Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-28


ever possessed; but here are five,
which, if you are satisfied, l shall be
willing to wager.
The other took up his purse, saying
III a scornful tone:
Il see, young gentleman, you wish
10 draw back >
II draw backr' exclaimed the stu
dent. ''Well, if l had fifty guineas
you should see whether l wish to do
So.
Here" said !, ''are four guineas
which will stake on your wager.
No sooner had | made this PROPOSE
ton than the rest of the company, at
tracted by the singularity of the affair,
came forward to lay down their money,
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were subscribed.
The gentleman was SO sure of win
ming that he placed all the money m
the Students hands and prepared for
he experiment.
We selected for the purpose a small
summer house in the garden, perfectly
isolated, and having no means of exit
but by door and a window, which we
carefully fastened, after placing the
young man within, together with writ
ING materials on a small table.
We remained outside with the gentle
man amongst US.
In slow, solemn manner, he began
10 chant the following lines:
What riseth SOW from the ocean caves and
the stormy surf?
The phantom pale sets his Dlackened foot on
the fresh green turf.
" 70 fr,a
els Villier, who was drowned three
years ago, off the coast of South Amer
lea; what do you see?"
Il see," replied the student, "a
white light arising near the window;
but it has no form"
We the spectator9 remained pro-
foundry silent.
Are you afraid?" asked the gentle
man.
Il am not" repHeI the student
firmly.
Then, after a moments pause, the
elder commenced by three stamps on
the ground, muttering:
And the phantom white, whose clay-cold face
Dries, with his shroud his cIinging vest and
his seat Ossed hair.
Once more the solemn question:
You, who would see revealed the
mysteries of the tomb-what do you
see now?"
The answer came:
Il see the cloud take a form-its
head is covered with long veil-it
stands stilln'
Are you afraid?"
4 am not"
With strange and frantic gestures
the gentleman then chanted:
And the phantom said to the smoking seer, /
come from the south.
Put thy hand on my hand-thy heart on my
heartily mouth on my mouth.
What do you see?" he asked.
HE comes-he pursues me-he Is
stretching out his hand-'tis Francis
Villiers-he will have me! Help, help!
Save men'
''Are you afraid now?" asked the
other, in a hooking voice.
A piercing cry, then stifed groan,
are the only replies to the question.
Help that rash YOUTH said the
gentleman, walking away rapidly;
''let him keep his money and be wiser
in the future"
We opened the door of the summer
house and found the student in con-
vulsions. A paper signed FRANCIS
VilIiers" was lying on the table.
AS soon as the students senses were
restored he asked, yehemently, where
was that vile sorcerer-he would kill
him! He sought him throughout the
inn; then, with the speed of mad
man, he started across the fields in
pursuit of him.
The dark-taced man paused, as if his
story was concluded and took long
pull at his tumbler of punch.
''Well?" said |.
''WelI?" said he, nonchalantly.
There is something more, isn't
there? The story is not quite ended?'
Quite" said he.
I'll don't understand. How did it
end?'
.'Endr' he cried. 1T did not end.
Neither of them ever turned up. They
had simply humbugged us out of our
money by q villainous dodge. [ told
you the Cork people were artless and
innocent very"-R-dpatb's Weekly.
A Twenty-six Inch Foot.
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