The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-24
MISS MILDReD,s WARNING.

sf Elfrida Moore held aloft before us a
dreadful image. "a house-made ghost.s
she called it, laughing at the terrific re-
suit Of her half-hour Of sedulous occupar
ton. eg -
It tOds horriblel sS'
We had been reading, that afternoon.
about the Princess Amelia, the ill-fated
sister Of Frederick, King of Prussia. g
One thing brought up another And
when an allusion was made to the
Woman with the Broom, who was said
TO have haunted the Prussian palace, at
that time, Elfrida sought carpet-brush,
with a long handle, IN the closet at The
head of the stairs, and standing in the
outer chamber alone, began to dress Il
artistically in a sheet, by way of showing
MS her own idea of the phantom that
troubled the rest of Pr1lssia's Kings.
We girls were alone In the wing
chamber, which had been allotted for our
occupancy by Miss Mildred Fay, the
owner Of the lovely farm, and the COM
Portable, old-fashioned farmhouse in
Western Pennsylvania, where, with our
parents, and other friends, we were
spending the early vacation months of
the opening summer. s
~ One other girl, sRlfrida's first .cousin.
- Evelyn Moore. shared the wing cham
4 kf III f5he had now rome Eog tba VILLAGE
I'D tziies distant, for the evening mGl. H
And Elfrida, who was somewhat eri3f4
GUS of Evelyn's scholarship, social positi6ns
and good looks, declared that she would
leave her "wonan with The broom so
near the door of our chamber, and in
10 such a position, that it would inevitably
tered To- bring onr letters ''o e
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