The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-04-10
20, Harry. 90 you've got home," ex-

'lalmeo Aunt Sarah.
aHow do, Henry, my boyw said Uncle
Kate" continued my aunt. turning to
ne, this is your cousin Harry. NV son, |
his is your cousin Kate"
II delighted to see my pretty cousin Kate |
Can only say hope she feels as we'll as
'he looks, which is perfectly charming"
,aid Harry, with saucy laugh, running
his eye over my dusty dress, rumpled hair,
and crushed collar, for We had not sought
= room to make ourselves one degree less
frightfnl after getting out of that blessed
stage,
stately bow, thinking to bring him to his
senses, and to proper degree of repent
ance for speaking to me in such manner.
Instead of having the desired effect, how
ever, il only made him turn away his head
to conceal a laugh.
And this, Harry" continued Aunt
Sarah, lis a friend Of Kate's, Miss Nell
Blake. Miss Blake, my son Harry.
Nell courtessied with provoking de-
mureness, and Harry, bowling profoundly,
said:
aAny friend of my delightful cousin
Kate's is sufficiently recommended to me
by that fact"
Nell appeared quite overpowered by this
elegant speech, and resumed her seat with
out q word.
ITO continue about the rooms you are
to have, girls" resumed Aunt Sarah; !;
(which one do you choose"
The Mysterious Room Of course, do
SO love a mysterym- exclaimed Nell and 1
in concert.
"WhewI The Mysterious Roomr by
dear young ladies, do be warned" ex-
claimed Harry, throwing up his hands and
eyes.
Aunt Sarah added her remonstrances,
but we would not heed it, we would take
no warning; and so, at length, with many
misgivings, Aunt Sarah took up light,
and herself accompanied us to our sleep
ing apartment.
"Good night" she said, kissing us both.
Heaven guard you till morning"
"And, added Nell, piously. for all the
rest of our lives, too"
Aunt Sarah left us, and we were alone in
the room of mystery We locked the door.
and then sat nown to think over our: ad.
ventures that were to be.
well, declare, this is great piece of
daring" said at length. "What if the
room should be haunted by something un-
earthly. And the best of it is, we have
forgotten 70 ask what the mystery is"
| Trust me for that" /" said Nell, laughing.
"Unclc John told me all about 1t while
your aunt and you were talking over it.
1t is said that at the hour of midnight
strange sounds are heard in the room, q
ghastly, pallid face, with a blood-stained
cash across the forehead, parts the vine
there at the window, and giares savagely
in upon the sleepers-as If angry that any
mortsl dared SO much rs to disregard its
presence by sleeping here"
"Ugh!n said /, with cold shudder
What il it should happen so, Nellg
"Pshaw" said Nell, with merry laugh
tha echoed with hollow sound through
out the room. "Wh~'s afraid r
Hush, for Heavens sake, Nellr" said
1; did you hear thats"
~Whatp'
"A sound as though it said, Who's
afraidr" -
ITO be sure; l said it myself"
20, yes; but heard it afterward."
you're fool, Kate Compton, said
Nell, with startling decision.
THANK you; you're complimentary"
returned, with dignity.
"Well, never mind let's get ready fol
bed" rejeined Nell, cOolly sitting dowr
in the only armchair in the apartment
and drawing the hair-pins out of her han
she began lelsurely to brush out the long
glossy waves.
Her coolness set me a good example;
followed suit; and having performed oul
VOlIct VIC DIcW Out tuC liSut,
into bed, and were soon sound asleep.
We might have slept about three hour
when a deep hollow grosning, rs if in thu
room, awoke u.s. and at the same momen
we both started up in bed. The moon
light was flooding the room, making i
clear as day, and everything in the room
was distinctly discernible in the clea
|, light
1nstinctively we both glanced towar
the window. The vines still covered II
! and had not apparently, been yet touched
glided In among them, parted them aside
, and through the opening appeared tn
pale, ghastly face, with blood-stained gasl
upon the forehead, and dark, wild eye
g1aring at us savagely.
We would have screamed, but our tor
gues Glove pOwerless to our mouths, an
: for some moments we could not utter
! sound, while that ghastly face still locke
in upon us with its savage eyes.
MAY be frightened to DEATH" at las
exclaimed Nell, IF stand any such mol
sense! I'll see what that ghost is made o
or I'll know the reason whym And snatch
: ing quilt that lay across the foot of tn
!, bed, she folded it around her, and, with
; single bound, was half way across tn
: room toward the window. But the fec
! had vanished. Nell rushed up To the VIII
!. dow and peered out Nothing was to b
seen save fhe clambering vines that shaC
! ed the window. and the little terrace ths
: led from it and opened at a little distsnC
!, further on into the drawing room.
Nell fell back baffled this time, but Il,
!, ciared she would yet solve the mystery.
The next morning. at breakfast we wei
4 Of course questioned as to our adventure
during the night, and Nell undertook I
= give a description Of them. / observe
that when she came to that portion of th
story where she jumped out of BED, heroi
. allv determined TO give the ghost figh
: that Mr.. Harry's eyes twinkled with mi
!, chieyous glee.
y so you were not at all afraid, Mi
r Nellr he said, addressing that youn
u lady.
y y Nell, emptying her mouth OF coffee an
g homemade biscuit, and passing her coffi
! cup. "Ysu see, Mrs. Dean, it hasn't inte
: fefed with my appetite in the least"
During the day, Nellie and Harry thre
down the gauntlet to each other, and fort
. with began Almost alarming fiirtatiO
= which continued all day long, and in Il
evening, too, till We retired 10 our room.
That night we were not visited by u
II ghost. At breakfast, next morning, aul
and uncle and cousin Harry express
p their surprise when we declared that v
o had received no ghost visit that night.
you must have frightened it ava
Miss Nellie" said Harry, with wickt
q smile.
n Eyes, guess So" returned Nell, COOL
Aftcr breakfast was over commences
g Nell's filtration with Harry again. Itw
r perfectly disgraceful, and 1 assure you
was highly scandalizcd; but my we
J. meant circumstances with that young la(
n were only ridiculed and laughed al.
G. Things went on this way for a wee
II and had l not picked up beau in
friend of Harry's who came to see us Fl
e, quently, I'm sure | would have died of Il
2, blues, for those two-Nell and Harry
hadn't a single word to say to anyone b
At themselves.