Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-24

able room. Probably not one Of the whole
party Will have so good bed to lie in as
my lucky self.
$50 a man was murdered here, and for
the sake Of this legend the room has low
stood empty hundreds Of years. II one
could see a few blOOd-stans or similar
hOrrOrs-but there's no trace of anything
of the sort. What matchless power SUI
perstitiOn has, even in our enlightened
days! l shall consider it good deed to
drive it from this comfortable strong
hold"
Lighting a cigar, he paced to and fro
smoking, then walked around the bed
and closed his eyes with a half shudder.
Glow timidly the young girl Anna is
pressing her pretty face against the pill
low at the thought that any human being
dares to sleep in the blue chamber. She
won't even venture to put out her night
lamp for fear Of seeing the frightful white
shape that must speedily come up here
and destroy me-"
While thus solilOquiZing he undressed,
opened the canOpied bed, and resolutelV
extinguished the lamp.
There was no sound in the room; only
it seemed as if he could hear a rustling
noise, like crickets and a mysterious
ticking, as though the famous death.
watch was under the carpet. He lay lis
tening moment, heard the night wind
sigh through the trees and the great
clock of the manor strike eleven; then he
fell asleep.
At the end of an hour he suddenly
started up in bed, having heard a sound
like the opening Of a door. A strange,
shuddering sensation ran through his
limbs, as he stared fixedly into the room
and beheld white form moving slowly
towards the bed.
Ilrr0F ovnrnnxraraT him tho NOVA
instant he regaIned his GOODNESS and
shouted in firm voice: "WhO's there ~
No answer, but the shape remained
standing in the middle of the floor.
who's there? Answer, or as sure as
/ live I'll fire." he called again, cooking
his pistol.
He was once more the quiet, cold
blOOded physician; he had surely heard
the creaking Of a door; it must be a
no spectre.
Yet, spite of the pistols warning snap,
I the figure did not move.
sWhO goes there p he called again.
T Still no sound disturbed the silence OF
/ the room.
The physician stretched out his arm
and fired.
A fash of light illumined the dusky
I chamber and the report shook the old
away, when a burst of discOrdant, jeering
fiendish laughter greeted him. and some
{ thing hard struck his forehead. 1t wa:
/ the bullet.
Seized with terrible dread, he fired the
/ other pistol at the motionless white form
again the frightful laughter echoed
/ through the room, and the bullet fei
/ heavily back on his own breast.
/ With a loud shrek, he sank down OF
/ the bed.
The form glided noiselessly out of the
/ door.
Early the next morning, while Ann;
was watering her flowers, Victor came VI
/ to her.
/ Where is your brother?'' she asked.
He isn't up yet, poor fellow. He hat
had a terrible fright"
"What was it?'
] IF you'll promise to keep silence, II
/ tell the whole story. To revenge mysel
on him, / played ghost, first taking car,
to draw the bullets from his pistols tina
he might not use the weapons recklessly
/ Wrapped in sheets, l visited him an(
threw the balls back at his head when hi
I fired"
''Nething could be betterp' exclaime,
Anna.
"But promise me not to speak of it
Z -FOUR mother might be YeXed, and he him
self must not be undeceived."
Trust me; I'll be as mute as tn,
( grave"
The physician did not come; breakfas
waited in vain. At last some of the gen
tlemen went to wake him. He lay will
his head stretched over the edge Of thu
bed; his mouth was wide open, his eve
were starting from their sockets, and hi
hair was white as chalk. Life had van
ished. His discharged pistols were foun,
by his side. One week after Victor wa
taken TO the insane asylum.-ECeIy Othe
I Saturday.