The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-03-23

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yourself up in your bedroom and def,
him above all, you never know wha
tricks he may be at. Thinking of taes'
things, I became conscious of anothe
access of terror, slighteT this time. Ny
guest, however, perceived it, and in {
twlnkhng was on me again, with Iii:
skeleton fingers round my throat.
shook him off that is, I regained my
presence of mind, and he covered back
to his seat, where he sat, his head on his
arm, and his long white clothes clinging
to his limbs. sight never to be forgot
| ten.
s'Pray tell me what it means," I said
| cit means that if you were afraid oi
me, [ would throttle you like a dog.
mean that I an sitting here waiting for
the moment when you viii realize who
and what am the injuries you have
done ME, the wickedness of your life,
the loneliness of your position, and your
presence with akother world. Ha ha
[ see it coming Your nerves won't
| stand me another quarter Of an hour, and
then viii seize you by the windpipe,
and squeeze, squeeze the lifeblood out
of you
Presently he went on again
You will have to go to bed soon.
You can not sit up all night
GLOW long can you stay here 90
GAS long as I please. Hol ho no {!
[ can be with you, now have found you
morning, noon and night. When you
are quietly in your bed, shall be sit
ting by your bedside, waiting for mo-
ment's weakness. When you are in your
bow, waiting to find you off your guard.
At dinner shall be behind you. You
viii not escape me. Sooner or later you
will be afraid. The time will come I
| shall wait. I shall watt
'tPray EXPLAIN" [ said blandly. "You
will wait until am afraid ?''
Precisely. We ghosts canaot hurt
people who are not afraid OF us. Our
power is only over the cowardly and su-
perstItious is, over nearly all man
kind. Once man has the pluck to
stand up to Us, we are poweIless."
ssMy good friend" 1 said, 'let rs en-
Joy each others society without mutual
confessions. I grant all tLat you have
said. It is very curious and interesting.
Not, perhaps, quite SO horrible as
might have expected, had L known you
were coming, but still-by the way, you
you hail from the cemetery close by?''
81 do. All ! villain and traitor who
put me there? I do and as I was TAX
ing an evening invisible stroll, happen
ed to look in az your window AMI saw
the man had expected and most hoped
to see. Ha ha ha ! I shall make ii
hot for that man. So I will, too" he
added weakly, after a pause.
I made no reply, but went on sm ok
ing as if he had been an ordinary visi-
! tor.
"When L was in that country slip,
trading between Rangoon and Calcutta
there, what's the use of raking up the
old story 70
"None," replied. ''None at all, un
less you like
'sNo use of talking. What's the good
to talk !? Come, so that might remind
you what went on, you know, at Yoko-
hama, Ell? What do you say to that !''
81 have nothing to say to the -
| Lord Lord some men will bIazen
out anything And what about Hong
Kong business Who promised what
tell me that-if some one talked with
bobbed, eh ?'
Here was very serious question. ]
only shook my head.
''Thingumhobbed," he repeated.
''Scuttled, you villain and the coolies
sent to Kingdomcome And after that
to round upon man Why did / go
off at SO, with rum and water enough to
float King Solomon S fleet =? Why? why?
why?"
''Can't say, am sure. Shall we say
goodnight %
eff you are going to bed L will go with
you. Man now I've caught you, dc
you think I shall leave you?'
This was pleasant.
I shut the window and went upstairs,
He went with NE. I undressed and goi
into bed. Once there / shut my eyes
resolutely and tried to go to sleep. This
was impossible. Every ten minutes OF
so felt obliged to open them. He was
always standing by the bedside, grave
stern and resolute, to do me mischief
if he could--if grew afraid.
s'You are still here % I asked, wheI
the clock struck two.
Il shall stay here" he added, ESQ
long as you stay here. I shall be witt
you day and night. You shall never
cease to feel me with you. I will max,
sleep impossible, and 1 will trouble you
business hours"
There was little sleep for me tina
night. When the day broke I dropped
for half an hour into heavy unconsci
business, awaking suddenly and with
horror upon me that at first did no
understand.
rose and dressed. It followed n,
movements. I saw the specter now, on
Fly when it came into the sunlight. The
it was dimly visible, but only, I think
to mESelf L breakfaSte1l and went int