Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-04
q e BISMARCK, D. T, FRIDAY. MAY 4, 1877. s

AOxAJ4A 4 NlAA ~ AOs
brown hair, was standing at, the kitchen
door on her return from tour Of inspec-
ton TO the snug little barn and calriage
house which she had personally seen was
secure for the night ever since her hus-
bands death.
Her cheeks were flushed to the tint of
an oleander flower by the keen kiss OF the
fosty air, and her eyes glowing in the
broad band of white moonlight that lay
athwart the floor like silent blessing!
Then, with little involuntary excla-
nation at the perfect beauty of the night,
she went in and locked the door after her,
foriher three servants had all retired for
tho night, and then gave little shriek,
for, Standing in the self-same accustomed
place he was wont to occupy, and look
ing as natural as if it were himself in the
flesh, Mas her husband. s.
She stifed her shrek, and tried brave
ly to feel brave, but her heart was tear
ing around very undisciplinedly as she
realized that she was looking upon bona
fde ghost-a veritable inhabitant of the
land Of eternalsshadows.a ~
t'sWi4Y she said; family, with her hand
tightiy on the handle of the door. ''Will
is it your ,3,srzr est a7tsF,es
His voice was precisely as it had been
in the I'D ellow, musical, a little
dominekring-Will's undeniably, unmis-
takably. .--@- - ~ -. :.
.sWho should it be but l., Nellie, and
come on purpose to communicate with
you." i# a4e issE #zej AZ.
:sYes" she gasped; .'but what for? !
have tried-I have done everything thai
I thought you would wish. There is moth:
ing wrong, Will Y' q
The pale, moonlig l.ted face, the speck.
less black suit, the spotless linen, the very
same in which he had been buried, the
low, familiar voice-it almost parallzed
Nellie, and yet; aided by the very mate
rial contact Of the door-knob, she stooc
her ground and listened. Fl
"Nothing is wrong with you, Nellie
but with me. can't rest in my grave
knowing the wrong I unintentionally
committed IN binding you to perpetual
widowhood for my sake come. to re.
woke my decision, to give you full per.
mission to marry again, and my advice tc
marry Horace Levison. Promise me y0t
will do it, and 1 will rest peacefully for
ever"
30 Will! lfyou say st,rif you think
Her face was pale enough now to have
passed for ghost herself.
''Go look at the big clock in the dining
room, Nellie, and see fiti4llnear the strokE' s'E
of twelve" s5Ss8 III .zE55 NsE
She.went dnmblY, mechanically, athis
behest; and when she came back he wa.
gone, ana the moonlight streamed IN OF
an empty room.
Then the reaction followed, and Nellie
flew up to- her room and locked the door
covered her face vita her shawl, and sob
bed and cried hystercally until her ,cver.
wrought nerves found relief in sleep.
The next day Mr.. Levison sent a little
note over apelogizing for his seeming dis
courtesy in not .com,ngto bid her good
by on his sudden departure for an iadeh
mite length of time, and telling her thai
her cruel decision rot to marry again hac
been the cause of it, and that they nigh
never meet again. etc, etc. .
- To which. Nellie, all pale, alarmed anc
crimson with confusion penciled an an
SWtI, dSoANlSs '1Aul sic Adu = sNHeASSot llSi
mind and. begged him to come over tc
luncheon withher, to meet her brother-in
law who had only just arrived from
abroad.
Of course Mr.. I.evison came, and il
didn't take two minutes to settle it. Mo-
did he laugh at her when she 'solemnlJ
related her experience of the night be-
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tsFor it was his ghost, Harry, just a.
true as I am alive and speaking TO you!
ga jolly old mean a thoughtful, and
painstaking spirit, Nellie! Bless his ghost
ship. Well hold him in eternal remem.
brance.'
Nordid his countenance change fea
ture even when he and Nellie and Free
Willard discussed the marvelously oblig.
ing kindnessof Will. II,
+ Nor did pretty, blooming. blushing
Mrs. Nellie ever for moment dream thai
her visitant was Fred himself, assisted by
a wig aud false whiskers-r1or was there
any need she should know, for her hap
piness was secured and her conscience at
ease ab.-2 .--a---
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