Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-01-20
4 FASCINATING GHOST.

Wv how to 4pel and who writes good
hand to do copying in the country for two OF
three months. Mu-t remain IN the employer
house. Address IN own hand. stating what salary
Il expected Y. Box 400. this 9iice
This was an advertisement | cut out
81 the Ereniag Post one spring after
noon.
In the old days | had been book
keeper for the late concern Of Skin
flint, Starvchimout & Co., and while
with them ! had been getting good
salary, and, To my sorrow be it said
lived pretty well up TO il: 50 as | made
nothing ny the failure Of the concern,
and lost my place as well. had come
down very low. / had saved a little,
more by good luck than from fore
thought, and this little, used with the
strictest economy, and added to by a
few dollars made here and there III odd
ways, was NIL that had kept me alive
for eighteen months. However. |
didn't feel quite disposed to go 10 the
dogs yet, for there was always Il chance
Of something turning up n a great city
like New York.
As | looked around my room that
evening ! realized how bare it was OF
either furniture or adornments; how
unlike Ali, well, there was my pa
per; and unfolded it with all the
glee 0f child over 4 new story book.
There was, Of course, the usual politi-
cal news, the usual number Of railroad
dents and criminal proceedings,
there were items Of interest to invest
ora and thcater-goers and travellers; but
nothing for me. had no money to i'll
vest, Or for theaters, Or travelling. So
skipped I'LL that aud went on TO the ad-
vertisements, and the only one Of them
I'LL worth reading twice was the adver-
tsement quoted above.
! read it two or three times, and then
decided il was worth trying. So |
hunted up II sheet of paper and add
dressed \ NJ follows:
~ Dim Mr.. HES ur lIiss Y. notice
yeur advertisement in to-day issue OF the Exon
IN Part My handwriting you can see for your
self Ny spelling | think Is usually correct and
there is NJ doubt | am gentleman. As to salary
don't know what 10 any don't wish to value
my services nj more than they're worth Should
yon mean by remain in employers house
would be boarded and lodged at your expense my
price TINT i. asking price is five dollars n
week
Yours respectfully,
JAMES " WoleoTr.
The next afternoon | heard from my
friend III, Who proved ID he man Ills
letter run thus:
IAMrs NJ. Noleorr. Ena
Nv D,tu .Sp lon may Ii L gentleman
write good hnnd and know how q spell, but
you're Il fool neluse siNty three cents the fare
~ ou will take the a. NJ train to-lnor-
morning from Grand Central Depot and
when yan arrive al . ask for my carriage ns
4 will be there @ meet yna.
onrs etc,
Sof. llrNrREya.
Sol. Hum fhreys the last man in the
world ] would voluntarily have written
60. and for employment, too Two
years before ! had very nice little
Irritation with pretty Mabel Humph-
reys, and il had gone so far that If the
crash III my affairs had not occurred, |
believe there might have been an UNI
derstandiug, II not an engagement.
hut ~ II was put away all thoughts
~ loye making and dropped pretty
Mabel very suddenly, without any kind
IA IN understanding. and | had not
seen her since. And now 10 think !
had fairly got myself into il againl
l'ut, ! reflected, might not see much
III Mabel after NIL 81 much the better.
Bread and butter WIS Il necessity and !
must 10 and make the best Of it.
The next morning caught the train,
hut missed my breakfast, and by the
time reached the house | was de-
cidedly hungry.
MIR Humphreys met ME II the door,
and ! was pleased 10 see he did not
seem to remember mo NJ MI Ha mt
up his eyeglasses, and inspected me
from head to foot
50 you're James W. Woleott. are
you young man
told hun he was not mistaken. i
always had that name-horn with 1t, |
aelleVed-
Anu you think you're II gentle
man
begged ms pardon didn't think
anything about II i was self-cvident
tact
The old fellow grinned. suppose
yeu come N and have some breakfast,
Nou haven't had any, SUPPOSE
! said had not.
Well, come III md have some"
After breakfast Mr. Humphreys led
me way INTO the library and mouoned
me g take 4 char, while he explained
what my work was to be- He had
been writing history, or text book of
ferns he was an enthusiastic hotaniSt
and had wanted il copied for the
press. The work of rewriting the
whole thing legihiy was more than he
wished 10 undertake 50 he had adver-
tised for an amannensis.
After this had been explained to me,
Mr. Humphreys started up. Get
your hat, Mr.. Noleott. | want to show
you around.
All through the house and all over
the place he took me. and when he got
- the farther extremity Of the grounds
he rauscd, and pointing to huge stone
house beyond said I'm trying 10
buy that house. I'm very anxious 10
40 IL hut my daughter Objects
asked him why she objected
"Well, you see, Il hasn't been occu-
pied lately. and she says its gloomy.
says its haunted. and she wouldn't like
@ live N u.
Miss Humphreys can'treally believe
that 70 he true. | answered.
Il don't know whether She does or