New-York tribune., 1886-08-08
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agreeable. | am wide awake"
$50 am l." said he; and taking up the brass
candlestck, he went toward the door. |
tcahy fo" Mf Passy n"ns faint int
! sound on the uncarpeted floor We examined
tine rooms on the ground floor. We heard and
saw nothing. We assembled the stairs. Every
| individual stair CIeakcd horribly, but that was
all. No ghost.
My brother suddenly opened the door Of
| bedroom on the first floor. Instantly a gnst OF
air blew the candle ont And 10 we stood there
in the icy cold We distinctly beald-a gran.
! 1t was no fancy. Ii was 4 lOug-drawn, wallnS
moan of incxpresSible horror and pathos. II
died away i'll Il desparing cadence. 1t seemed
| like the sorrOwful lament of soul in torment.
As We stood there, grasping each others hands,
| with our hcaits thr0bbing in great pulsaiIons.
| it came again. Oh. the horror of it II seemed
t. be III the room and close to us. Tho cold
was dcatllv, the silence broken only by that
| weird and awful moan. Once more ii rose and
| fcIl-and somehow or other the next moment
we found ourselves in the kitchen, with shak-
| ing limbs and ashen faces, relighilng onr cx-
tinguished candle. Then we looked at each
| other.
That was no fancy. WILL" said MY brother.
"Fnncy-no,' ! replied, my teeth chattering
in my head. "What are Won going to do r
For my brother had rclit the candle and was
moving away.
"rm going to have another look" he said.
| "But perhaps, / suggested, the-the ghost
| extlnguishes the light"
"Ill give him another chance" said my
brother coolly. "COme along, yon chattcrlng
iliol." | was too shattered to resent this
untilltcrng description, and with II qnaking
heart followed his foohardy Footsteps. This
time he opened the door more cautiously and
| we entered with every nerve strung tn Ils
utmost tension. Holding the candle on high,
| we looked around. Pure yacuity. And the
| sound came not again.
"Poor old chap said my brother. D." He can't
stand the light. Shall blow it out again Y
"If y0u do" said !. " But, joking apart,
who is going to sleep in this room I'm not,
| for one. And this would naturally DC the
governors room."
| Ny brother was struck.
"You'rc right" he said: "we must get to
the bottom of this. Welt find it ont somehow.
And now think wc may go 10 bed. III Just
| look rOund.'
He examined the room carefully, but there
was nothing 10 be seen, neither was there any
| thing TO be heard SO We gave up the thing Tor
that night md went to bed. could not sleep
a wink. Ny nerves we're cOinlIctely unstrunE.
| After IA nj ight Of tossing and fever, ! awoke
unrefreshc,. and nightly pleased TO find my
self in broad daylight. ?
my friends And am bound 10 say. lied
like Ananas As the day drew on. grew
more and more uncomfortable. and J. fairly
Or, AIDED the ordeal of the ensuing night. AS
| before, We dined in town. II was me nlghi,
and we toOk a walk around the square before
turning in The houses all looked cheerful
wit. tl.cr bright lights Oars alone was black
and, gloomy. We agreed that at o'clock
| precisely We would again visit the haun'cd
| rooIp. There was no danger OF our gong to
sleep tonight. We were painfully widc-awahc.
An sorts of wild coniectures crossed my
mind We sat by the kitchen ire, waiting Tor
| the appointed i0nr. Perhaps some maniac bad
| taken up his abode in the house. and rovcd
about az night uttcrinc that a"inl noise. or
| perhaps some willy person had fancy 10 1--we
| rrpt-ficc and hal adopted tins method 81
frightcning tenants away. In any case the
effect was sufficiently horrible. The shock t.
ones nervous system was the same, whatever
the cause.
The whiskey ebbed fast, but not so fast
nv coulaCc. Ny brother, cool ana piac zeal.
was deep in thought. he WAS not likely to
indulge the wild spccnlations that crossed my
| BRAIN He WAS seeking some material c1-
planation of the weird phenomenon. At last
the hour began t" sou'd. AT the INST ,,roh1
NV brother rose and took np the candle
had provided myself with second candle on
| my own account. We examined the rooms IN
the ground floor. Without success. We
ascended the stairs. and panSeu outside the
| haunted chamber. The passages AMI the ,tali-
above Ms were thick with shadow. Ny brother
turrcd the handl--ahd the weird sound died
away a. %c entered.
In n moment it came again. 1t rose and
sNrlled and died sOrrowfuly away. II was
singularly human. Ye.i, Wa beyond all dcscrlp-
ion uucarihly. No banshcr could wall il
adder or more thrilling tones. We stood there
Ike Dante and Virgil; except that the author
of the Inferno" and his guide did not wear
Garnet slpOers or carry brass candle, ticks.
Neither had they snch extraordinarily Tough
heads of hair as we had. felt minr going gray
fast. And cold stream Of terror tiickled
down my back. Ny brother stood SUI and
listened intcntly. The ghost grpancd again.
and yet again. In fact he kept on groHnins.
1t was frrhtful. The wall began in =
| whisper it swcllcd to an acntc pitch 1t died
away in a note of woe that thrilled onrs heart.
N,tt to and far fli.
sound to come again. My matter. Of fact
brother spoke.
Ills IN good voice tonight" said he,
approvingly. a bit hoarse, but don't
| wonder at that. Sull, wish he'd try another
key. Hes been at TINS long enough. And he
might get himself tuncd--hush" !" qnitc "1-
pccicd some supernatural visitation l." rcbuke
this i'll timed lcyity. None came. My brother,
having politely waited until the ghost bad
finished, began again: -, -, e.,
@All ihe,e groans are exactly alike hr said,
considering. "Thal's odd, isn't nV viii. III
tell you what. The ghosts mp the CHIMNEY y
Once more the sound came, ~ though {"
confirm his words. And 1t certainly dd appear
to proceed from the rcgion OF the fireplace.
"Stl" resumed my brother, thonghttnily,
| "A ghost in a chimney Is an uncomfortable sort
of thing. VIII, we'll have that chimney swept
Fancy a ghost coming down with the SCOT
| We'll see abou it the first thing Tomorrow
This awful threat appeared too much for "ni
uncarthly visitor, for hc gave tongue no more
that night. We went to bed. and dreamed
| th,t the spirit of a chimney sweep appeared l."
| me and confessed to the murder of one of the
little boys who were still employed IN those
dnys in his profession. Ilowevcr ! got some
sleep. got none The previous night.
| We lett the Office early IN the afternoon.
| W.. secured the services OF an intelligent Swccl'
ard a shAlp little bright eyed boz. The clnn
new wa amply wide ior the yoang .tc' To dfnb'
and up Ee went We waited IN S",pe,'Ise. ,I, s ,a,,
| fouud nothing We questioned him cage ly,
but he bad seen 40 ghost anything belonging
T." one. We sent him up again. This tame hc
found out something. Ti> chimney commnn
| ;rntcd with the one next door.
- That will be the kitchen chimney next
doo, y eaid any brother. 1--WE must cxplo. G
th,t., Gu, andlrdy WAS considerably amazed