The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-14

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unforeseen complications which pres
emily arose.
These. albeit OF somewhat puerile
nature, were calculated to occasion the
baronet both annoyance and disqui-
etude, especially as a messenger had al
! ready ridden over from the vicarage,
charged with letter for Dick from his
irate sire, who proffered grievous com.
| plants on the same score.
The story of the mysterious interfer-
ence of that popular celebrity, various
| " dubbed the "Burnham WRATH"
THE Cross Roads Spectre" and the
Barnes Common Ghost n second
time on young Carlisle's behalf. had cir
cuated more widely within twenty-four
! hours of the original rescue, than
dwellers in cities and towns. unac-
| qualnted with the ignorance and gross
superstition still prevalent among rus
! ties in small villages. will readily be-
lieye. The carriers had told their story
over friendly glass on Christmas Eve.
and ere noon Of the following day it
| had been freely discussed at the bar of
of the Pig and Whistle, whence, in due
course, il was waited abroad right and
left, by the very birds of the air. Jack,
the gardener, had already listened,
open-mouthed, 10 clrcumstantial re-
cital-at secondhand, with the conse-
quent and inevitable embellishments
attending an er plrte statement-of the
mysterious occurrence before he, too,
in turn was called upon to play a lead
ing part in the second rescue OF MATS
ter CarliSle's charmed leifen on the
evening of Christmas Day; in fact, rs
upon reflection later he did not hesitate
70 declare, he should have been some
what chary Of disturbing himselfat lis
bit Soupper' so shadowy and Wis
ionary was the appearance OF the spec
tire on the threshold, according 10 the
testimony of this witness that a mon
might we'll be REUSED for dooting tn
evidence O. hisSen own cen ''-Save for
the recollection OF the carriers story.
and the dire results which must have
accrued from any hesitation on their
part to yield compliance 10 the kindly
message from the shadow-and
SO, as we know, with this bright eX-
ample-and possibly the consequent
somewhat too liberal reward of disin-
tereSted virtue reaped by Tom and Bill
--Uppermost in his thoughts. Jack had
sailed forth with results already famil-
lar 10 the reader, cut let none do the
sturdy gardener the injustice Of suppOs-
ing that he deprived his neighbors OF
that need OF information upon the sub
ject which was without doubt their e-
climate portion.
Neither was it likely he would refrain
from tanning TO a bright and lambert
fame the glowing spark of not0ucty
which had descended upon his mantle
a spark which had already spread to So
considerable an extent, that Jack felt
much as though he were hencefOrtl
destined to tread an illuminated path
through life. with positive nimbus
round his head, For all Of a sudden he
found himself an authority 10 he con-
suited, perfect oracle at the Pig, a
man 10 be buttonh0led and interviewed
At the very foot Of the Market Cross.
He was determined TO bowl out forth
with those minor cdnons, those lesser
lights, the uncertain, heSltdting Tom
and Bill; so he told his story boldly,
plainly, calling spade spade, or TO
be accurate, ghost a ghaist''
Further, he described his own SenSd-
tons. and the awe-striCken expression
upon the features OF his wife. when 18th
appirltlOn all on suddlngN appeared
upon the narrow threshold of his home,
be analy2ed the very "twitchin' in his
limbs, the while he harken'd t tn
voice, which seem'd strange an distant
loke so to say. as tho from Heaving"
lie dweit no less forcibly on the disap-
pearaNee from this sublunary sphere Of
F1ys 81, nh
all in a gitIey loike, " presumably unbe.
gulled even 10y the aroma Of fried ba-
con, which, without doubt just then
filed the little kitchen; for the descrip-
ton OF the succuleut "moisei viii hap
pend & be Oplfted' at the critical mo-
meut upon Jacks fork played in que
course no mean role in this thrilling
narrative OF startling facts.
No wonder folks listened spell bound,
9TH very blood runnin' cold i ones
veins as MIS- TOPPING the washer.
woman, observed to her friend and
neigbDor, Widder Smith, over dish
0 early tea In the belief Of these
worthless, 1t would Dc no longer safe
fur tn BARNS { be letten rim loose
alter iOour O'Clock, for as soon as twi-
light shadows began 10 deepen who
cold say 'ow soon tn critter might see
bit t air itsenT'
Why, even Ned and jonathan, the
sexton and grayc-digger-local celebri-
ties popuIarIy supposed 10 be proof
against mortal fear or belief by natur
o their calm IN sundry well-authen-
tlcated lingering relies of village super
stltlon- had been heard to declare that
Jack DaWk,n5 certainly had way o.
Splnnin' yarn as made ones finger
ends cold. an III hair o ones mead
tarn creepy Ike In short. before
noon Of the day succeeding Dicks i'm.
morslon in the squirrels lake, belief in
the supernatural was spreading with
alarming rapdity throughout the
length and breadth Of decorous Burn.
ham, which boosted its chapel and its
Westinghouse, th' "Independent' fac
ton and tn "Methodics,n - in addition
to the iyy-Grown Established Church,
over the spiritual welfare of whose con-
gregation Vicar Carlisle was privileged
to preside
The reverend gentleman was justi6a-
bly, irate, particularly when it trans
PRED that not only did Dicks name
bgnre prominently in this ridiculous
local gossip, but rnmor likewise whis-
pered that this most audacious of all
known wraithS had actually ventured