Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-09-09


"Here, e | said call fielsi.
.9ndeed, she replied, il
81 wrong 70 gise me such \ Esi
We had fearhed Der by kA
and By The light Of the Ianlefn
brought she eaaght sigft q
bisnched face. aA
To niysiwlIess inleffogasorsss j
ing erilluaSs the p0nf Elfi 81 sI.E zf
that she wms not iii. bul terrified
sfsIlwdlidlIy0a al, FsEc aadeA
il gff home"
@she bsgsnx ss 4szss =
'sAfier yo0sIefi ME worked on ss4
long time, until, feeling hungry, =
looked at my watch and found it was
past . O'Clock. then ale my sand
wiches. and after taking a turn through
some Of the rooms, settled into work
again. ] had not been long thus occu-
pied whenl was aroused by strange,
irregular noses which seemed to come
IRON the landing shove. then awoke
10 The consciousness that I had been
hearing the scufiliBg of feet for some
time. The scufflIng commenced again,
and ! got up, moving cautiously to the
door, winch was ajar. and looked out
Just in time to see an old hag disap-
pear in doorway above, and the door
closed softly behind her. I stepped up
and noIselessly opened The door, and
peeped In: but TO my surprise The room
was empty. walked in 20 see if there
was any other door through which she
could have passed; but there was not;
nor was there window she could have
got out of. was fairly puzzled, for
you know don't believe in ghosts. J
went down TO my room, but could not
settle to work. / went up again and
again, but could discover nothing, nor
could detect sound 1t was broad
day when saw her, and now found
1t was getting too dark for me to do any
more painting, so | gathered all to-
gether and put them in the corner,
ready tor Tomorrow morning and sat
down TO wait for you. Asit was now
getting dark, and | had been expecting
you since 8 o'clock, thought you must
have forgotten me, so I went down to
see If could find means of egress. As
] coald- not, | returned TO nv room,
where / could watch for your coming:
for il was not so dark but that could
see any object crossing the court
Whilst ] was thinking wheth<.. |
should tell you about the old We
man tonight on wait until tomorrow,
iss-sS sS.---s-s - -. ESoasriug nE1i0Hgs
trees which made /; very dreary;v but
soon ] heard sounds above the sigliisg
of the winds, strange heavy thuds be-
low me; aud the legends you told me
as we walked through some of the
rooms in the morning rushed through
my mind: but ! soon banished such
nonsense, knowing that it must be pro-
duced by living beings"
"What did he tell your" asked my
wife.
"Why, he told me about a very
wicked duke who, for some baleful rea-
son, whipped his unfortunate vile
every night through the house, her
lamentations being heard by any one
who had the temerity to be near the
house after dark. Well, all was quiet
again for awhile, when heard voices,
and the sound OF something behind
shufiied and dragged up the stairs to-
ward the room was in. crept be-
hind the door and peeped through The
crevIce. Tony horror I saw two ruff
fans dragging up something wrapped
in sheet; they dragged It into the
room undetermined BY daylight. fhe
door opened emitting a lufid glare
They entered bat didn't stay long, Tor
they soon came out, and lramped down
stairs again, leaving the door partly
open. heard the sound of their foot
steps die away in the lower easements,
and, sll being quiet, stole quietly up
the stairs and Peeped in the room.-
There, before fire OF red embers,
stood the old bag saw 20 up in the
afternoon. She was stirring something
in a Caldron on the FIRE, gibbering and
muttering like the witches in MAC
BETH" She turned round, and
thought her gaze fell on me. felt
myself sliding down, remembered no
more until ] was again aroused by The
same two demons coming up with
another bundle. What could 4 do 2
They would soon be up. I knew~now
that the old wretch had not seen me,
for was unmolested. I saw / might
gain my room before they could posi-
bly, reach il, aud they would not hear
me above their own din. dId SO. and
knew no more until you reused me"
The more thought the more fsit
convinced il was the result Of my ccns-
sin's disordered imagination, from be-
ing left all alone at nighifall IN such =
ghostly building.
Alter awhile | said "Wkist IS out
of the question tonight; no ones
thoughts would be in has or her hand;
so il Tom would like stroll | arn ready
for one."
He eagerly accepted.the invitation !:
but wife and Mary beth sprang Up and
intercepted Us on our way to the door,
say ing | should not 90 out.
She knewI meant to 90 to the house,
and IL | did, she would gotoc. ] pooh
poohed the idea Of going there, especi-
ally aiIer what Mary had told Us.
You don't believe word that
told you'll am snre you DO not: can
see il By the twinkle of your eyes -
she exclaimed-'a and don't yoai -.
Tom, let me beg Of ycu'' Mary bad a
special interest in Tom; ''aRd then be
won't care to 20 alone.
SO Tom promised, fully meaning to
keep the promise. am sure: and we
were showed to pass.
AS soon as we got outside. said