Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-01
the OLD s,".. HOUSE.

There il an Old Stone house FIR back
in the old Fauhpurg Msrigny. with
ruined ,bles and moss-covered roof.
The wild vines crept up the gray walls
and the mildsw clines to the articles.
The soft twilight gathers around the
pillars and arcades. while the summer
NIGHT wipds nestle among the ciinging
wv. L,ng-a9O memories blend with the
legend that hannts the place. Silent
and still the old house stands, u relic of
other ti,ues. lis glory and magniticeuce
have fed: the feet Of the spnnler hive
tranp,ed down its splsndors. hut sven
in dec " it shows how grand it once
had been.
Now Az the mOnnheems CLEAN around
its qnsint mosaics. lighting upits sculp-
TIRED arches End broken ssatusry. n
mouruful beauly fingers ON tn. Gene
1t was such q night "a this, not many
years AGO, that thu horror WAS reve led
that made it desolate. Ii Wa then the
residence of merchant. who hid pur-
chased il from the last desoendsnt Of
the Spanish founders H. hsd not dis
turbed the cid furniture nor displ iced
the adornu ents Of the grand old rooms.
Az he found it. 30 had the house re-
m .ined. The superstitioIs Of the ri .ce
were even respected. and the closed
room far hack in the wing Of the man.
sion endured no intru zion. The old ser
wants looked upon this room with a
nameless dread; why. they could
scarcely tell-but il was haunted. From
children they hsd grown up 10 look upon
il with horror. Generations al D iased
away since the room wss closed. but the
legend that clune ~ it WA fresh in
their memories. and the fears il had
created were still vi lid.
1t was said that msuy wears ago an
old Spaniard had condemned his leau-
iif1l daughter to impris 'nment in that
cell like vault. and that she had died
there of want Often, the old servants
said. of stormy nights. when the wind
screamed through tn. ruined gables and
the broken arches young girls cries
Tor help. mingled with the echoes Of thu
storm. and the means If one in distress
were Sometimes heard in the silent Ger
r,dors. 1t Wis said. too. that in that
room were sfored the jswels and We It'll
# q baocsnesr, bat If this we're ~. n,
treasure oOuld he more securely guarded.
The story IF the hannt.d room kept far
away intrusive footsteps and pryipe
eyes. So time went ON. and the mlidew
gathered on the crushed marbIes and
the graceful arches Of the old stone
house. Silent and still remain.d the
darkened room. aud the old legend be-
came tale told with trembling lips aud
superstifioos awe.
Bot time in its flight had brought a
change to its inh-,bit sntl. A few yesrs
ago new clsisnsuts"f the property mp
pearea upon the scene. The father IF
the last owner hid twv s,ns. The eldest
had died in Spsis., the youngest snc-
cr'd~d 90 the estats, and. b,.ine will
and r-ckiess. s.pon .qBandered his reve-
nues. and NJ last sold IL iotfis auercn mi
vino then Resided in il fiut beioFs she |
fsiher's ds'-th he n,de will BE new
or believed his i lest son WIS de- To |
him the old Stone house " left. Ia |
o sse his de tn without heirs Wa proved. |
then it descsad d 20 ira Younger -on.
These new ri i'm nts We're thu si,n and |
daughter Of TIA. exiled hs.ir. AItho,,eu /
the will wss probtt.,d and it, provsons
there Yet remHined -Dsn-
papers necessary tn establish their idsn-
ttty. These papers could noxnere he |
found. Many claimed that none snch
over existed. and laughed u ssorn tie
prstrnsions Of tbs young people. WIN |
had cru8sssd ttie seA ~ 81 tim tiis de "a !
heir's jnhofItsnce. Huit had been cum- |
and tle day IT trial Wa 40
pguaahina. Fu- u,rny su0nthA 80 had |
bosu euployed IN lnokinQ MP svid~no
I'D nNsrohiae The Ts0wds n the fsmilv
~ vsee - lnUyeees . istsus-unly q. J