The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-12

ing all at once there under my WINDOW
--alone tool thought it was very queer
but when she looked up, and ] saw it wa,
Rose Wynne, / thought that was queerel
yet.
She was all in black, even her head was
wound about with thick folds of black
and never had seen her 80 sad and sol
emn. She came close to the window and
looked up at me.
"Mr. Sharpe 7" she said.
Jumped for you see did not think
any one would know me, fixed up as
was, and / said in whisper:
els it really you, Rose3 Don't speak
loud, please, for don't want to be known
here" afa .Il =
She went right on without seeming to
have heard me.
Charm has come to me-" she said,
"and it was Andy Davis. Remember
your promise"
And then, all in fash, she was gone,
and / couldn't have told where, up,
down, or around the corner of the house !;
only she'd gone, and 1 hadn't seen her
go. .-...
As / sat staring out, with her words
going through and through my head, l
began to feel kind Of creepy and odd.
Now, don't believe any one who knows
me would call me superstitious. But
all at once, as l sat there, it came over
me that may be had seen Rose Wynne's
ghost instead of herself. She had GER
tsinIy spoken and looked very strangely
for living woman.
Then / laughed at myself for the
fancy.
"Sharpe, old fellow" said 1, "you
know there are no such things as ghosts.
What in the name of common sense are
you dreaming ofT'
And l put on my coat and hat, and
went out into the town to see If l could
learn anything about the business 1 had
come down there upon. H.l
Every now and then as ] walked along
in the darkness the thought of Rose
Wynne would come over me with kind
of thrill, and seemed to hear her saying:
Remember your promise"
l tried to shake off the impression, but
all to no purpose, and at last stepped
into a store and said to clerk, fellow
whom recognized as one of Roses old
admirers: ...rsF~ -...l. .g..-
SIS there a young girl living round
here by the name of Rose Wynne 7
Cause I've got letter for her."
"Then you've got letter for dead
woman" he said. Rose Wynne is
dead; drowned in the river"
"Who did it T' 1 asked, turning cold.
"Did it herself. l suppose. 1 never
heard of any one else being accused of
it."
"And why should she? Where is
Andy Davis?" 1 blurted out before l
knew what l was about.
"Oh, Andy went away ever SO long
sgo. l guess Rose and he we're engaged.
1t wss thought that they qualreled,
maybe, and thSt was why she drowned
herself"
l did not continue the conversation,
but left the store and went back to my
room.
That night 1 dreamed that Rose came
to my bedside, and stood looking at me
just as she had under my window and
said:
at was Andy Davis; remember your
promise" ..... ...... ....
dwell, made some more inquiries
round and found the general impression
was that Rose had drowned herself, Just
as the clerk had told me. The body had
never been found, but she was missing,
and her handkerchief and gloves, and
the hat she wore the night she dissp-
pesred, were picked up on the river
bank The water was very swift here,
and it was generally believed the body
had drifted out to the lake.
Well, l had some pretty curious
thoughts. Was Rose dead or wasn't
she? At all events there was a mys-
terry, and was just the fellow to ferret
it out. The first thing was to find Andy
Davis. So, just as soon as 1 had got
through the business / was on, I started
on his track.
l was Obliged to hunt for him much
longer than expected; but l found him
at last. The longer looked for him the
more suspected he had something ugly
on his mind. People with clear con.
sciences amt, as a general thing, so hard
to find. Well, as l said, l found him at
last, working on farm, and he a car
penter by trade. He was good two
hundred miles from Evans Corners, and
he'd got new name besides that.
He called himself Thompson, but he
couldn't Thompson me. l knew him
the minute put my eyes on him. He
was at supper with the man he was
working for and the other tsrm hands,
and / stood and watched him through
the kitchen window some minutes. He'd
changed good deal, got thin and vel