The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-18
The -Anti-AGonopoliSt.
mons fleet? Why? why? why?"
ssCan't say, am sure. Shall we say gcol

mons fleet? Why? why? why?"
-sCan't say, lam sure. Shall we say good
night?' u
IF you are going to bed will go with
you. Man! now I've caught you, do you
think shall leave you?"
This was pleasant.
| shut the windows and went up stairs.
He went with me. I undressed and got into
bed Once there shut my eyes resolutely
and tried to go to sleep. This was impossi-
ble Every ten minutes Or 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.
"You are still here?" asked, when the
clock struck two,
Il shall stay here" he added, $50 long
as you stay here. l shall be with yon day
and night You shall never cease to feel
me with you. will make sleep impossi-
BILE, and will trouble your business hours. +"
There was little sleep for me that night.
When the day broke dropped for half an
hour into a heavy Inconsistencies, awak-
ing suddenly and with horror upon me
that at first did not understand.
rose and dressed. In followed my move
ments l saw the spectre now, only when
it came into the sunlight. Then it was
dimly visible, but only, think, to myself.
l breakfasted and went into the city. 1t
came with me. 1t sat beside me in the
train; it followed NE through the streets;
it was with me in my office; it came after
me up the steps Of my club.
| The thing grew maddening. III forgot
it for moment l heard whisper in my
ear, Il am here If managed to fix my
attention on the subject in hand that accurs-
ed voice began to remind me that l was
neither to sleep nor to work, nor to have any
peace for the rest of my natural life.
what you have done | shall do, and
worse. l shall dog you, shall haunt you,
| shall make remorse and despair do for
you what you did to her and to me. will
revenge myself-and her"
What had done to him? How was
to get rid Of this accursed lunatic ghost!
By what spell and charm could Play him
forever in the Red sea!
The full misery of the thing was yet to
come.
The spectre in the afternoon seemed to
have left me. l even forgot its existence
and dined com fortably. At eight met my
Eleanor and persuaded her, not thinking Of
what might happen, to look at some new
furniture in what was going to be eur joint
house She came. Nothing happened un-
til we went into the garden. As led her
up and down the walk, Fer hand in mine
she suddenly stopped with cry.
s'Alfred, who has been walking along the
sand, there was edging of red sand to
the grave-"with bare feet?"
Hooked. There were footprints-grea
eaunt footprints parallel with my own.
knew at once what was going to happen,
and Itrembled.
Nothing Nelly; nobody. Who should
walk in bare feet except carpenter! Let
US 60 in"
.sAlfred." she cried, ''see, they are fall
ing still, the footprins-as we walk Take
me intake me away!'
TWAS pleasant. The accursed ghost was
setting his long feet beside mine, keeping
step. 80 that at every football of nine there
was a new footprint Of his. l bore my CIR
half fainting into the house.
..What was it. Alfred? What was it?
am afraid And see-see! Oh Alfred
Alfred
With cry of fright, she fell fainting intt
nv arms. Between US and the window
st God revealed that uwful figure in its Ions
white grave clothes, pointing its long bon,
fingers at me, but saying no word.
| / took Eleanor home. implored her t
keep silence as to what she had seen.
sooth ed and pacifed her. ! assured be
that it was fancy-that it was trick of tn
r lmagination-that it was some schoolbo.
, ieviltry-anything to keep her quiet. AM
e thus left her, and returned, miserabl
and maddened. to battle with this demol
who had fastened himself upon me.
He was sitting In my chair, with thr
i abominable head, IS usual, in his hand.
Il allow you to 60 away with the girl,
he said. because do not wish to do be
D any harm. But she shall nev err marry 20
: remember that, Wretch"-he rose tror
7 the chair and approached me with threaten
!. ing gesinres-.wretch Was i, not enoug
. 10 interfere between me aud her? You try I
e murder the happiness Of another innocen
r girl. Can you ruihlessly-
. Good heavens | cried, almost besd
: myself with rage. What have done t
| you. devil or lunatic, that you should per
secute me in this way"
r s.He asks me what be had done. Thin
Of Madagascar, william Of the deepest dye
: Think Of San Fran, pirate and crimI
5 Think OF Liverpool docks and Polly. 1o
: kirhy-Joe Kirby, you were always a
a hrasen liar as ever stepped. but did NJ
e think you would hrazsni it out to me-
A thought struck the
: ..You call me Joe Kirby. | an no. j
i hirby nj all. | never heard of au- j.
|. Kirby.
!. lie laughed.
: 'sIfyou are not Joe Kirby he said. .
:. will eat my nai-I mean. Of course
: Come. this is iriaing. say that 70
mistake me for some one else. What max,
/ ron think me Joe Kirby
\ Because you are
: Nonsense. How long since you "a
4 Joe Kirby"
I Ten years.
!, WINS. was be Ike when you left him
Much he same as yoa-sanctinoniol
IS look. reddish hair. stumxy figure sas chez
just like yourself
l. Had this devil Of a Joe Kirby Al
E. marks
2 Tattoo marks ike mine. on the n 9
- arm did hlm-I mean Joe. He did me
| drew up mr. shirt and shovel him =
D. arms white aul free from anv tattoo mai