Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-01-01

tlently for the coming of the ghost.
Presently he heard it tapping ever
so lightly and making its usual moan
ing plant.
Collecting all his powers for
spring, he bounced round the corner.
and before the apparition hal time to
escape he clasped it in his arms and
carried it, spite of struggles and
smothered cries, into the hall.
When there he proceeded very
leisurely TO uncover the head and face.
and disclosed the blushing counter
ance of pretty girl.
Well" he calculated, you're a
nice young weman-you arel'
The young lady looked at him from
under her long dark lsshes
Please let me go2' she pleaded.
mo, no; l haven't taken all this
trouble to catch you TO let you go so
soon"
"Oh, please it was foolish trick
forgive me2'
What do you mean by frightening
us out of our wits2"
won't you let me go2' she begged,
putting her bonny head on one side
like a bird.
Il win if you'll give me a kiss, " he
replied.
II wont, . she said docisively.
''Then / shall keep you here TIL you
do he said ia calm content
I'll owe you one if you'll let me
out, she said, coaxingly. do please
On / sha1l erat INTO c,1oh q some no
"Ah, you little WITCH" Keith an
swered, seeing the spell of those dark
eyes. "Well, you may go, but you
must pay me some time, with interest,
mind. I"
He let her go and she was off like
a shot before he could see which way
she went.
He told none OF the rest about his
adventure with the ghost
The young men had grown quite
intimate and friendly with Mr.. Leon
ard and his daughter Kate. So when
Christmas came they were all invited
10 spend it at their neighbours.
Keith took in some trinket to put On
the tree for the young lady.
She was in the parlor gazing up at
something, A grayishgreen bunch
of stuff hung where the evergl Gems
joined in an arch between the two
parlors.
It's mistletoem she cried with
radiant face, "and whoever stands
under it-oh, what lovely bangle
bracelet! Edith, come here aud see
what Mr.. Nugent has brought.
A TALL young lady who stood behind
a curtain at Keith's entrance was
obliged to come forward
my cousin, Miss Ogilvie, Mr.. Nj
gent, cried Kate.
Keith bent lew before-the ghost.
The young lady flushed painfully.
DO you know gandford wellg'
asked Keith, enjoying her distress.
'I-live with my uncle" she STAN
mered, "but I've been away some
weeks.
Keith attempted to talk to her, but
the very subject seemed TO die away.
At last ne left her, but watched her
from a distance.
She was of slender figure and grace
full movements burnete face,
crowned by coronet of dark HAIR.
She had a pair of lustrous dark hazel
eyes, bewitching mouth and CLEAN
ing pearly teeth. ii he could have
read her thoughts.
"Ah," she was thinking, chow he
despises me. see it every look and
gesture. Oh, why did l do it such a
bold, unladylike, mad thing2 What
wicked spirit tempted me to spoil my
whole lifel He might have loved me
else"
By which it may be seen that
Keith, the blond giant, had made
an impression on the heart of the
ghost.
Not many moments after Kate
called her and she found herself
standing under the mistletoe near
Keith Nugent.
You don't forgive me, I see, >
he said in low voice. you avoid
me!'
"I-cannot forget, she stammered,
that night, you know"
We'll, why should your"
but" she cried in a distressed
tone, ''it was so unladylike, so horri-
ble!"
"The only thing is that the ghost
should honorably pay all debts, SAID
said Keith as hetook her hand. You
owe me one.
And under the mistletoe he bent his
grand head and kissed her.
Edith started back.
You are rather premature, l
think Y she cried with flashing eyes.
Yet her heart beat fast with blissful
sen sation.
But it is under the mistletoel' he
cried; "and, besides, ghosts should
not be so conventional. Let me tell
you | have been haunted by that APP
partition ever since, and feel convinced
that / love it as | shall never love
anything else in the whole world ~
He did not expect an answer then,
of course; but it came in time, and
the kissunder the mistletoe was only
the beginning.
Krupp, the famous gun maker,
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