The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

Mercy ON me!'
Was nearly killed with fright
Then. when Mr. jerks came to his
senses, he was SO sorry, and Though he
have mamma flor she married
papa, and he lived many years) yet he
made : vim in mamma's iayor, leaving
her everything. He told mamma 20
positively one day when he was poorly,
taking some Cruel. Then he died; but
though search was made. high and low.
no viii could be found, and = rich old
heir-at-law came in for everything.
And there's the reason mamma cannot
bear that place. And, please, what b
to be d0nef''
1t was curious story, and l had not
heard word of it before. And Is TO- hxS
was to be done, thatwasap uzzle. Icould
move, of course, but where to, and
with what prospects of doing better,
and where were the costs of removal to
come from? So said / must argue
the point with Mrs. Barton, and this ]
did, and, having overcome Der scru-
Piles, it was agreed the marriage should
take place at once, and that we should
all live together and face the ghost, Il
need be. and, which were Of much more
Importance, the difficulties Of the situ-
alton.
And so Lucy and l were married,
and, of course, were supremely happy,
and it was not until three writs had
been served upon and four lawyers' let
tiers been sent me, and the gas compa-
ny had cut of the gas. and the land
lord given me notice to quit, that. with
just little feeling of apprehension, we
began to consider what next
One night. after rather . long confer
ence on the state of affairs, when Lucy
had apparently fallen into a deep sleep.
reused up suddenly, fancying l heard
a sound below. Very gently rising, 50
as not to wake my wife, left the room
and looked down the stairs into the
shop. A little light entered through
some apertures at the top of the shut
tiers, and, to my establishment and
alarm, saw a figure in white behind
the counter. in the act, as it seemed, Of
opening one of the canisters. Was il
Mr.. jerks ghost? The light was insult.
fcient to show me more than the bare
outline of the figure and the slight
movement of the arms. / watched
with rather a beating heart, / confess,
for a minute, and then I thought that
before seeking closer quarters with
what might be an apparition. but which
more probably was burglar in his
shirt-sleeves, l would don some gar.
ments; so, refraining from going back
into the bedroom and frightening my
wife, l went to an upper room and pro
cured some there. Then / again de.
scended, and the figure was gone.
went into the shop-all in order. So,
much maryelling, went to bed.
When next morning told the story
my companions were scared.
'sLet us go-let us get out of the un-
lucky place." said my wife, passionate.
ly. Whatever there is, Harry, sell il
at an alarming sacrifice and then
you must get Secretaryship under
Government, or a Judgeship in the Col.
onies, or something of that kind.
Mammals sixth Cousins husband isis
well, I forget what he is; but there's
some connection or other between him
and a Member of Parliament, and he
must do something for you, that's what
it comes to. So now, please, Wen &c
as soon as possible
1t was painful, but it was necessary.
to explain to my dear young wife that
the powers of her mammals distin-
guished relative, even should he be will
ing to exert them, were probably linn
tied. Lucy would not believe it. And
the letter was written and was not an
swered.
Well. now for the workhouse. And
upon my word / do think something
dreadful would have occurred, but
A few nights on-again that sound.
" Lucy ! said, gently; but she did moi
Te T bs and t4oHgnt Psrhsps he'd bet
as | very quietly dressed in part, and
then stepped out to the stairs. Again,
little light of very early morning
coming through the shutters revealed
family white figure behind the coun.
ter in the shop, its arms waving to and
fro and its head bending over as
though speaking to customer.
strained my eyes, but nothing more
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