The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

country make had seemed to enter from
the adjoining parl0r. A towel hung
over one shoulder. He approached,
very near to my bed.
What do you wallt?' inquired.
Excuse me for disturbing you, but
on the other side Of the parlor another
room like this communicates with it.
side of the stove which stands there lies
great treasure. Look for it, He
bowed and passing his hand through his
curls dissap could hardly tell
how. He did not seem to 60 into the
parlor again. Being very busy all day
soon forgot this singular dream, as I.
considered it, and after spending the
evening at the house of one of the mag
mates fthe place returned to my room
as late as one at night. I soon fell
asleep and the boy appeared to me:
again saying:
You paid no heed to what told
YOU last night about the treasure under
the floor. I assure you it will he very
little trouble for you to search for it, you
will be well rewarded"
Here Madame Mikailitsch stared ear
nestly at her husband, who seemed to
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the colonel, who was lister ing attentive
ly, etrokine his whiskers meanwhile.
II attributed this second dream to the
impression lett on me by the first, and
to the fact that had eaten a pretty good
supper ct the house of my new acquaint-
ance. The youth left nle with an ex-
preston of displeasure on his counten-
ance and omitted to bow. In the morn
ing Agatha knocked at my door, and
taking out of the bosom o her dress two
letters handed them to me. They re-
4uired my presence at the house of u
farmer some miles distant" There the
narrator arose, lit another cigar, drank q
little wine and looked out at the sky be-
fore resuming his story. Meanwhile the
| lightning became less frequent and iii !:
thunder q mere distant growing.
| returned to my quarters" contin-
ued Mikailitsch, "about o'clock, and
after tea put on my dressing gown and
seated myself at my round table to write
letters. 1T was half past IL when l fin
sleeping awhile l awoke suddenly. A
hand seemed to touch the chords of the
Old dnlcimer, actually played a tune on
it. | seized q match and hastily lit nv
| candle. l looked everywhere, there was
! nobody to be seen. The door leading in
to the parlor was closed and locked,
though had left it open. unlocked it
and went in, nobody there, aud into the
empty room, empty all except the stove
on the other side. Still nobody to be
seen. This room found communicated
with another, also empty not containing
| even a stove. Going into this my atten-
ton was attracted by a small, low door,
partly open. Beyond were three steps.
Going down these steps, at the risk of
having my candle extinguished by the
with rubbish, empty bottles, broken
boxes, and where the ceiling was too
low to permit me to stand upright. There
being nobody in sight, there was moth
ing to do but return to my own room. l
don't at al! object to say that, although
nothing of a coward, did feel my heart
beat faster than usual. 1 examined the
sympathetic Instrument It open
although it was closed when went to
bed. There might have been q rat
running over the keys, but how could he
play tune? So blew out my candle.
and, lying down, slept till morning"
! "What the devil could it have bccn?"
asked the Colonel.
'Who knows? Well ihe next night I
took care to lock the door between me
and the parlor, as we'll as the one on
the other side. by means of which access
could be had to my room from the little
garret. | heard distant clock strike
twelve. ] cndeavored to remain awake.
From my bed could in the dim light
distinguish the dulcimer, it was closed.
Everything was hushed in the silence of
midnight, except my watch. After some
time l heard footsteps in the parlor.
they came nearer and nearer-thcv
paused--;hen the dulcimer was heard
one tune and the another. Igrasped my
friend, the matchbox. The first match
tailed me, as first matches generally do
on an emergency. With the second I
ut my friend, the candle. Again |
distinctly heard footsteps in the parlor.
l went there, but found no one. 1t was
now, by my watch, two O'Clock. l went
to tile table and wrote Oh scrap Of pa
per wi h Il led.pencil, Two O'Clock. |
am awake. In the morning when
l could not tcomprehendit. Could have
got up in my sleep to write that l was
| "Aow did itall end?" asked the colonel.
!, "lou mean to inquire what took place
the next night. Nothing at all, for in
the course Of that day received a tele-
gram obilging me to leave Variloff, and
have never been there slnce-actually
came away without the treasure, with
out even looking for it,"
| How unfortunate! I would not have
| gone; would have sent word that I was
III. Such strange sounds-the devil!--
ana the treasure, too! What could it
II don't believe one word of it," said
Madame Mikailitsch; mot one word. It
sail nonsense, and she went to the
balcony door. "How delightful! the air
IS! Come here, gentlemen. Is not this
better than any ole story?"
! They all arose. The freshness of the
atmosphere after the storm was most ex-
hilarating. The gentlemen brought ont
their chairs and sat in the balcony srnok-
ing unit! the first streaks Of dawn
stretched across the eastern sky. The
lady went on an exploring expedition.
house. ~ wv
"Morning," said the Colonel. and We
have been upal! night. think will 20
to my. room and get an hours sleep or
SO and join you ut breakfast, Sercei.5
AS You please, Colonel, you know
the way"
"By the way, M'kaiIits:h, is there
any, any use in asking you to stay to break
1lStl
:'None at all. / see my horses ready
down below, and I think hear my
"a word before she comes-how was
it about that ghost Of yours?''
"Well, I really did go to Variloff. and
really slept in the deserted old house
and saw the musical instrument. The
OLD man told me some nonsense while /
drank my tea,. and in repeatingit I
have substituted II for 'he'. That is ali.
Here she comes"
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