The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-01
"Only by sight" he answered. He
has chambers on the same floor, and we
pass on the landing. We never speak."

"Only by sight, he answered. HE
has chambers on the same floor, and we
pass on the landing. We never speak. +"
I stayed longer than / meant. to-, and
it was striking ten as we came out on
the landing. The outer door of Mr..
Emerton's chamber was ajar. As we
passed, the inner door opened, and a
man rushed. out with scared white face.
1t was Blissett Emertoni
"Helpp he cried, tearing at his col
lar as though it choked him. aHelpi
helpp p Then there was strange gurgI-
ing noiss in his throat, and me fell for.
ward in fit. dragged him into his
chambers, which were in total darkness,
and laid him on the floor, bidding my
friend run for doctor at once, The
man Pabbled in his frenzy. "The face"
he cried, the FACET was her face
there in the court belowl Look between
the treesl3 I Hooked out. into the
court.
p The moon was up, and among the
trees near the fountain | could see the
figure of woman. She was in deep
black, and as presently she stood where
the trunk of the tree threw her white
face into relief, Icould zee that she was
looking towards the window. Probably
she mistook my figure blotted against
the window for that of Emerton's, for
as looked she raised her arms with a
strange menacing gesture and pointed
at me. Then she glided in among the
trees and was lost to sight. The doctor
came, examined Emerton, and pre-
scribed for him. Giles had a violent
fright, he said, "but he'll be all right
by and by. IT'S more. hysterical than.
anything else. Where are his friendsf'
If I wanted to learn something of
this mans strange story, what could ]
wish for better than night alone with
him. The doctor gave me certain direc-
tiong and left.
We had carried Emerton to his bed
room and put him on. the bed! z Seeing
he vas still, went into the front room,
piledup the FIRE, put on the kettlesfound
some whisky, lit my pipe, and prepared
for the night. had just turned the
burner down when became aware of
soft grating sound at the outer door.
Some one was soft opening the outer
door with key. The gas was low down.
Htrriedly fipickeds sup my overcoat and
other traces of my presence and flung
them under the large couch at the end
of the room.1 ut was an old-fashioned
sofa with hanging valance which
reached to the ground. then crept
underneath, and waited for the curtain
to rise on the drama. / had hardly got
into a safe position when the outer door
yielded, and heard q step in the pass
age that interviewed. Then the outer
door was gently closed, expected to see
the inner door open in its turn and some
one enter. The minutes went by, and
no one came. Whoever it might be was
in the passage. could hear slight
movement every now and then, and the
rustic of a woman's dress. Itmust have
been quite ten minutes since heard the
outer door opened when | noticed that
the inner one was swinging nolselessly
back on its hinges, and something was
-lG-s-%-t1--- IL
moved across the floor till it stood
right in the dim light OF the turned
down gas.
I>shall never forget the terrible sight
that met my eyes. l would have
screamed, but my tongue remained
glued to my mouth. Twas looking at
dead woman risen from the grave. Her
face had been beautiful in life; nowit
was ashen gray. The eyes were sunken
in their sockets, and her lips were pale
and colorless. The figure was draped in
lonk white shroud, and fancied the
loom was neavy a "iSn SIog,v vIe tha nhenton, @ NJ
an ~ A. 80 -. ~ .,l;daJ
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came = iAins ~, ne annar;t;om @ 90 Co.,
am ana q, aiohe WIN sIl;od saS ApsI MarcuI Me-nvI
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ihIye s.nd me bo1,,v vo;ca answer him
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:. NoniesS. %, :, ,,s,,.d +h.
nds 1ns1. sis SHtySS yo;ce fse mbting In
an agony Of fear
q Honfeas tbe foul wrong Won did me-
con sess ,y6s gbera T nv ~ noor hody lies that
- n,a1 hs h,,r;aj IN holv Ground .
Agsin the mans trembling voice
vailed. out. g will confess all .R
aFollow me.n
The apparition plided from the in
ner room, and the man followed her.
i "Writep' ~ =
The dead woman pointed to the table
where the pen and ink were, and the
man obeyed her gesture mechanically.
"Write all.t
could see from q rent in the valance
the whole scene. Whe man. white with
terror, the oeaos OF coio persplras.oh on
his brow, sat an Wfose,
Inc apparltion gndea peninu MN =. anu -''
LOGGED over ms s1ouider s8Es
once ne paused IN nls tasks
VINE az sala lne wnl'e ngutiFe.
;1i ana again ene man Woe; a.. q Z.
Inc ngure tnen gfasPe1 ,no Paper
with its waxen nngefs. GoF II saio'
polnnng 20 the Inner room.
Hltn ms eyes n1ea- upon.les tlvlu
lace, the man packea Slowly 1oI some
| paces. With a violent effort and q lit