The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-06-26

until you aroused ne"
I When she had ended, said. .sNarv
dear, do you not think You must have
dropped off to sleep while waiting for
me, and your gloomy surroundings
caused that very ugly dream? You know
it has been proved that one minutes doze
sutfces the soul for yagaries which in
our waking hours, would take weeks to
perform"
" No. she replied; Il did not sleep
one moment. Besides, should / sleep,
do you think, in broad day, especially
after | saw the old woman vanish out Of
my sight %
Then you do believe in GHOSTS |
laughed ont.
" Indeed, do not; but it is all so puz-
zling."
And you are certain that she did not
come out again ?"
"Quite positive; for l did not take nv
eyes of the door until | was ID the room.
and | walked INTO the large fireplace and
looked to see If size had hid herself there,
But it was all clear up up to the sky"
Well, | would believe in its being
haunted rather than III its being den Of
wholesale murderers. Were our town a
seaport or near the sea, | should think it
was a haunt for smugglers, who had had
a scutfe with the coastguard, and had
brought home their dead to give them
burial Then | thought of the resurrec-
tionists or body-snatchers; but there was
no medical school in the neighborhood.
or | would have put it down at once to
one of those worthless The more [
thought, the more felt convinced it was
the result OF my cousins disordered
imagination, from being left all alone at
nlghtfall In such ghostly building.
After Il while | said: "Whist is out
Of the question tonight; no ones
thoughts would be in his or her hand: so,
If Tom would like a stroll, | am ready
for one"
He eagerly accepted the invitation; but
my wife and Mary both sprang up and
intercepted us on our way TO the door.
saying | should not go out. She knew
| meant to go to the house. and if [ did
she would 60 too. | pooh-poohed the
idea OF going there, especially after what
Mary had told us.
You don't believe word | have told
you-I am sure You DO not; [ can see it
by the twinkle Of your eyes " she ex-
claimed" And don't you go, Tom, let
me beg OF you Mary had a special inter
est III Tom); and then he won't care to go
alone. "
So Tom promised, fully meaning to
keep the promise, [ am sure, and We
were allowed to pass
As soon rs We GOT outside T said
"Well, Tom, | did not promise, nor do
/ wish to break yours; but [ am off to
the sDuke's' / have the key in mr.,
pocket and wish 70 satisfy myself. TO-
morrow may be too late !"
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We according did and Tom suoo stad
our taking n pair Of pistols. in case of
need. / firmly believe Tom honaI to
brush with tbe Villains
A,Tivinp tbprn we walked rouol tie
house before an+.',inr,i # AMI ,,aa,,,E INTO
every nook we could find. At last we
directed or glance to the upperregions;
and abOu+ half yy9v ia tbe rirc1I9r. tower
we thought wacouil discern = lirht This
was the wing Mary had chosen, far her
sketch Tom couli 81. Il ton 81 ~ 1a-
tarminad ON antarino and # n,ssihla
soIvlno the riJdIa g. We raorL.d 4Le
second 1o,di,,,, - 80 III. e+,;r.,.(.
With ~ carved baIns+rodn-1 ha9rd
voices and tbumpino rs # beatino heavy
substances against fhn walls When we
came to the storvwhenca we saw fine Iiobt
ON the outside Tom produced his lantern
to find the door. for So we'll did Il fiji that
we couId see no cravica Of Iioht to ouida
MS. and HAVING ouietlv onened if we
peeped in: but ali was dark. We enter
Ell bDt Il was o1ita nmn+v and tba ia
npst1v BEING s+rinnn1 fr0m the wells
showed NOTHING Int the ro1ob stones
All was now so duiet that il really seem
ed as though we had disturbed demon
nbantons at +bn rovaIs
said r. Tom. e.Wbat can he tba
meaning Of This >"
When lust As he was going to reply,
the noise commenced again. and We