New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-03
THE MEMBLING GHOST.
Cnntinnch from Hnurfh nRRe.

GcJ thot George speedily ceased laughing. Indeed
the belief In the ghost was now so deep III ~
body's heart that they had finally made ND tner
minds that the rash Young man, like one who mao,
vertcntly looked upon Artemls In the FOREST nuu
been slain 10y the angry Aheesr u ee stricken by
some madness And 10! ne was before theih iaus"-
ing like an idiot. go, 1850 Ct
have IN important announcement TO make. Inc
ghost walks by day as well as by night; IL you wiz
follow me into the room you shall see nun l0r your
sclyes He Is a most Obllgn2 ghost, ana VIII 10 ~
harm to anybody He laid his hand uEoh the
handle of the door as he spoke They looked at
on; cried Laura, this is DREADFUL Jack, stop
himl Mr. Dalmahov do not call others after you
to their undoug Oh! What shall we dof wn nill
Soor W and the W weddnS guests Eowdcd after
Jack and Laura following with me resi-,
Last of all came the squire aud upon upon
his face there was look Oh ahAio'J'
He had a sense OF impending evil.
Spirit of my Anceiorl cried Laura, slnkingupon
her hnees, forgive them! Forgive us an! :, LeI not
this intrusion lead thee to revoke thy Bencdic-
Strange to say, this appeal produced no effect
upon the young mailman, who only laughed scoIH-
Ghostly fingers, Jack said George, to the Joint
author of the Narrative Next, beils ana uT'iIs'
They began George pushed ASIDE two panels ana
showed bell ringing In each and small Kettle
drum being beai en- In each. The drums icks were
attached to the frame of the drum ny hinges anu
were worked by some unknown machinery ~
VERY fair business that said George IneSo
are your church bells ringing regular peal Two
little hand bells. ladies' and gentlemen Next, the
signing and sobbing, with the cold breath
You shall see him directly Inc SAID you can
then ask him yourself At this moment the doof
shut Mostly. Look at the bar SAID George; that
is the first business now we are shu' N lhey al.
looked at each other after observing the descent OF
the bar. The whole secret lies III the bar he went
on. Now look AZ this wall You VIII see the pea
cocks feathers jumping up and down; IL anypody
il within reach they Will feel the light touch OF
ghostly fingers on their cheeks. very Inc business
Z iOr "A "A II,
happened ne had fOTei old.
IIo opened another panel and disclosed great
pair of bellows pointed directly TO the gr0up OF
spectators. 1t began to heavo upand down slowly,
with a noise like hollow grooming, and me cola
air distinctly felt. The SIGH OF the grave ana
the breath of the tomb said George, again quoting
from the Narrative You Will next, laGle5 and
gentlemen, Obscrve-ah! thero it ls'-lor then the
partition TELL back-'now the Skeletons Here they
appeared, aud they really seemed to daLcc rs IL
they had neart left for the work, and were quite
ashamed of themselves. Three of thcm-gp aud
the ceiling, out of which they fell, by strings
1hIs is the grand procession where every
=, en-, Jackt He did not s,u. continue iIlae
was staring straight before her, an angry light IN
her eyes, and flash upon her cheek ,;..
Next he went on, we have the Ancestor blm-
self In fact at that moment, the poor Old dOd-
derng figure came out h looked 80 palpdD!y
stuffed uOil IN tine machine, his face waNs0 evil
den,y "A mask, his hair was 50 certainly Whte
WOOL his knees were so groggy with loss OF saWduSt
and his whole appearance was so mex
pres'ibiy moth-eatsn shabby, and woe-begone
that it was impossible to resist laughing
at him, Everybody laughed, iuclud NJ
the Squire. though he felt sadly that the laugh was
gong TO tu-n against hlmsr H. There were Two *
captions: Laura dld not LAUGH, sac looked on IN
lcy wrath and shame and Jack md not laugh be-
cause he TEL tnat it he laughed at that moment
Laura would most Ger any never forgive NM
Therefore be preserved great sOcmulty.
his time IL was not George DaImdhOy but one
Of the brd 'Snaids who whispered so mat all could
hear. quoting from the Narrative? The sweet
La fgl ~
toward uS aud uplifting his venerable haudS pc
slowed MS hcncdi ton She was q pretty flr,
who was sald 20 nave had designs upon Jacl Dal-
nahoy, anu has since married his cousin Georee
But for some reason or other Laura does not Ike
The moor Old Ancestor disappeared in the opposite
panel lie goes backward and forward sand
GEORGE III 40 tins thing again, he VIII come out
and cross over 10 the other ii q. The performance
Is pbou. To conclude, and, ladies' and gems Icmeli,
am sure that i'm retiring from this caravan, you VIII
confess that you have never before witnessed on 50
grand scale 80 lngenlOusly constructed piece OI-
I.Hnrs. as soon rs the door was opened passed
ont tr first, followed by Jack, whom, however she
pushed away roughly thcu she Wen 10 ! own
room and no one saw TIER again thar DAY, ior,
when the second dinner belt was rung, she sent
down message that she had hca lache.
The squire, too. With auashed countcnauc",
sought SOlItude for time But at dinner ne ap-
pcarcd jocund, III high spirits. even forced spiIis
ana after dinner proposed the heat OF Slr. George
Daimah0y, who, he sad, had nd the house OF
very Unpleasant occupants ghosi, am lhJ were
all extremely grateful to hun. All the member, OF
the family muTmured their profound glafltudc, ana
n certain bridesmaid, already mentioned, laughed
a lutte laugh which everybody understood to be the
equivalent OF the Immortal Eudgr!
And then George proposed another PERFORMANCES
but tnc squire gently remarked thdt oven al me-
chauIeal guOsts might have enough. IHc II
rtpresAIbic yOuug therefore spcut the " ming,
until they began to dance, IN explaining now lie
had discovered the secrets Of the machinery, the
,ming wound by the door, the lubrlcauns ont, ana
al the rest Of the apparatus All this greatly
pleased the family, because 10 brought 1SlGiy nome
10 tnen the mechanical mus Ol tnclr great grand
father ana destroyed Their guO>t ANA the ancestral
glory OF the House. IL also pleased one OF the
budcsmads-thc one already alluded to.
The next days wedding was rather 4 dull analr
Somehow, the romance OF the hing was gone.
Ghost indccdi he lmpudcucc OF parrctHs IN as
summing "A ghost when there are ALREADY many really
old families win no ghost At AL, or at DtSo tue
mere memory aud shadow OF gnOst. And the
honeymoon would have been altogether time OF
reDuEc, but that JACK put his foot down and would
hctr no more NONSENSE about the ghost lBclsra-
Via.