The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-15

after long lingering in broken. sealth.
The bandeau seemed to have besn un-
rolled from poor Paul's eyes, fors@fter a
long pause, which was filed bY Ellcn's
| music, hessaid:
Ellen, did you ever see Sir Godfrey ?"
She left her harpsichord ands.ame to
him, and, ieaning down over sShoulder,
kissed him. Was shss thinking of the
sorrow that would come upon Elm soon
The sudden closing of a hsTsy door
startled us al. But a loud, jo ial voice
restored our spirits. Sir Fnkis had
come in from his afternoon wal hnd Cos
sip, and was clamoring - tea%
why, beysand Qi5. al ID he dark
What misckisf are Sou after f
laughing ct tthc Holyoke Nhost, pa
pa" said Margaret. n
Laughing, indeed you ltpk as if
you had been drinking with HIM. Silly
tale! Silly tale Look at me,a I'm hale
and hearty. Why don't sir; Godfrey
tackle me: u like =, 2 arsD's't ont Of
A door below us creaked upon it's him
g"s. Ellen shrank back visiblv alarmed.
4 ou silly butterty,' Sir Francis cried,
3" ITS Thomas coming up out of the kitchen
with the candles you left me to oder.
Tea. girls, tea :"
" Slr FranclS, stout, Warm-t2ccd, and
warm hearted gentleman. kept lis amused
through the remainder of that evening.
! My business the next day called tome Lon
don, from whence sailed in few davs
for Valparaiso. While abroad, heard of
Filcn's death. On my return to England,
went Immediately TO the old cathedral
city, whore had many friends. There
WAS shocked to hear that Sir Francis him
self had died of apoplcxv, and hat Mar
garet, the sole heir and survivor, had
! gone back, with her health injured, to live
with her aunt in tn" south Of England
| The dear old house, ghost and all, had
been to let and had been taken bv
>rholmistrcss. 1t was now "IIolyokc
House Seminary for Young ladies"
The school had succeeded through the
talent of its mistress, although she was
not a lady of the stocks and black board
school and sickness among her pupils
had been very noticeable. Scarlet fever.
too. had got among them, of which three
had died The school had become in con
seq nrncr almost deserted, and the lady
who had occupied the house was on the
point of quitting. Surely, thought, if
tins be- >ir t'odtrcv'S work lie is as recnt
less an old goblin as could b" imagined
For private reasons Of my own tray
clrd south. Margaret bloomcd again
a> for her auut, She was peony in fullest
flower She had breezy house bv the
seaside, abomnatcd dirt and spiders, and,
before we had been five minutes together,
al, ~, L., IL,
upon my handkerchief She hated smells
it seemed She carried her antipathy 80
far rs to throw a bouquet out of the win
dow which been putting together with
great patience and pains for Margaret.
We talked Of the old house at.
tell YOU what it is Peggy, She said
il You ever marry, ghost or no ghost,
You re the her of the ilolyo: cs, and in
the Old mouse you shall live. As soon as
Miss Williams has quilted, III put on my
bonnet and run across with YOU into the
desOlate north
And SO She did We stalkcd together
into the dcsoate house 1t echoed our
tread dismally.
'Pcggy," said aunt Annie with her
eyes quite fixed, " Peggy. smell smell.
Let's 90 down stairs We went into the
Kitchen
" Peggy" the old lady said, cts very
bad. J think its Sir Godfrey"
90 aunt said Margaret laughing;
he died in Palestine, and is dust long
ago.
I'm sure its Sir Godfrey" said aunt
Annie You follow" me, " Just take
the bar belonging tothat window-shuttcr,
3 nj olo el,oU-
us Sir Godfrey'S cellar"
Margaret changed color : WHAT
said the old lady, " finch at ghost you
don't believe in! I'm not afraid, see
vet I'm sure Sir Godtrey's in the cellar
Come along"
We came and stood before the mystcr
ons door with its enormous paddock. 81
smell the ghost distinctly" said aunt
Annie
Margaret did know ghosts had a smell.
" Break the door open, You chap |
battered with the bar, and the oaken
plankS were rotte" and soon fell apart
some fell into the cellar with a splash.
There was a foul smell The dark cellar
had a very little daylight let into into it
we could Just see the floor covered with
filth, in which some of the planks had
sunk and disappeared
"Thcrc," said the old lady, there's
the stuff your ghost had in his cup.
/ There's your Sir Godfrey who poisons
/ >iceprrs and cuts off your children and
vour girls. Bah Wen set to work,
! Peggy; it's clear your ancestors knew or
cared nothing about drainage. Wen have
the house drained properly, and that will
/ l. a. .lnotb ,f tho ,roh1iu -
SO it was, as our six children can testify.