Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-14

necessarily in removing the b,ak
fast things, and after glauciug ;wu
or three times ut me aN sat IDLY
by the winiow, he spoke.
Mr.. Fatrfax-exeuse M. SIR
but you don't look vel his mora.
ing
Il don, feel v4ry well, Bona,'
replied
Been disturbed al night, perhaps,
Sir said the old man, p inledly.
What doyou mean? Why shonld
1 be disturbed at night p
Because yours the over 4
Mprcar's Tower, SIR
| Then here is u story lha,
don't knowF | exclaimed. Go and
finish Your work, B md. 80 Gs not
TO let the women remark anything
and then me ane~ tell me about
it,
When be returned, Bond gave me
o garfield version of the tale | shall
presently relate ia the words Of one
Immediately concerned; but he add
ed, that since the commission of the
crime tnat gave Morcar's Tower its
evil name, it had been hauuled by
mysteri1us foo steps No ghost had
ever been seen but there steps
continually passed to the DOR of
the room occupied by tho owner,
and there died away. My cousin,
stout hearted practical man as be
was, had trisd every room in the
Tower without escaping from this
terrible guardian; and Bond ,honght
the nervousness caused by the
nightly visitation had helped TO
bring about Mrs Fairfax sudden
death
| Had no been richer man, the
squire would have abandoned the
Tower; but he could i'll afford 10
do so. and in time became aacus
toned TO the ghost.
did none of my cousins ever
hear it p | inquired
Yes. Sir. they did Mr.. James
and Mr.. Frank each heard il before
they left home for the last time. Mr..
Frank toll me himself, Sir, and said
he thought it might be sign be
was never coming back
Aud Harry 2
Master Harry was so much
younger. l DONE think be rightly
knew the story. Mr.. Fairfax made
the other young gentlemen and me
promise never to tell it to any one
and Master Harry wasn't one to
think of things of the Sort
How did the others find it out p
Same way as did, Sir-by mas
ter changing his room so often. They
got it out of Mrs. Fairfax, poor lady,
at last
well, Bond, suppose | can de
pend on you to help mo if try to
find out anything aoout the ghost.
Yes, Sir but I'D advise you to
leave it alone, if l might be so bold.
Ny good fellow. | can't 90 on
living here without trying to under
stand this sffair. If there is a ghost,
there must be some reason for his or
her coming; and if | could discover
the reason, it might put stop to
these visits
We'll, Sir,there's no denying that
would be good thing bnt doubt
you'll fnd it beyond you to man.
age
AT least I'll try, Bond said l, as
he left the room.
That night | placed lamps on the
stairs and in the passage that led
to them. and made Bond sit up there,
that he might notice where the
steps came from. | myself sat op,
poslte the open door of my room,
with my eyes fixed Oh the 8. aircase.
At quarter pas; one, Bond called
out, "a agreed on, 'It's coming,
SIR and minute later I distin.
guished the first footballs. Slowly
and steadily they came up stairs,
80 that | could count the NUM- Der of
steps I; they cross d the lanjiu and
the last one planted itself on the
threshold of my room; then there
was perfect silence.
shuddered, and called Bond,
who came up, white and tremb bling
Sir, The steps walked by mo
whore | sat !; | watched the lamp,
as you told me. but | saw nothing
pass between me and it l don't
know where they began; they
seemed to start at the end of the
passage, Oh, Sir, don't NEEDLE
with them,o you'll CONS to harm!'
4 hope not, Bond. . replied Il
am satisfied that there is no trick,
and | must think what is to be done
next. Go to bed nnw. for | sup.
pose we shall hear no more TO-
night.
No more, Sir, the Lord be praised
Ii only comes once in night; il
it were oftener, | don't think any
body could stand it,
The old man evidently did not
like the notion Of closer acquaint.
ance with the ghost, bat now that !
knew exactly what happened, my
own nerves were steady. | felt
that here was an opportunity OF
testing some of the theories in
which was most deeply interested
and | resolved that no effort oil
mine should be wanting TO prove
them true or false. | believed in the
power, possessed by a few strong
willie, of influencing others at dis
lance; and my own studies had &C
customed me to concentrate my
thoughts--the first step toward OK.
ercising such power,if. as | hoped
it was latent in me. l had never
heard of any attempt to control q
spirit by such means but the
idea did not appear to me imprac
ticable. Where so little is known
experiments are of use even though
their results be only negative. L
there is spirit-thus | argued
with myself-that wishes to com
municate with the owner of thi.
Tower, surly a reciprocal wish on
his part might render the process
easier.
Again, the simplest facts OF NEE
merism show that one will can con
troll another; surely a spirit, freet
from human grossness, should b,
sensitively alive to every inflnenc