South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-07-08
A Ghost in the Garrett.

They do not build such garrets now.
The house is more than 100 wears
old. 1t was my grandiather's grand.
father who built it. BY the way
continued the lady, turning on her
gnest in n sharp and bird.llle man
ner peculiar to her-'by the way, this
garnet is haunted
'How delightful Do tell me about
the ghost : cried the young luly who
had followed her into the great room
which covered half the large house.
Tie ghost, Miss Walker, is a sol
der, an officer who was killed by a
jealous husband i'll duel, which took
place here. He walks up and down.
trailing his sword after him, and is
said to be rs pale as death however,
he hasn't been seen for ten years.
though the servants are terribly afraid
OF him yet
They sleep said Miss Pettigrew,
I'm that half of the garnet which is
paltltioned off, aud use the back stairs.
They wouldn't come here for all the
world, so l make sort OF store closet
of those shelves there, and feel per-
fectly safe about my sweetmea.s.'
Here said Mrs. Pettigrew, o.
pening little door, there is still an
other pair of stairs. They lead to the
orchard. 1t is said that the idiotic
lady who caused the duel had them
bnilt SO that her lover might come to
the garnet without discovery. Itmay
be true. 1t is evident that they were
not built in the original house. No
body ever uses them now, and they
are actually moldcring away
With some difficulty she moved a
rusty bolt, and the young lady popped
down the rickety stairs.
Il can fancy the ghosts coming up
she said with little shrek, us she
drew back. 'lIow romantic.'
Descending the large, we'll carpeted
stairs that ran down the middle of the
house, the two ladies entered the par
Tor, where an elderly gentleman sat
waiting. The young lady then al
dressed him:
The rooms are lovely. pa, aud if
Miss Pettigrew will let us come we
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