Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-12-04
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1, Miss Ruth would favor him with hi
40 company, but she answered that Il
as test of POGO curanteism in these cas-
III consists Of being quite solitary. A
&c cordipgly it was understood that tt
Erenchman should set out for Grav'
" hill unattended at half past clever
t, and L am bound to own that the pro-
If pect OF this excursion did not inter
l. fere IN the least with Rigolot's goo
g humor or appetite. He ate, chatte
: and joked rs usual, took rather les
/ VINE than his wont, and at the az
4 pointed time, Observation-Disclosures dis
n suasions of Mr.. Cumleigh, VINO beg
} ged him not to consider the whims O
q spoiled child, he donned his hat an(
0 overcoat and sailed forth. It wa!
especially noticed that he did not take
stick Or umbrella.
: As soon as he was gone, Ruth hast
enod TO hor room, and in ten minutes
reappeared, having changed her dress
and put on thick shawl and bonnet.
L was in waiting to give her my arm,
and together we walked out, going at
fast pace to reach thu churchyarl
before midnight.
1t was about five minutes to twelve
when we arrived, and, looking through
a crevice in the low wall that surround
ed the churchyard, We perceived the
Frenchman sitting unconcernedly
upon a tombstone. TEero was no
rain, the moon was Oeaming, and tall,
very funereal shadows were cast into
the depths Of tho buttrcsses, and on
one side of tho sDire, which rose
straight and high in the clear air. Rig
oIOt'S face stood full in the moonlight.
and we could see that indifference was
perfect. HumminG q tune, he drew r
clgar-case from his pocket, and struck
a fuse on lis tombstone.
MANLY, but profane," whispered
Ruth, cliDGi3S to my arm.
1t WAS at that very moment when
midnight changed from the steeple;
and, precisely to tho hour, a towering
white apparition glided from the
gloom of the church porch, and walk
/ ed straight toward Rigolot.
/ Net TO alarm anybody, it may be
stated that this apparition was nothing
but gardeners boy, who was great
oily of Erlth's IL these adventures, and
who played his part by the customary
| means of sheet and pole with phos-
phorizad mange,wurzel at the tor.
This gardeners boy then advanced;
stalking among the tocmbs, Rigolot
raised bright, Joyous lausl,-without
| G quaver IN it-jumped from the grave
stone and walked to meet him. The
ghost was not unprepared for this
move, and receded; Rigolot followed.
The ghost, thoroughly mystifed,
broke ground; then, seeing the
Frenchman continue to approach,
tnrned tail and ran. Hereupon Rigo-
lots merry voice rang cut in reiter-
ated peals, and he called out with Won
dcrful intrepidity and archness:
Come, don't bo afraid OF me, my
good ghost. I am only man. Ac-
cept q cicaret.'
Ruth waa abashed rs we made our
way home. There vas. no doubt but
R:Solot had get the best Of the first
bout. and l suggested the plopricty of
dispensing hin. frcn the burglar Or
deal. But the arrangement had
already been made. Tho gardeners
boy, IA young city gentleman named
futile, who had been sworn into the
conspiracy, and myself, had all re
hcarsed fo~ climbing into isigolot's
balcony with Grape masks On our faces;
and both Ruth aud Iuttle anticipated
too much good fun from this perform
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nave never heard ior certain what
actually eLs':ed; bat Il seems that Rig
oiot WAS aW"ho by the nciSe, taint as
II Was, ana seeing Il hurgiaf-tnete
was Il nlGAt-li"!t on tie cilnney-placa
-lSapeu ou6 OF bed, fia| TO drawer.
aud extracted 4 reVoiVeF, thence let lily
the whoie SIX barrels at lutte Without
a word of warnln2 In saying SIX ba:-
feis, however, Ii - Jar to mention
That iuttlc dld not wait tor any bar
refs alter the tirsS, Tor III one bound
he was on the ba:cony, and III sccoEd
he had dropped beadIcng on TO the
hower-bed twenty feet below, without
SO much as touching the ladder. The:
Gardouer and followed i'll % state Of
emotion which you may be Lett TO i'm
agrne, for Te heard the bullets crash
ING with fearful bangs through one
pane alter another; but possibly EiSo-
lot did not really aim at any Of rs, for
1t was noticed afterward that all the
bullets went through the upper panCs.
Well, Egolot triunphed III two
trials, but the worst was set him just
before luncheon that day. All the
morning there had been panic-strjcken
talk among tie city men about the pre-
sumcd burglary ct the night. and Rig-
olot bad given his version OF that start
l'Dg episode t. couple OF policemen
who were sent for from tho village.
He was calm IN his account, and strict
ly modest; IN fact, l:I5 attitude was
such as woHld have given any ordinary