The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-09

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saw her, Shies rs very unkind and
thoughtless A
Ibid yoy Aunt Sarah ?" we
asked. i.ssx4A
"Well, ny dsf laughing is very
contagious, and.t 1seuld not help join
ing in. She.sapelfa stone, looking, as
that naughty e said, Just like an
ancient merrn&N &ust risen from the
sea. In the stTne Sae her hat had come
off, taking With M the wealth of hair
which had beens Goodman's especial
| delight. In[ts9r.ee was tight little
| knot withLtesE q Wfsp of hair stretching
| ont at right angleV and asserting itself
| in a mcssTss5btrusiye manner. Rnt her
| face rUpresented the most astonishing
| change, for the pant had been washed
into stripes and patches, and the cheek
which had restea upon her cavaliers
shoulder vas qnitA white. while the
other was s-sSSpytre color, verv pe-
| culiar indee6m fisor some reason She
had not sy--$A Sd since reaching
the shors1 gitt her hand,
anxiety.
g Harry e We'd up her hat with
all the back h1eSzangipg to it, and now
| presented it o her on the end of stick.
The positiopwas too ludierous, and we
burst out laughing in her very face. At
| first she lo0ed at the hair in bewlld-
cred sort ofway, not seeming to under
stand whatwe were laughing at; then
putting upher hand felt the little top
knot at tie back of her head as she
did so, thewhole horrible truth flashed
upon her; nd she sprang to her feet
trembling with fury"
q" "Vipers +! she said and we saw that
she hadn't atooth in her head. "Scor
pions = Aul, without taking her back
hair with hel she fled toward the house.
We all folbwed, inwardly wondering
what she would do, and whether she
really though we upset the boat lnten-
tionally. Se did not appear at dinner,
so our hostes went upstairs, and was
closeted wit. her for about an hour;
when she cme down we fancied she
looked rathelgravely at us, but guilty
conscience" 'ou know, and we began to
feel very gully.
"Wnl yo, come down to the lake
with me, Sarh?" she said.
Goodnes, Gertie / answered.
d" It's lmosttwelve o'clock, and what
do you want.o go there for p
"I must g, she said, determinedly.
You never noticed it, but lost all my
back hair !. those nasty rushes, and
must get it b-night I fastened the veil
over the ba0 of my head, so you did
not see it gong"
OF course went with her, and, creep
ing out Of tn, house by back door, we
IN A.. ! a,.lv ,,ofoh
to the lake, and soon reached the spot
so fatal to MissBiglow's hopes. AS we
stood for a monent silently watching
the moOnbeami on the water. tall
figure, robed il white, rushed out of
the bushes into the water at our feet.
Nv blood froze within me, and almost
fell to the grour1.
What is it I asked. in a low,
terrified whispr, clutching hold of
Gertie.
"A ghost " sc answered, her teeth
chattering as sh spoke. ooh, what
shall we do ?"
The spectral figure turned round
Just then, and, seing us standing on
the shore, stretckd out both arms and
came toward usquickly as possible.
At the same noment the moon was
hidden By closuuegd we were in total
scream, and HesS with tie. .d6speration
of despair to1.ah the lfGhss, followed
by myself as3quickly as possible
every moment Ifencied 'that dreadful
thing would sriDg out from behind
some dark cluser of evergreen, and
clutch me with is ghostly hands.
We reached mr rooms at last, and
boiling the dooiI threw myself on the
bed, half dead With terror.
Next morningEe resolved not to say
ANYTHING about our adventure, lest we
should be Laughed at; but our nervous,
startled manner and pale faces showed
that something lad happened.
"Oh, SarahP whispered Gertie,
coming to me after breakfast, and,
speaking to me n an awe-struck voice,
said, "she's gone.
Who's gomez / asked.
Miss BigloU; no one has seen her
since last night land we saw her ghost.
Gertie shuddared and trembled vic
lently.
We found it really so. Miss Biglow
had disappeared, and no one knew
where she had gone. We hunted high |
and low, but found not the slightest
trace of her, and Gertie and came to
EuS CONCLUSION tlak sne IdN tEO"1cd
herself, and that we saw her spirit that
night on the banks of the lake.
Harry told Gertie that our hostess |
knew where she had gone, and that Miss
Biglow left note explaining her sud
den departure, and blaming US for the |
whole affair. OF course we knew bet
ter, and to this day am convinced that |
she drowned herself, and that we saw
her ghost.
'What nonsense, Aunt Sarah. She |
was probably looking for her false teeth,
or something else; and besides, how
could you tell thatit was Miss Biglow
at all ?"
81 recognized her at once by the lit
tie top-knot on the back of her head,
with the wisp OF hair sticking out.
ooh, itwasn't ghost at all, Aunt
Sarah"
"My dssrs, I knew you would laugh |
at me, but have lived long enough to
know ghost wher I see it. L hope, my |
dears, thai this nay be warning to |
you all not to improve your good looks |
by wickedartifces Give me my knit |
ting, Besse, and nng for lights.