Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-27

reu ureSs. In hye minutes more the
fairy chariot arrived, and we saw her
ride out of the garden, perched on TOP
OF the clothes basket,
:" is she right about the old inanr
asked Fannie.
"a remembrance of certain old Mr..
Parker, who had sent me several bou-
quets, caused me to redden foolishly,
and, OF course, she teased me after that.
But | had had no thought of marrying
old Mr.. Parker, even If he asked me.
My mother had written to me that day,
rather insisting on my speedy return.
MY sisters and brothers missed me. |
was going home very soon, but, of
course, that might be said of almost
any girl who was on visit and on
good terms with her relatives. Still,
as had never been in love, it seemed
to me that it would be delightful to be
so; and when after had gone into my
own room Fannie knocked at the door
and handed me glistening white lump
of sugar, did not reject it with scorn.
On the contrary, after undressing l
actually tied my shoes together by the
strings, and hung them by two pieces
of blue elastic to the handle of the door,
and putting out the light laid myself on
my pillow, and laughing at my own
folly popped the sugar into my mouth.
In a moment more Fannie knocked
on the wall of the partition between
our rooms.
Have you done it?' she asked.
81 made no answer.
81 know you have, because you
don't dare to speakr she cried.
threw book at the partition,
but would not open my lips and
break the spell. In few moments l
was fast asleep. Now, what l am
about to tell you is perfectly true,
every word of it, | Weakened about
one o'clock, as 1 believe, and found
the room perfectly dark. The house
was still; the street was still. / began
to think of my promised apparition
with a little thrill of terror did not
wish to see my future husbands I'M
real likeness at that moment, and |
sincerely hoped old Nanny lilly was
wrong, and that the night was not de-
voted to the appearance of such
wraiths; but even as l harbored the
hope in my heart strange light be-
gan to glow in the midst of the dark
Mesa round spot of crimson, that
seemed to approach me more and
more nearly every moment. Then the
shade flew up, and the blue moonlight
streamed into the room. saw a
figure near me-a man, tall, slender,
graceful.
"Who is thatp' | gasped.
Only HALF replied voice.
Good Hcavensr
"Then there was silence. The
shade was pulled down again. Then
an awful sound or report of some
sort, shout and scream some.
where, and smell of gun-powder.
lay bathed in cold perspiration for a
long while. Then | found strength
enough to beat on the partition feebly
Fannie was with me in a moment.
"'I've seen him! I've seen him.
gasped, and don't dare to stay alone
Come, sleep with me-.
"She came, but slept no more tina
night. My dear, assure you that thu
face | saw was yours. We've beer
married two years now, but I've neve
told you before. l saw you; and you
know your name is Hal, or, at least
people always call you so, if you wer
christened Henry"
had been laughing softly for full tiv
minutes. Then | said:
THAT was in 1862"
"Yes," she answered.; that is when
visited Fannie
"In Baltimore. No. - street,
l went on.
Eyes, dear"
"Then,n said |, 'as the lamente'
President Lincoln used to say, that re
minds me of little story. Inever wa
tpsy but once"
"You ought to be ashamed of admit
ting even that, said my wife.
$50 | am,' said |. But the onl
time ever was tipsy was in the yea
1869, when was young law student
| was in Baltimore for few days, ant
| was visiting my friend, Tom Lennox
who lived at No. 6 - street,"
Next door to Fannie" interrupte,
my wife. "Oh, | knew Tom Lenno
very well,
well, on the 20th of July" pro
ceeded I, II was invited to a supper
stag party entirely-and | really di
drink very much too much. Tom Len
nox did not go with me. He did nc
know the fellows who asked me. An
when l got home at one o'clock foun
the house shut up, and had no latch
key; and being very much under tn
influence of that champagne | resolve
to mount to the balcony (there wer
balconies on all the hoors) and ente
: Toms room by the window, Min
opened out of it, so would be a
right. Up the supports of the verand
[ l went accordingly, jumped into tn
balcony, with my cigar in my moutl
| and stepped in at the window. l trie
to find my way to my room door, BIT
lost myself. So pulled up the shade
Instantly Isaw sight that frightene
l me out of my senses-a girl. with he
: eyes wide open, staring at me.
" Who is that?' she screamed, tucl
: ing the counterpane around her ears.
5 "Only Hal, l answered. The
l realized that | was in the wron
house.
81 pulled the shade down, 60. OF
: on the balcony, climbed to the ne,
one, made my way in at the right viii
: dow. and whiz! bang! went a BULL
: past my ears. Tom, who always sleI
r with pistol under his pillow, W;
7 blazing away at me. He hired twlt
. more before | could explain things
Y him.
e My dear, do you see now?
Nv wife had risen and stood lookin
at me.
v 1T was YOU, them" she said. "Yc
4 no ghost at all-no spirit; and Il
l noise was Tom Lennox firing at yo
Oh! what shame.