Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18

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Il don't take YOU said Mr.. Co.der,
opening his eyes wide. Il intend, ne
added, ito have 9 good substantial sweep
"Iu the place Of ar unsuos.sntisl sweep
observed the solicitor in a low tone. -,
Nothing imperfect, unsubstantisl with
me" Mr.. Corder went on. VI intend to re-
paper, re curtain, and altogether refurnlsh
the mansion, after I've had that sweep out
l spoke Of"
The FIRST thing is to have tina! sweep
out"
Exactly. I said So" -,
"Bat cGu you do it2 The house would
have let readily before, only the late pro-
prietor could not do 1T"
Not have the sweep outY'
mo"
"Fiddle-sticks ends. Brooms, brushes'
pals of water"
mo good, non at all"
What do mesnT
Il mean that if the houae had not been
haunted, the house would have let.
"Haunsedl What has that to Go with
my sweep o3tY'
1T is haunted By { ageep."
A pause. Mr.. Corder sat and stared;
The agent looked down, half ashamed, halt
amused. -,
Il was not told o word about this" aaid
tue ex.mother-ofpesr button msnulac'
turer. =
We were not bound to inform you OF
such q matter" said the solicitor. ,
Il don't believe in ghosts" exclai med
Mr.. Corder, contemptuously. Rats or bad
drains is the csuse Of all ghost stories.
Rats make q noise, and drains exhsle pol
sonous vapors which affect the brain. Are
the drains wrong
The drains are right-it is the chimney
which is wrong. The sweep ipsests the
chimney"
What chimney
{. "Ths stack belonging 10 the state Iooms.
You may have observed gillyfoWers grow
ont Of it.
81 don't believs q word of it" said Mr.
Corder imps,isntly. Il don't and wont
believe in ghosls-no educated people do
csedeuce to these foolish superstitions
Exactly" said the lawyer. Il also DO
not believe a word about the sweep, but uu-
o~uestionably our domestic servants are not
30 highly educated as to be superior to val
gar terrors, and it has been found impossl'
BE to any one to retain their servants who
has tried to live at The Yews.'
but who is this sweep? What Is he!
When did he Eve2 Or, rather, when md
he 6ieY'
The story is not o romantic, n and the
incident is not very remote. Some hve-and-
twenty years ago, 10 the late proprietors
lifetime, al unfortunate sweep engaged IN
cleaning the chimney. lie mad been to
the top and looked out; in descending 0
brick gave way, it is supposed, under his
foot, and he fell the whold depth of the i1e
aud broke his neck or back, or both, aud
died an hour after. / remember the cir
cumstauce. After that popular supersti-
ton would have it that the sweep hsunts
the central stack of chimneys, and at night
is to be hard creeping up n Hue aud
down another, and sometimes ss falling.
he is said to have been seen at the top OF
the chimney, looking out and waving his
brush. Also, on moonlights nights, to
have been observed in some Of the stste
rooms seated on the stone fender in 9 pen
siYe attitude, with his head in his hands
"And pray" said Mr.. Corder, with de-
cision in his tone, us he surrounded By
phosphoresceut light, and does he exhaie
the oior of orimstone2'
"Oh, dear. no" answered the solicitor.
He is very black and smells strongly OF
SCOT"
If the ghost had been a figure in chain
mail, or q woman in white, there would
have been some satisfaction in having ones
house haunted; it would give it respe2.
liability" unused Mr.. Corder. "But-s
chimuey-sweep.and a c~himney-swesp that
only died t'other day. lis vexing."
Come along, Charles he said after q
pause, to his son, and rose from the chair.
"Wesmust be off and to The Yews,' How
about these other parties, sirH'-this to the
agent.
lyon mean Mrs. White and her daugh-
ter" answered the lawyer. "Of course
they leave. You have only to give them
notice that their services will not be requir-
ed, and they must depart. | am sorry for
them. Mrs. White is an excellent lady,
highly regarded throughout the neighbor-
hood, much respected by the county people.
II, sir, you could possibly retain her in any
capacity in the house, l believe 1t would
give general satisfaction, be q kindness to
her, and that you would not regret it yoar-
self; a more trustworthy, honorable. lady
like person l do not know. II you had de-
sired q housekeeper-
Il do not want one" said Mr.. Corder,
CURLY.
When Mr.. Corder and his son were in
the street, Charles" said the former, I'VE
must 20 st once sud give the old woman
and her girl notice to quit. Well do it IS
genteelly az we can, but we'll do it
So Mr.. Cordsr and Mr.. Charles went to
the wing Of The Yews" inhabited BY Mrs.
White.
That portion of the house Inhabited BY
Mrs. White was completely cut of from the
portions. The late owner had at one
zine contemplated The conversion of the
mansion into two residences, believing that
by this means be would be- better sbls TO
find tenants. To effect this, and to make
both dwelling equally Convenient, he had
walled up doors communicating between
the parts Of the house in such ann as
to give one of tie state rooms on each
hoor to each tenement. Thus the part oc-
BY Mrs. White hads large and hand.
some room on the ground floor and an other
on the first aoor, and the same with the
wing occupied at present By Mr.. COrder
and his son.
That gentleman when admitted, was sur
prised and impressed by Mrs. White; he
found the old woman" a. he had d~esignst-
ed her, to be o lady With a sweet face, mid
ils-aged, bat well preserved, with the man
ners Of cultivated society. Mr.. Charles
Corder was not less surprised by the girl
Mabel White-s very pretty girl of
eighteen, silt posssssed, and with plenty Of
conversation.
Mr.. Corder ct oncs felt tia. his. position
Ess difficult; be vas conscious Of his social
nfsriority. and nervous because obliged to
urn this charming lady and her daughter
,us of the house.
He talked about the weather, about the
about the greenhouse, about the
n~rniture, about the neighsorhood and the
,eiOhbors: incidentally he learned from the