, 1875-11-21

narai ra !; ~ tba ,rection from which she sees tle
dread spectacle: Why is it, it, t1onpbt y gt
mental philosophists, that the aop,,,n 1nou snd
Of the supernatural Is ,.re 60 Who ie,t. cuts his
W,v trourf the ranks Of tho moas roso'uso a., aoe'
and soess the bubble reputation even ~ sne uaa
nor's mouth with untinch1ns ,. no.se, n.5 orfaas
known to sink to his mothes en-. r''artern ro"t
with trepidatlon at TIE sgnid u 9s it then to be
,rondernf1 At that the superstlt1ous 1ear u .n1s
e;1nn1n erl go completely overcame per tnat. aos
tho moment, tho trTsting-tree anu ING psAs5
alike ana tna door, and
aftsr struggle with her pocket, which wou!o
1,or eomehpw properly adjust its opening 20 net
maud that she might get at the keY, entereo suo
,nnse with . rush. Out Of the frying-pnn INTO
the re She had seen tho & nSntnng aha g,,,adsr ~ s
Tor the clo:hes-horse, which in the oa1s.
she lad placed junt wbero she snoala
not hayo put it, camo down WIN paus nnteu;
added to her renewed shrieks OF oo"aioeIeu
fright alarmed and aroused the sleeping npuse-
hold. Brayest Of all was Miss Dldacta, wio,
armed With d bedroom candle aud ~atcfn'ana
rattle, which she vigorously sounded anu toi-
lowed by such Of her staff rs dared atschd not,
proceeded e7. desha1ille to tue laundry "nenco 1'
the sounds issued and discovered poor Nenio
]ynr in a fsinting condition. almost concealed
under the pyramid Of linen which the no" pros
trate ctothes-horse had thrown upoa her. ES-
nIanation was inevitable, and Didactla Was l9i-
nlacable. The "huzzy" had left the mousse, N
the dead hour Of the night and 70 moet net,'
The ghost WIGS nothing less than ]ndeHaent,
aud It was wonder there were not q legion oi
them. She might 70 to bad now under tne care
of another servant with whom she WIS to pc
locked up in her room for the nisht. pat tne
scandao1s mink must pc 20 %arn;nr! 0n M.tu And i
Miss Dilactia's sentence was faithfully executed:
LA. As % Nails sat On her box on the sidewalk ne1t
morning, waiting for the carrier to carry he1
goods and chattels to THO station, vino snoalo
coIno nm in his cart but the smart Young haket
:ro be sure he had rather q detected 'oo5 ]oss
now. for Nellie had failed to Keep ner erSst' anu
he VAS indulgpg in tho melancholy renest:on
that il fraity really had any name At al 1has "as
worth mentioning it must DO woman but no
sooner did each recognize the cthor tnan tho
hsker changed the current OF his thoughts, mar
ratlyas Of more interest t2 themselves than to
thn reader wore mutually told and VOWS "ero
exchanged and registered as firmly n heaSen Al: as
If they had been Dreathed IN Dlauas e1lse1y Asn'
aud under the trysting-trec
But the ghost Of the Tower, albeit he had been
seen under such man1festly improper circun1,
stanccs, as Didactia romsrkcd, demanded
some consideration. short Term o.
observation on the part OF the cu-ste to whom
tie shocking events Of these paragraphs were
dnlv related lod to the discovery that D poor
map1ac had made this particular apartment N
| the Tower his place OF nocturnal resort, anu
that be there practiced his incantaslons when I
| we're to redeem the world from SOMA lt'eifan1e
calamity and rebound to the everlasting glory
md fame Of the maniac aforesaid. lie vas
kindly cared for, and has, lot Us hope' BY this
time. recovered bis health. The cu1ato WIS soon
after called upon to publish tho bans Of me- 4:s
between the baker anu p0Gt scets
the SEMINARY, had baen taken to lire with au
aunt @ Of her lover Until the wcddins-dsy. There
ia | ayery reason to suppose that they wo.o and
arc very happy couple, for tho lest tae 1! writer
At e thu tirosida dancing fno hog on hor lap and
| singing
patticake, pattieale. bakers man,
| her husband was looking on with Z Smile e1-
nresaiyo Of much qualification and con:entmeat.