Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-03

Soon afterwards found time u dine
nj the club. and there ! met All old
friend of mine, 4 harriStcr, whom had
mot seen for il wear, who after dinner
Invited ME e come tohjS chambers for
an hour.
still in Your cid djgging> then, |
said,
Z "oh no" he answered. "lvcmoved
since | saw YOU last into another set
I IKE %, capital chambers 1t No. :
/ Blank Court asked him n once il
he knew MIR Emerton
f only hy sight he answered. lie
4 mas chambers on the same floor, and
We pass on the landing. We newer
speak
Y STAYED longer than meant a. and
il was striking len 0S We came emit on
HE landing. The outer door Of Mr.
Emcrton's chamber MAS agar As We
passed The inner door opened and 4
man rushed ont with 4 scared white
face. 1t was BliSSett Emertou.
Help" he cried tearing II lis cot
/ lar as though il checked him Help,
\ help," Then there was Il strange gurg-
ling noise in his throat, and he fell lor-
ward ina fit dragged him into ms
chambers, which were i'll total darkness,
and laid him on the tloor, bidding my
friend run for the doctor III once The
man hahhled i'll his frenzy The face.
! he cried 'thc FACET was her face
there in the court below Look be
tween the trees looked out into the
court
4 The moon was up. and among the
trees near thc fountain | could see the
figure of Il woman. She was in deep
black. and rs presently she stood where
the trunk Of the tree threw her white
. face into relief, could see that she was
( looking toward the window. Probably
she mi,took my figure hlottcd against
the window for chat Of Emcwon'e, for
/ rs | locked she raised her arms with 4
strange mcnacing gesture and pointed
ut me. Then She glidcd in among the
trees and was lost to sight The doctor
I came. examined E,merton, and pre-
scribcd for him. lies had violent
\ fright hc said "hut he'll hc all right
| bv and 10y. It's more hyStcrleal than
anvthing else Where are his friends
If | wanted To- learn something Of
this mans strange story what could |
wish for better thana night alone with
him. rho doctor gave me certain d.
rcctions and left
We had carried Emcrion To his bed
room and put him ON the bed. Seeing
he was still. | went into the front room.
piled UP the fire, put on the kettle,
found some whisky, lit my pipe, and
prepared for the night had Just turn
cd the burner down when became
aware of Il soft grating sound ut the
outer door Some one was softly open
ing the outer door With Il key The
gas was low down Hurricdlv picked
Iup my overcoat and other traces oi
my presence aud flung them under the
large couch ut the end of the room. II
was IN old-fashioncd sofa with Il hang
ing valance which reached to The
ground. thcn crept underneath, and
waited for the curtain To rise on the
drama had hardly got into 4 safe
position when the outer door yielded
and | heard step in the passage that
iintcrvenCd Then the outer door WAS
gently closed | expected to see the
inncr door open iii its turn and some
one enter The minutes Went hv,and ne
one came. Whoever il might be wa'
III the passage, | could hear slight
movement every NOW and then, and
the rustic of woman'~ dress. II must
have been quite ten minutes since
noticed that the inner one waS swinging
noiselcsSlv back on It's hinges, and
sonisthia0 Was gliding into the room
Slowly il moved across the floor ill il
stood right in the dim light Of the turn
ed-down ga.
shall never forget the terrible sight
that met my eyes J would have
screamed, but my tongue remained
glued to my mouth. wa. looking At
a dead woman risen from the grave
Her face had been beautiful III life
now il was ashen gray. The eye
were sunken in their sockets, and hcl
lips were pale and colorless, The fig
ure was drapcd in long white shroud
and fancicd that the room was heavy
with the awful odor of IN open grave
Slowly the phantom moved toward the
next room and glided in. For mo
ment all was still. Then came y faint
cry. The man was awake and alone
with the apparation. "Drusillaa he
shrickcd Mercy Mercy Have
mercy ~
II heard hollow voice answer him
Rise and follow nc
What would you have With me-
Confess"
What shall confess answered the
wrctched man, his voice trembling "
an agony OF fear.
Confess the foul wrong you did me
Confess where my poor body lics Chat
it may be buried in holy ground
Again The mans trembling voice
walled out. II will confess all
Follow me
The aspiration glidcd from thc innn
room, and the man followed her.
The dead woman pointed Ia the table
where the pen and ink were, and
the man obcyed her gesture mechanic.
ally.
Write all2'
could see from the rent ii the val.
lance the whole scenf. The man white