Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-07-12

friends, OF whom nothing had ever
been heard.
Now il strikes me as quite natural
that they should be agitated. ! fancy
should be, 10 20 into room that
had been shut W in that state Tor
fourteen years For PHYS sake, Why
didn't the mar Or if he didn't know
how. his wife, make the bed, when
they found the house deserted. and
tidy up the room generally, and not
leave il in that state, 20 harrow ~
the feelings of the relatives.
TIE ghOstly party Of the story If,
that on the night Of their flight from
what or 70 what, TO one knows) they
were met as they were leaving the
house by one Of the negro servants,
and u the tear 0: being hindered or
pursued, Colonel AS quick temper
tor the time possessed him, and kill
Ing the negro, he dragged him to the
cellar, ant laid HIN on a chest Of gold
which he had previously buried there,
IemaIk!ng that he could take care OF
the gold till he retained.
Now what want 10 know is, to
whom did lie address this remark!
: incline 70 the opinion that 1t must
have been to his unfortunate victim,
who hencefog'h prowled about re-
peating those words, and that when
tie subsequent inhabitants have i'm
a..ned that they heard with snatches
of song. J. unaccountable moving Of
chars IL vacant apartments, or rat
Ting OF CHINA IN the closets, and yet
could ind nothing displaced, that it
wa n reality but the echo .! this
poor fellow ceaseless refrain-"till !
come back, til! come back.
One thing VIII b happened N after
years proves with startling distinct
hess that ghosts have at least one
attribute II common with everyday
mortals-the faculty Of disposing OF
money \ lady who had lived for
years IN the house had occasion one
day to 90 into her wine.cellar, when
the ground gave way beneath her,
and she fell into a hole some three
feet in depth. On examination it
was found that this cavity contained
only some pieces OF wood much like
the rotten remains Of al old box or
chest, thus proving conclusively that
/ the ghost, unfaithful to the last COM
mand Of his master, had spent the
money, and left only the empty chestl
With the iaudable determination
Of finding out all could ID regard to
the ghost, carefully searched all
those parts Of the house in which q
respectable ghost-one connected with
an old family-would be supposed to
appear-such as the parlors, dining.
room, library, etc. The dark closets
and passages with which, like all old
| houses, the mansion abounds. and in
which, Of course, should find only
dust and cobwebs, | avoided, and
while just congratulating myself upon
having so thoroughly performed my
task my escort called out:
See here, Miss Morris! Here is
the old wiue.cellar Now for dis
! coveries!
Down there! | cried, looking with
dlsmay into the black chssm which
the half-opencd door revealed. do
you not know that it Is very IN
healthy TO 20 into place like that
when II mas been closed for years.
"Unhealthy he echoed. mockingly.
There Is plenty Of good Air down
/ there just see and he struck a
luc.;er. which, j; must be confessed,
burnt brightly enough.
Now Will you come lie called
from the bottom Of the stairs.
looked down sssin, thought Of the
possibility o: the stairs being rotten,
and giving away as | descended-re.
rnemuered that the hole where the
chest was buried might still be IN.
covered aud might la. into it in
the lark, AID >ummon.ng all nv res
| o.ut!ons when he again called VIII
Won come answered cours seously,
No. ia>hed out Of the house, and
through the garden, never stopping
IL. WAS we!. on my way home. and
ny companion overlook me breathless
WIKI running.
4 Why a!dn YOU come down eel.
lar he asked Were you AFRAID
Afraid : repeated, Indignantly.
By no means, but it is nearly dark,
and promised grandma TO be home
before snpPer.
/ So ! walked on in digniIed silence,
and asked no questions IS TO the re-
suit Of HIS explorations, but TO satisfy
the curious, ! VII add that I Just
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