Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-22
THE MANIDERE GHOST.

| want 10 invite YOU 10 spend half an hour
or 60 ia the library OF = country house. IL
p Is TIE hour when cups Of tea do circulate
1 Divers ladies and gentlemen, With the fox
i hunter Of the period, are established IN com
Portable chairs, and-Nrs. (en05lcs.
What Mrs. NeRables!
Hush, my dear madam not 80 lond, |
q big. Why. the Mrs EruableS OF society
iaua; Mrs. NeuableS about whom htle
paragraphs ere constantly appearing 10 the
,cC;ery parers; Mss. NenableS, without
whom no country house party Is really
pcompie,e, and whose life, out o! the season,
7 consequently Consists in a series Of pleasant
!, progresses from one house TO another,
attended hy her maid and her dis-
> noads-the diamonds which, Of course
iopu renem5e,, she Inherited from her
anaiher. Zoo do remember All, | thought
Zoe Ii would be q simple imPOssioihty for
one OF us who hold q place among the
&c uayt people wEo constitute society now
EnIIys to ever pretend that we did not kRO"
oarti admire Mrs. Tenables To know her
,omp admire her, Of course. For one thing,
Dire, las the fashion; lor another, she is, as her
,aIiedias say. inst ab0St the most agreeable
he Pc charming woman OF the day-Inde'
he eoently o: her diamonds and her charm
no mesouse AM her pretty daughters.
t the CLEAN from the lamp falls upon her as
{ Ae slts in q comfortable arm chair, the
,smosl perfectly appointed and yet the most
esrAturallooEHg woman in the room.
AZ 1T is quite impossible, she IS saying
ca~yoa Eish me 70 take upon mysell the role
geof impgogisatrice, and ~mOroPolLe the con,
1 CESSATION for & whole hour, What can |
have done tia. | should draw on myself
Stle odium ola whole rOomiul OF people?
I Then up and speaks our host, who IS
handing her q cup:
No story no tea, Mrs. Yena6les. We all
avian, to AeG- her adventure. Now, then. u
t;show Of hands for Mrs. NenableS ghost
trtoFy."
Of The evidence in favor Of the story IS,
stcoarse, overwhelming, and Mrs. Nenables
o,rsigus herself 70 her fate.
q, How shal! 1 begin she asks. First
wleS me give anybody who does not wish to
ebe bored to death tune to escape.
81 There IS & pause. No one moves OF
Then l a afraid YOU all will be very
mech disappointed, saws the lady, settling
,,hs,sef. tor 7 can only give an Unembell-
E,hed statement Of facts, nature not having
sr,if,ed re with an imagination; bat As YOU
,s,.i ash il. and 'chiel smang We takIn
,noles, I will rry my best 10 amuse yon.
=, Vel. then. my adventure, as Won call u,
,onk mace no. q hundred miles from this
Tycry house where we are I'll staying. No,
don't be too clever: il Was not in this house,
;LEt Il WAS in this county. ] must not tell you
aha real names, Tor the people who owned the
ohogse are still living, and you will see it
,yu4 have patience to sit the story out, that
"a would be painful 20 them to
have their Identities disclosed. Gou will all
oadmit that / was a girl about a hundred
eiyeaEs ego
q A chorus Of indignant protestations, in
7suita Of which Mrs. Yenables goes calmly
roa-"young possessed of a great many
akiGd friends, and
!, Handsome, puts in some impudent
Eeight. under cover Of the semi-dsrkneSS.
=, III there are any more Of these Interrupt
tliOas / shall be compelled to stop, says our
tpASraior quietly.
> Well" she continued, Il used TO visit a
tVood deal, for ! have been always fortunate
ain having a number ofkind friends. Among
these the Oldest, perhaps, vas Harry Gore.
sHe wa&one Of the most popular men of his
bet. and no one could have ever had more
cordial congratulatiOn upon his marriage.
bAl The gentlemen we're dying to be intro
Fluced TO his wife, I'D Australian beauty.
: and the Young people Of both sexes we're
delighted to be able TO add another house
TO their happy hunting grounds.
o 81 was one Of the last to make the &C
s~Iuaintanee Of Mrs Gore. and it was only at
IL -. ,,.--.nA . wapn gnI aEar
sSe had made several t~ruitless attempts to
Sneet At the houses of common friends that
q received an invitation TO spenda tew days
tat their country house. which we witt esil
Maaibere Court. The letter was a very cor
elial one. Mrs. Gore spoke Of anxiety to
make my acquaintance. Indeed, she said,
she almost felt as If she knew me alrtady,
tnd in fact she quite assumed the tone Of
An old friend.
"If YOU are not afraid Of staying in our
hauated house ran the letter. we hope you
cS;l come to us next week. We shall have
q pa.ty for Lady BIS ball If you are
aot going there you must come to US Tor Il,
iud do bring your beautiful diamonds.
Harry has said so much about them that We
are al dying to see them.
"Of course I cannot remember the
sxact words, but with regard TO those
Two things. the ~allusiou to the haunted
louise and the request 10 take my diamonds,
] feel quite sure For there were ghOJ,
hunters in those days. aud though a skep-
Tic. [ was one Of the most ardent Of them.
And "a to me diamonds III would be afsc-
alton. of course, to pretend not TO know
That they were uBiquee 1 made rather a Joke
81 the fact that had been chiefly asked as
An sppendage 10 my dressing case.
~0f course | accept the invitation, and
N due time / turned up at Manibere
Sourt diamonds and al. As We drew up
II the gate ct the bottom Of the short ay-
snue of line trees that led TO the hoase, |
shoUg6t to myself that = more likely dud