The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-11-26

however. tAsss vas heavy, cld.isahioned
lock vithouta hey. Hall dozen shots
iroa ny revolver broke the russed iron :
end ~ss irvs.
Covered vilh blood and slime. J stood
q leussh beneath the stars; my haad ashed
violently, ny teeth chattcrsd with oo'd.
but wss irsel O. the delight OF 'na'
mousnst--frsal
Nv arss feeling wss that !. sas my dusy
70 cali some OF the men aud sesrrh 1hs
house; hus that could not bring myself
70 do. No. must not Be seen BY them
in such plight nor must they come un-
Ill I had solved The mystery. NY OWE
outsr door vas 700 securely, boltsd to force
open; bu. making my wsy Through snosh-
or entrance, easily tore The lock Oh an
iaser door Of communication. drasplng
my pistol tightly. cautiously entered
Thsrs. directly ACROSS the room. was the
figure.
Bang, bsngl and sant two more bull
Isss crushing through L. WhatevsF =!
~ il vas certainly 70 living thing. y
not. what sheni What or who had struck
~ that blowi What bad opened that
solid door and cast mo into the pit be-
meath, With eye and or upon the alert,
ready for foe. human or other. reacned
The table where the lamp stood and fell
for = match. None. But ! had some IN
my pocket. Ny clothes we're upon the
i other side OF the bed. ] went slowly
around. found the matches, came back te
the table. and keeping my pistol IN my
right hand, removed the chimney and
elobe of the lamp. struck light. took
| hurrid look about the room, put the mr.
/ 10 the wick. replaced the chimney ane
turned again to that white mystery
There il stood; but what II was coult
l not even guess. One thing was certain
| Il had not been there when went to bed
; In the light it looked like great whit
9 box, some ten feet high. open on the SIDES
o sud standing against the wall opposite tn
]. foot Of my bed. Taking the lamp ! wals
/. ed toward it, What is that on top9 Hea'
}. ensl 1t is my trunk
Il What do you think the ghost wasF
Y was su old, white painted dumb-wa'ts
d leading 10 the former kitchen. My trun
' had chanced to be placed directly on j
q ton. which was level with and formed
part of the floor. The jar and footstel
' had loosened its old weights, ! had take
d the tray Of clothes from the trunk an
in the dumb-wa,ter, gradually loosened' h'
IS shot up, as such things will at times do
a couple OF hours later. II had long be'
Is disused and the shelves removed. Wh'
., therefore, rushed at it had simply ia
D an into 4 hole, some three feet by two
N ths Aoor. between the elevators side
ce had struck the bottom board, the machi
10 had gone down with me, and, my weis
y removed, had risen again. l had knock
d sgs,ast some cogaY as fell, snd cal
ut dvwu very hard against the stone paw
hs n tue former Kitchen. had cut myself
US scope projecting edge, for there were =
,er' pretty bad places from which the olo
still drippsd and ,shSt was my gho
Q 8 that the mysterious agency which
be ..hurled" me into that awful PIT.
pc. DID you ever hear Of ghost do'
he more? never heard OF one who conio
re. half SO ,mpcb.
I'd, But just think if l had gone, bareioo
p- and bedragged, called up my men,
vas led them on to combat with-an old wi
hill dumb waiter!