The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-05-13
THE HAUNTED HOUSE.

tluf W Ueu HE udt you re SWIu6 L(
drht here IN de Simmons cabinr'
a{tl Edaike, to know. Mary Jane,
ia can't lib here Mrs. Elizabeth
e replied, and if her face had moi
i coal black, you would have seen an
IN aush color it at Mary James i'm
rnee 81 reckon folks like Joe
pe, wot kin pay our rent, kin choose
ryiooe De house amt as good as
d1s Ne lef ID Texas, and dere amt
sxhole pane OBJ glass in de kitchen
duw, but it's a handy farm fur a corn
= sad a good orchard. . We calklate
d u Kansas next year, an we lowed
lliut aeed any place dis side Stratton
|alsd Us so Well!n
snaQ'tpV much fur rent, ! guess, !"
! ah6next question, or Father asser-
n
slts dirt cheap. Only ten dollar.
xse, fszn1 salld al. De folks wot
utH il fore we coined, dey didn't
q ksl10ktse, bat fn dat one way down
|fsld Dey'll hab to turn out bag and
gye, fur Joe wants all de land fur
Iusfa As1H4
sAaybN" Mary Jane replied, with q.
le 4 hut dere' 'ssbeen tree. men fore
codied, wot tuck de farm, and!
~ ~ de land, too. Some way it
y suit 'em, fur dey gin it up de fust
Y. and Lish Potter, he's de man wot
|yQader, be kept it, and I reckon
fhbe giad to glib it up. rm mon
~ glad, Aunt 'Lizabeth, you've
.ed here, but | wish you hadn't tuck
Gmmons farm. y
q. Elizabeth was at the end of her
snce. She was a portly old woman,
towering sense of her own inn
md looked down with some-
5 ak0 contempt upon the speaker.
yJane was q distant relative, very
and shiftless, besides being weighed
2 by 9 large family Of children.
kixabeth's dignity revolted
y These obscure hints which seemed
lect against the Judgment Of her
end who had selected the Simmons
= the most eligible location in the
hoofhood. 49, 81, s
WV don'tyou speak up, Mary Jane,
9 e1 3aEYp round q ting. Ef you
zee ! Smif amt a good iedge of rich
= crappin', why you don't know
qats az, Nobody can't trow dust
|. .eye, 50 you needn't insinivate de
isn't good, Perhaps / mayn't like
lopaes fur I've been customed to tip-
oeaety, black, and white, an Ireck-
9 ioIks round here ain't much,n
: contemptuo glance at Mary |
3 shabby attire.
tell, we amt airifed," Mary Jane |
y, WIN - angry toss of her head, |
aere amt family round here |
= .R nSimmons' .hbuse ef yeupaid |
~ dollars mont. o, here's Lish |
g VIE come to see you. Maybe
fell you why folkses don't stay |
= DIS here house. :"
Elizabeth was sorely troubled in |
Aeas she greeted Mrs. Potter, who |
sharp Rfpced mulattress, with lofty |
The visitor looked around cu-
!, nghed deeply, and shuddered, |
ssst her eyes up to the ceiling. |
H
! makes me shibery ebry time l |
! NJ dis sroom,'' she explained. |
e. npst be monsrous brave, Miss |
g mo here. Pears to me I'd 90 /
g ! had to stay in q harnted house |
lGAtSA sxsssn,4,-
nsrnted house!'s Mrs. Elizabeth
aeQ, her turban quivering, and her
portly frame shaking with terror.
and daring about everything else,
y name OF ghost threw her into a
i 91ct terror. Il gass
,@.s DO tell, didn't you know it
Mrs. Potter's sharp, cunning
g fairly beaming at the excite
s9e had produced. 81 fought
Qy knowed bout de Simmons
sses: You'se . stranger, and it's
g Ar. Wiley didn't tell you why |
, ln lib on dis here place. We'se
2 nigh on to four year, but we Sc
eoer cabin. Folks come and go,
body stops. y
gdn't know nothin',' quavered
Fhtened woman.
Y ner bout it, Miss Potter" Mary
',' rather pleased at seeing her
naughty mien subdued. +,
ell, It's awful. Ole Simmons he /
s mousse ten years ago, and he was
. man, wot used to stick flies and
aes on pins, and he had great
'uii OF black beetles and snake