The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-11-09

side to side, thinking thinking-thinkin
with burning and aching heart, the mostm
happSpelSon in the wide world it seemed
| TO me.
was not thinking about nor fearing the
| ghost, my other troubles had overwhelmed
that one, and even when heard the slow
solemn clock Oh tAe stables strike twelve,
| the mystic hour brought me no fear-"the
hour when chmchfarIs yaWn, and graves
give up their dead .,..
But suddenly tween me and The light of
the one candle that was trying to iIlumine
my room, passed a Shad w. ,.. ..-.
Just for the moment did not heed it, and
then culver ran through M, rs, turning
nv head, ! Slwa Agre standing in the
darkest end Of the room, surveying me in
| tcnlN i.. ..I. .
Ii was tie sam, form had SEEN once be-
fore, her long white dgNaly fell upon the
floor, her one land wa, rlitcl to push back
the masses Of snowy hair from her brow,
and there ciasnrd in it, saw the cleaning
dagger,
Her lips moved ., if toa dress me, but no
sound came; her eyes, cleaning with horri-
bic brilliancy, seemed TO hod and fascinate
mine. .. ,..
In the paralysis Of tcyrrl cnu.d not move
hand nor foot; cold prp ration broke
out over me, my teeth cA ttc,eI together,
my head Whrlcd, and my one conscious
fear was that should lose my senses, us
SIowIy-slowly, still regarding mewi.h that
fixed awful gaze the ghost approached me-
With a last effort closed my eyes to shut
DOT the holIid sight but felt il coming
nearer and nearer until it bent over mo, and
something cold and dread touched my
forehead; then lay, | don't nowhOw long,
in a Kind Of sWoOn, only ] don't think
ever l.>t remembrance Of the terrible thing;
and then, when opened my eyes aglin,the
room was empty and dark, my candle had
been eXmguished. the ghost had gone,
| sprang out of bed and tried my dor 1t
was firmly locked as had left 1t at hight,
with the key inside.
| struck a light and examined the cup
boards--enpty alI--and then resolved that
i would leave N0Xley Hall. ...
could not risk third vision.
Whatever the legend said might be the
consequence of the third one, felt that
should die Of fear il saw it again.
So sought Mrs. ROsScl the next aft r
to'n ~ t'lo I'n"'ns -noo a'u ii,'o gov "S
si,.n ,or si,na,inn. lil,oL o,.,n,.,Lin,, ,a,.,,
much but one thing and she had got as
~, ~ az 'a,o o, ~ A., $50 ~ 'c's
me, and she hoped we might come to some
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WIEN NY Pa'e c''ccMs anu EeIeFa' unhappy |
"'t vausii' MS "t'ent'"li' suppose
., gu loon very In s, 'e '"'u gen'y' Is
ue matter
w. i sn'u; then' urlcli'l, Iihi'uig 10 'eIl
'l'i ''o nun V''"V ''e '"'S"t ilo' 'i'iIh was
P'n,lls ioi HIS ens"Sthh'HI, eH' Si'la'
!, No-!eS; J" MAJ Is IT. MISS Lucas Any
IHli's can oe on service 10 you M
speaking very kindly, though decidedly
't'Illy' lie opened the 0oorol the lIbrary,and
ppIaclNg "ci'"H l'f me oy tne iIre' smut the
ooor
D'd you hno" you lad haunted room
~ YOU house' IueSuoiled Abruptly
nave he'r' i"Vi''ii rumors Oh such alb
'ulullS ne S'hlleu'
II Is not aOs"Tdl'y, Dlu you KNOW slept
III t.'' haunted Loo'h'