strangulation
That will do, she cried. And then with.
out pausiug TO think, she hurried out ot
the door into the hall toward Dicks
room.
/ (And now, dear readers, beg You O
favor. Forgive Kate the improperly OF
the act. Consider what she was-onl,
sixteen. mot heress from babyhood, an
/ innocent, coun'ry-bred girl, who had not
yet learned the CONNIE il fauts Of society
nor the reasons for them. Tom and Dicl
/ had scarcely grown out OF being her play.
mates She saw no improperly Of whar
she did. Had she done so, let us bcliey,
she would not now be walking as a ghos
4 into Dick room, anxious as she was o
proving him. DO her the justice, dear
reader, Of believing she was consisten
/ with herself and true to her simple litll,
code Of etiquette aud morals, and that il
oil hcr best friends will ask.)
/ Dick had retired, bnt by no means sc
free from mis2iyiogs ON the subjects o
ghost. as bis speeches in the drawing
/ room had Inferred. rs the winter wine
howlcd in the chimney and around thl
corners Of the house, those very thought,
ghosts too, which be bad described, be
gan 10 howl weirdIy through bis brain
and what is very sad for us to chronicle
other thoughts would not prevail agaius
them, not even tbo thought Of bewitrh
ing cousin Kate. he had attempted t,
lock tAe door IN vain, aud growing mo
menlanly more Impressed with the po.
sibility OF the thrpuliug old governes.
bad finally Iesped into bed, Ia hope. O
escaping from hi. superslltious fancy II
sleep. Alas for hi, theory. he fonu,
that he c3uh master the disagreeabi
thought only by Kidding himself G
. lh0ught altogether. Poor Dick, be wa
iut sinking into a very welcome litlI
nap, when the grating Of hinges ronse
him. with fearful mizgiriug he Iooke
r toward the door Wh.t was lAut Oh
horror, ihe vertabte old gogemess, be
bouy, mnrdeeous fingers cIubHipg lh
/ air for vieiims, her face as black 500
greeu and b.He as though fhe bad fH.
fallen ow of lhe drag9ou'. a.ut-be
There -he wac, stealing with $50 imsa
caplab.r motion. yampre.lte, imo Va