Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-12-24

with some severity:
"What is this I hear about Rothes
Hanslein ?"
The landlord, who paced to and fro,
as was his custom, manipulated his
yellow silk handkerchief and glanced at
Kesselficker, who shifted his pipe and
glanced from under his slouched hat
brim at the landlord.
The circumstance of the apparition
was respectfully related to Herr Gros-
nase by Glockner, who, while on his
way to ring the church bell that noon,
had received the facts from one of the
young brethren that witnessed the ap-
pearance. For some time the entire
body of burgers azed mutely at the
fire and twirled their thumbs.
The presence of Herr Grosnase i'm
posed on them an awkward silence,
for the pedagogue's learning was so
great and his department so assertive
that he was really almost feared
The silence was broken by Kessel-
flicker, who ventured to say emolient-
ly that he feared the temperance of
the ghost at the Brothers House boded
no good for the town, for it was noto-
rious fact that some calamity had in
variably followed the coming of the
specter. The landlord sighed an af
frmative response to this lamentation
as.he stood looking innocently up at
the high Dutch clock, with his hands
crossed behind him.
Nonsense - roared Herr Grosnase
with such stentorian voice that Buch-
ensmeid and Glockner rubbed their
knees with nervous apprehension
Nonsense reiterated the autocrat
emitting sharp jets of smoke from his
pipe and glaring fxedly at Ke-sel
flicker. And he then gave it as his
conviction, which had been arrived al
by cogitation on the sub
ject for some time, that the young
brethren at the choir-house were nc
better morally than they should be
and that they INDUCED in amusements
which were decidedly questionable
Had not young Himmel, one of theil
number, the occasional church organist
On arecentSandaybeen under somesucl
unaccountable influence that he coule
not play for the congregation one o
their most familiar hymns, but befud
died the singers by a jumble of insane
chords, SO that the preacher had tt
call on HIM to lead the singing? Hac
not lights been seen in the windows o
the Brothers House late at night
once even after midnight p? Thes
young men needed looking after, ant
he would have them to know that hi
eye was OF them. They must not b
playing such pranks and concoctiny
ghost-stories to frighten the weak
minded and to terrorize children. Th
a Little Red Man indeed Bah Pshaw
Who but fool would seriously hear o
snch stuff!''
"But," mildly interposed old Kessel
flicker, {" the brothers say, one and all
that they saw the thing sure enough.
"Saw the thing sure enough MIN
micked the pedagogue contemporary
"Then why must they behave lik
children? Why did they run from it
Why did they not make for it an
make an end of it? Bah ! I woul'
have kickedit. Bah p
In the silence which ensued, tn
music of the horn of the stage e-coacl
was heard in the distance, and eac
worthy, glancing at the clock, felt rt
lieved to know that Grosnase's sermon
izing would soon be diverted, and tha
they would have the pleasure perhaF
of seeing some visitor from the outsid
world.
1t was a signal always .understoo
that if the driver of the coach blew
second time he had passengers aboard
and now for the second time the musi
of his horn came on the wind, and 500
the grating of wheels on the froze
earth could be heard.
| The coming of the coach wos nigh
ly to the burgers more or less stirrin
episode. To the landlord it was alwa,
a moment of considerable agitation
and now, while he trimmed the candl
at the high desk where register lai
open, with ink and goose-quills by
the servants rushed through the ha
and congregated on thesidewalk read
to do the duty of the famous house
entertainment.
After final prolonged flourish
the melodious horn, the coach can
briskly on against the tattering wiz
and swung up to the stepping-stone, tt
foun horses champing their bits ar
shaking their harness, impatient f
the stable. Three young men alighte
muffled in great-coats, and hurried
made for the bar.
The boot of the coach was unstral
ped, the baggage tumbled out and ca
ried in, and Dick, who held the lal
tern, was turning awny, when the driv
called out
Ho-ho-one more, Dick-one mo
passenger
Zone a-moa" echoed a studulo
voice; and a dwarfish figure cal
climbing down over ihe front whe
and, having reached the groun
stood tiptoe to receive from the driv
box as large as himself The b
was closely covered with blank
and seemed to require careful han
ling. The dwarf too was wrapped
a blanket, over which waggish bla
beard hung, and his head was epvele
ed in a turban of red.
Il Dick with his lantern curionsly {
amined this accommodating visit
observing that he wore earrings Ii
a lady, and had skin like leather.
"Take that fellow in, Dick" I
driver shouted as he turned his hor
for the stable-yard. and tell your m
tor that nicked him nm on the ro,