Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-20
BEHIND THE TAPESTRY.


which am about to tell happened some
ten years ago.
Ten years ago was in the first sor-
row of my widowhood. was child
less, too; and when the grave closed
over my husband | thought there was
no place left for me in the world.
was rich, young; and my friends
and my own reflections in the glass
told me that | was beautiful.
OF course, had many acqraintanccs;
what rich young widow has not? But
acQuaintanccs and friends differ widely.
| did not care for the people who flat
tered and made much of me, but |
turned, even in the first days of my
trouble to one friend.
She, too, was young and beautiful.
We were school fellows: we were en-
gagged at the same time; we were mar
ricd in the same month of the same
year.
During the three years of my mar
ricd life we had seen little of each
other, but when my husband died
and Mary Clifford wrote to me tender
~ out OF hcr lUll heart' answered
back her love.
she asked me to stay with hcr' ana
went
How peaceful were those days spent
in her beautiful home! The house and
place were called Aspen's Vale. The
! bouso v.,s r,on,. cnntur;os old Its
'ou'. We men! i',S Nv
archltecture was rcmarkaDle' ltS rooms
curious. 1t was rambling old place,
and of course it had a ghost. Ii stood
in tbo midst nf worry involv pro,nds
,',,'I,il;. I 'I Al,
| Scther II was one OF the SHOW places
IN.
stayed with the tllllordS acOuplc OF
months. During that time the house
was quiet, visitors tew-they eSchcwed
company Tor my sake.
AT the end OF two months | left
them, comfortcd and helped, and with
many promises OF Il return by and by.
Circumstances, however, too varied
and too many to mention, prevented a
second visit taking place for couple
OF years Al the END OF that time Il
great longing came over me 10 see
mary Iillloru "S'ln; mus! "rl'e 10
her ana propose Il Nlsll' l dlu so.
ny return Oh post got Il snort p"'
char"ctcrlslic' rcPN'
DEHRESr HoNon.0i course ! long to sec
"u' "u Tn'V't"" q j.; ~ s mo",y ,,o - i"'
tic. "
My dear, don't want to refuse you dc
long to see you. VIII you sleep in the ciapestry
"In n nnvb"dy M rsc socr thcrc hn dan nE yn U
Homer viii he afraid Of thc rhost If thC
tapestry room will suit do come, and a thou,
sand welcomes. can put up your maid
loGr loving lrienu' MARY 'L'FFo"p'
10 thls lettcr made Il snort an
swer'
II 10 not pelleVc IN the Snost. Inc
tapestry room VIII no beautifully EN-
pect me tomorrow
The next evening ! arrived ut As
pens Vale IN time tor dinner INC
tapestry room looked charming fel
IN love with II on the spot, and vowed
l"uS nin ~, ti''' '''' sioS' I'LL" "o''io
MANI irie'i',S'
My mad, however, looked grave
over my testing remarks. 1t was plair
that she believed in supernatural vista
tlons:
Gaiety OF heart, however, was ovol
me- lcould not resist the cheerful in
iluence OF my Old friend S company.
felt happier than had been since m.
husbands death, and after very de
iighhtful evening retired to my room
feeling brave enough to encounter an.
number OF ghosts that might choose t'
WISH sr, me.
lnc tapestry room was quite ava.
from .he resi- ol tRe mousse IL was a
'he eNtrelne emu Oh wing
nv; No osller 1' H. peurooms % were III UNI
mins, inefe ia wcre u snioklng room,
lnorhlng-room ana It,le oTlel cham
pcr, Wnicn nv MIS- Sllilofu IN her earl.
married ,,s ine nau curlously ntteu "
ior herseii, Dut now seldom occupied
Neither ulu sne peiieVe IN tne ghost
out sne conlesseu Vlat the little ore
= chainper hau "h ccrle leel'
/ The mornlng-room opposite, cheer
{ iul and pretty enough was unused
Its furniture was antique; 1t belonged