The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-10

lack said vas sobblng, !, seems to ma llke-Halle
 Agaia the gentle touch u2oa his che k sshss lime he put up hss hand as ons catches at troublesome ry. and esSy=AAl one of the peAcosk's f~Aiher~. lie then observed that several of ,her werx slo~ly hft,ng themselves up and down.
 This, sAsd tseowge DalmAhoy, '1s more oufious than the bella" MoantaA on char. he examined lks place where tae feather was attached to ,he val To ass great surpri>e he found that ,, was fasicd into a small brass tube and that the tube itself was moving slowly ep and doar. cauying the icathes ~ih H.
 '.tey odd. sad George. Il, was no, ghostiy tngrf a, my throat. but a leather and the leather is not hfied hy . shostl, hand, bat by brass tube. Add what ihe de.s | lsi;x the bras. tabs suppose, he added. after a paa>e. stha, Inc same ihlnA .ltts thc hisss tube afIa h sings tao bells and beass the drums Is | the sneessoss Would he come Ii l called han names s'
 ], >cesncd ,s t ihe ancestor mus, have hesid these il1eYeienI remarks, be aaSc s, thA, moment tho wall a, the end oi Inc taaln seemed suddenly 10 disappear the bells ceased. and nessc oi some kiad s aS heard.
 1 An ,his. s.lid George. feeltng more than a iiule aiIald, '',s most ~ens eitul. ] and ,usi .s lack recled u al. out; To tc sure. could not make oI, ho~ he could haze invented II. NhAl next! oh, l ioid
 1 For a, that moment the skeletons az pcaged ane began to dance.
 The young mans knee Knocked tn- se1her for a moment and h.s cheek turned paie. Then he rail,ed hts courage and made tor" tine skeletons.
 They were eapefng with the mos grosesque and extraordinary aglhty legs and arms moving all a, once, skull, shaking and neddlng; even the hack bone twisting, oi at teas, seeming ie twist. Geolge presently sci1ed ono ot the arms
 Cad. he enea. 't fcsl bones w,th ~,Ic m ,he lolnts real uds and here he Aushcd aloud ''they Arc ali hanging ! by strnas.
 lie contemplated ,hiS phenonenou wlih ouuossts. eat no ,crrof.
 Then the iawef rsnt,s of the val he. s.de ham opcneA, and there came olst the hkure oi ,, fn,sa.
 Aha. :" s.,t,i s,eeffe. "heie is the aa- eoslor' iio~ afe Noa old boy =
 l he hgNge Was dIessed ln A long dfrss- IuE-gown. and had on siik s,ot ktngs ant oia-;ashsoued knee-ofeeches | he knee were bent aHd the hgurc stoop,ng. anal as II moved slowly and by Jerks, Il seemed to he on the polnt oi falling to pseees t,eutge stopped n front pi !, and began alnily to teei and punch Il,
 oase stuffed alth sa~dust," nc sad eonteInptaoesiy. and you arc dropping io bs;s. and the moths have got into your poor o.d sleeve. and the white wool !, iall'sg of your poor old pate. and yoar mask h hanging by thread lou Al ans csiot lou ridiculous old MI,
 The miserable ghost made no reply but oontEued its journey across ths room. When he reached the opposiis wall the panels opened 10 adma hiIa and he disappeared.
 "Ihis IS the ancestor - said George. ,u grca, e,.Jo, men,. 'Shu, up, you ~i,h your dancing. you poor old skeletons Nobody eaIes about you. Ihis lS the benevolent ancestor. ILis is his beae- diouun. it.s IS his sweet sad winning sIale iio he ho -
 jVA then the music ceased the skclc ,oMssdisAppeaied that is to say, ;hey iic~ Gp lutu tbe ceillns there VAS sigh as II somebody sas ufed and glad ihA' the loo ~.,s over George observed taa' ~aa; he had tatgcr, for q el,sapi,s..f.s,'- 's ~ tN4f Ca - ing back si the mtlidIc of :, wooden par. utlon wall. cutting off one end oi the room. lie aiso ob<etved that the bar oI the dooI ~as hf,ing As slowly as t had failef
 All WAS over. therefore.
 He had seen the family ghoss II vat a big doli. dropping slowly topIees- ~lit age. damp. and the rsssges of moths lie had seen the fearful processson oi dance of death. the gbbenng skeletons succeeding one another m swift saeees- sion, each playing i,s antics as II passed and beckonIng 10 us wi,h lean and bony hngers. Extraet from the narrative.
 We'll, there ~erc three musiy skcleton' let down from d trap in the ceiling b) string or wires, the hfting and dropping of which produced theiS con,ortions and danCings. He had heard the celestial orchestra, faint, though complete in al Its parts, playing music not 10 be de scribed, yet ever to be remembered, A1- oomp4nied by choir of faint, s~eei voices, singing ~ha, seemed hyrnn oi prAise." tkxuact from narrative. Yes, he had heard II. By Cad" he sald, r',t, vas a masscai box, and |, played an 1df-fzsh.oned siov hoa5- t<sff A. for Shoif and heavenly soices-iodge :. He had heard the bells and the drums Tea, there seTe bells and drums sho could have rung the bells and beaten the drums.
 The bar xas up he could 70 the shoS was over.
 fe; whaf did |, mean.
 George vent n one of the ~indoss and ioosed ou,, thinking Beside him stood a table. oi which ~e know He took up one or i~o of the things: they were in- s,ruments used in making and mendin2 watch The table was an old. rough black bench, which. tn fact, had been the { nfd r-,x-tFx nsnfh dsrrz all the gparz fI