New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-30

i was thankful for the light, ana ieIG Iuem
walking on, whilst ran up for Mary's painting /
materials, and locking the door, ] put the key |
in my pocket, meaning to return again rs at.eI
dinner and try to elueidate the mystery. When |
Ijoned them, Mary. was asking my WlIe . now ,N, |
she dared come alone all the way from my |
house to that dreadful place.
She replied, she would rather do so at any |
hour of the night than be kept IN suspense, ana
added: AS soon as the day began to close
looked for you; but as you did not CoMe, 1
thought Frank must have called foryou ana was !
liouiging you in the town. But when Iu'ly an
hour after dinner was ready, he came PACK
without You, and rushed OF like mailman when
asked for you, was for the moment DeWiIu-
cred hut thinking YOU must have been taken
i'll, and that Frank would want hep anu 1i IN,
hurried to the kitchen for lantern, ana Oolu
one of the girls to put on her things and accom-
pany me to the Dukes House, ior you W bI,e
there, and must have been taken III. buC
would YOU believe it Z She fatty refused, saying
it served you right for going there; You wouId
never be found, for never person golnB het5r
that house after dark was ever seen w TIC
ridicuIed her nonsense, and Appealed 10 Tue
others but neither would co. 30 hau HV I'll
Tentative bnt to come ALONE" ILL.,.
When we reached home, went to the ceIlar,
and got bottle of Moselie, ana hlaue ~ m sst
down to dinner. We were just settled to des-
sert, when friend dropped in for band at
whist and wondered at our beng SO lare. fo.
told him the reason and then asked Mary LOT
her story, as had forbidden her talking ABOUT
it until she had got her dinner. r,.. 80
She began After yOd left me, worked on
for a long while, UNTIL feeling hungry, L looked
at nv watch, and found it was past O'Clock:
then ate my sandwiches, and after taxing
turn through Esome of the rooms, setIleu mug
work again. had not been long thus Oceupleu
when was aroused by strange irregular NOISES
which seemed to come from the landinG ABOVE;
I then awoke to the consciousness that L nau
been hearing a scuffiiDg OF feet Tor some IlIUe
time. The scufling commenced again; and
GOT ND, moved cautiously to the door,
which was aiar and looked out just In
time to see an old bag disappear in doorway
above and the door close softly BEHIND her'
stepped up, and noiselessly opened the door,
and peeped in; but to my great surprise, tnc
room was empty. / walked in TO see II there
was any other door through which she could
have passed but there was not; nor was there
a window she could have got out OF. l was
fairly puzzled, for you know don Delleye IN
ghosts. went down to my room, but coulu nOt
settle to work. went up again and again put
conld discover nothing, nor could Il detect q
sound 1t was broad day when saw ner anu
now | found it was getting too dark fOr me 70
do any more of my painting, so SatherSu III
Together and put them in one corner, ready TOT
tomorrow morning, and sat down TO Walt IoI
you. As it was now getting oars anu ndu
been expecting you since O'Clock, / IIlOuSHC
won muSt have forgotten me, so went uOWn 10
see if l could find any means OF egress; AS
could not, / returned to my room, where c0ulu
watch for your cOminSj Tor 1t was NOT so ulIk
but | could see any object crossing the court;
Whilst | was thinking whether l shOulu zen
Won about the old woman tonight or wait until
tomorrow, the wind rose moaning amongst tue
| trees, which made 1T very dreaIy out soon i
| heard sounds above the sOughlng OF the WHO'S
! strange heavy thuds below me; ana the leSenuS
| Won told me as we walked through some OF the
rooms in the morning rushed to my mlnd Out
| | soon banished such nonsense, knowing IL lnusI
| he produced by living beings"
"What did he tell yOu II asked my Wlte.
| ha told me abOut
! who for some baleful reason whipped ms untor-
innate wife every night through the house, her
| lamentations being heard by any one VINO hau
| the temerity to lie near the house after DARK
| Well all was quiet again for a little while,
| when | heard voices, and the SOUND 81 some
| thing being shuflled and dragged up the STAIRS
| toward the room / was in. | cTept bchlnu the
door and holding my breath, peeped through
! fine creyice To my horror saw two ruifans
dragging up something wrapped In q sueeti
! they dragged it to the room had examiner py
| daylight. The door opened, emitting luIid
| glare. Whey entered, but did not stay long, Tor
| they soon came out and, tfamped down stairs
| again, leaving the door partly OPEN hearo
| the sound of their footsteps die away IN thc
lower basement, and GALL Lbeing quiet, l stole
0uietly up the stairs. and peepPd into the room;
There before fire OfsTed eInbcis, $1,000 the OH
bag saw go up IN the afternoon; que WIS
| stirring something in caidTon on INC HIe' gIo-
| herring and muttering like the witches IN Mac
beth. She turned round, and | Thought her
| 0aze fell on me- felt myself sliding down,
and remembered no more until was again
aroused by the same two demons coming up
| with another bundle What could do They
| would soon be up. / knew now that the Ola
| witch had not seen me, for / was left unmo-
Tested. | saw | might gain my room before
they could possibly reach II ana tfey s0 %C snd
| knew no more until you reused me-"
| When She bad ended, / said: Mary, dear,
do Won not think you must have dropped OIL to
sleep whilst waiting. for me, ana your gloomy
4 thaf
You know it has been proved that one minutes
dOze suf1ices the soul for vagaries which, IN our
waking hours, would take weeks to perform"
NO she replied al sd aSs dc Vo Snt think
in broad day, especially after l saw the Oid
woman vanish out of my sightP
GThen you do believe in ghostsT laughed
ont.
sIndeed, 1 do not; but II is all so pulling"
@And you are certain she ala not come OUT
'T Souite positive for did not take my eyes
off the door, until l was in the room, ana 1
see if she had hid herself there. But it was all
wv We'll, / would believe in its being haunted
. rather than in its being den OF wholesale
murderers Were our town seaport o or nf fo
smugglers, who had had scuilie, with inc
, coastsuard, and had brought home their dead
to give them burial. Then Thought OF the
| resIIrrectiOniStS or D0dy -snalcuctsj puO NV
was no medical school in the neighbOrhood. OF /
would have put down at once to one OF those ,e
worthless. The more thought, the more, ielt
, Convinced it was the result Of my Cousins dis
ordered imagination, from being left all alone
at nightfall in such ghOstly building 49,
, After while said; " Whist Il out on t ne
1 question Tonight; no ones thoughts would be
n in his or her hand so, il Tom would like a
stroll, 1 am ready for one"
He He eagerly accepted the invitation but my ny
: wife and Mary both sprung up and intercePte req
! MS on our way to the door, saying should nO'
! 90 out. She knew meant to go to the House.
! and if did, she would 90 too. | pooh pooled
| - 10 nf nninn thnrn. eRneciaIlY inter WIN