Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
A Story Witho.t a Ghost
BY WARREN WALTERS.

We moved into house, mother
Teddy, Rosaleen and I. / WAS Ursu
In Despard, and Teddy, my fourteen
year. old brother. The rent WAS 30 rea
sonable that mother and fastened V
sign the papers, fearful that some ont
would secure the bargain.
No. 2018 was just like the 0thel
houses In q block, which Is sufficiently
described In the term q row of Phila
delphia bricks" We were all going e
be very happy there. We knew. Ths
amount Of rent WAS so much less than
We had expected to pay, that 1t would
enable US To supply sOme much coveted
articles for Rosa leen's tIousseau. Rosa
leen, our beauty was to be married TO 9
naval officer /; we had only 40 much
money, and naval oficer-well, one
knows the excessive style implied IL
these words.
We congratulated ourselves upon
securing such q nice establ ishmeni
from which to launch our paragon.
The large room on the first floor, which
had evidently been once used as IN
office or library, we converted into q
sitting room, where, In tbs evening, We
gathered with our work or books, where
We held council or made ourselves
easy for talk. Fere, too, We wrote
our letters and receive intimate
friends. 1t WAS onr home room-the
one room in the house where we felt
perfectly free and unconstrained.
Rosaleen's taking OF" Was but
three weeks d istant, and . great amoul
| Of sewing and doing and fixing caused
US TO keep late hours. One Saturday
night, fatigued by week Of Continual
struggling with silks and satins, WI
left Rosaleen to finish latter TO hel
future lord and MASTER" Lieutenant
Harry De Wire,
remember looking at the clock II
my bed. room, which marked q near ap
proach to midnight. How long had
been asleepI know not, but 1t could
not have been long, when WAS startled
from sleep by a succession of terrible
screams. l heard Rosaleen tearing
M stairs. rushed out to NEE
her, and she fell fainting into my arms
When Rosaleen recovered, she tolt
us that she had about hnsihed her let
tar, when she became conscious of ,
most uuearthly, hollow groan, which
she could not compare with anything
mortal. 1t did not suggest crash. o
nythiug loud, but 1t had q deep, hol
low, soul thrilling quality, which pene
| trated every bone in her body. Rosa
| lean, being courageous, tried to cenvinc
horse II that 1t was imagination, and
rema aimed. A few moments OF silenc
was followed by an awful Gathering q
Ichains The element of noise entsre'
INFO this sound. When ROsalean starr
ed to rush from the room, she heard
distinctly AS ever she heard In her life
the words " Poison them!"
Rosalcen was not superstttious
therefore was surprised to observ
the depressing effect this incident ha
upon her bright temperament. She IL
sisted IL was portent OF evil. TIL
rest of us persisted in making light {
the sounds, until she gave US TO NJ
derstand that IL was no joking matte
with her.
Monday night Teddy came HON
very late, and inan-like went TO tn
|cupboard, obtain-i some cake, the
fantaring the sitting room, begsn TO ca
He went to Harry's picture for som
GAUGE. Again was aroused from sluu
Der as Teddy broke into my room, crl
ing; -, Gonna ,ovo .,a,ra, n,
picture spoke to mel"
Is ipped on u wrapper, and togeths
we entered the room The gas was bu
ldimiy burning, aud tue customar
rattle of the street had ceassd. III
deep tone of \ mel hhoring clock mes
sured ont its midnight strokes
Teddy was ghast'y pale, aud l felt ny
self shivering with q dread of som
Underlined fear. As the Las, stroke die
: kaway recognized he unearthly moaI
Fl described BY Rosaleen az 80 entirel
different from mundane noises. Ever
10 uscle in my body was quiverin
with intense excitement, and col
peri D ration broke ont upon my for
head.
The mysterious noise seemed to pr
coed from the picture of Lieut.. Hari
lDo Wire, which hung quite low on Il
wall suspended by Q long cord. los
leen directed the hanging, as strong
suspected for certain Oscuiatory pe
formances not unknown to girls In Low
As drew near the portrait, u hollo
, voice, with melancholy cadence, wails
Tout:
"De Wire -
[ sank to the floor in dead faint, AZ
. when l opened my eyes found myst
lin my room up stats, surrounded I
/, anxious faces. Teddy had summons
nother and Rosaleen by his cries, al
they bore be swiftly from tho hannt'
lroom
"Tell me, dear, gasped Rpsalee
her face pallid and punched with fea
/" DID his picture speak to you
i gave an account OF my fright, 81
Rosaleen told us what she had De-
Is ASHAMED to confess before, that 81
heard The voices when she went
press goodnight kiss upon the pr
, trait.
It was certainly terrible occurrent
land the fact that It was associated vi
!, Lieut., De Wires picture filled All
q lus, and more especially Rosaleel
y mind, with the most dismal foreot
q incs. What could 1t mean was
fj..J,aJ nm acho from the spirit land,