The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-05

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THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
whats thatp" cried Nell, suddenly
We were just opposite the broken win |
dows of the end room.
That Whate" retorted our escort,
looking back.
THAT noise. I certainly heard
noise in that room just now"
What sort of noise?"
1T sounded like some one moving
about the room muttering and groan-
ing. And"
pure fancy, Miss Nell. Your
imagination has been wrought up to
expect something ghostly about this
old shebang, and it has played EnriF
! ears a trick. 49,
Ut wosh't -ianey,5 cried I. tartly.
81 heard it, and it sounded just like
somebody calling 'yogtr aRUaaca in@la
moaning, grooming sort ef1way. OH
WILLIAMSON, what k6ge you been abOl1t
that the dead can't rest in theirs graves
because of your goings on, but must
come out of 'em to talk to you and
scare US out of our ives?'
This, it must be confessed, was dis
tinctiy provoking.
! What the-mischief do you mean,
] you little Torment ?'sa dena ndedl WE
hotly. Suppose there's a Legion of
ghosts in that old, tumble-dowu rat
trap, what haze Tgot to dowith. itP9
Then what did they call your name
for if they've nothing to do with you
nor YOU with them?H Ne -
Don't be absurd, Ju," said Nelly.
Nobody called Win ] heard nothing
of the sort
Il did, replied I, firmly, not to say
obstiDate1y, Il heard it just az plain
as-could be- 'Wi-Fi--ll fAfRA-a son, !
just that way; sorter grooming, you
know, and die away; for all the world
like ghost. . -,s5. ,5sas
- You seem to be intimately ac-
uuainted with the tricks and manners
lof ghosts, Miss +Ju ;.-but to show you
[ that can be mistaken sometimes, l shall
: ride back and see. for myself If there's
4 any body there, dead or alive, who
z has business with me"
/ .'Oh, please DON'T cried Nellie, be
l seeehingly. Don't leave US here
r alone. Ishall die of fright
/ LET him 60, Nell cried l, with a
r sudden access of courage, largely COM
f pounded of spite and curiosity. go,
n VIII Mason, if you want to; 1 guess
Y you'll soon find out whether you are
: wanted or not In case you don't
: come back" I continued, with a
1 lively anticipation of seeing my enemy
r whislzed away in a flash of blue fire
r leaving no vestige behind but an all
: pervading smell of birthstone, II car
g take care of Nell and carry her safe
+ home"
Y mo doubt of it. Is there any thing
you can't do2 Don't be afraid, Miss
81 Nell; shan't be gone five minutes"
+ Without more words he rode swiftly
o back to the deserted house, leaving
s Nell in a parOxysm of terror and me
v outwardly valiant but inwardly qual1
IS ing The FIVE minutes doubled befor'
a he returned, whistling, laughing an6
d talking to himself. Ghosts were en-
v tertaining company, to judge by thei
/ effect on him.
There; you see you were mistaken
4, little goose. Not a soul, embodied o
h disembodied about the place. Nothing
5, but rats and mice and such deer
II suppose you heard a mouse squeaI
1t and thought it syllabled my name
* How full your head must be of met"
lie To this taunt I disclaimed to repl.
t, except by a contemptuous sniff.
a. All the way home our scavalie
Y. seemed in a strangely excited state
he sometimes bursting into a loud laugh
1f then mutteFing something that to m
h. suspicious ears sounded marvelOusl
le like an oath. 1 was hugely disguised
e. and l think Nellie was not sorry whe
ly he left Us. at oliif own gate, w ith psear
rs ceremony OF leave-taking, ind rod
n swiftly. back E5fA4A. tA4.
or ''N0aC, what do you think efryour fl
al beaua Did you ever see such belfal
ior in civilized human beiHga b.
p there's something under all fhl
ne there's a deep dark mystery som
40 where, and I'm going to fathoTn it
ly perish in the attempt I'm going
is wake up Uncle j al1e--andaseti &iSaEas {
at WIN Mason's track
he Don't be so foolish, Ju. It's nor
N. of our business where Mr.. Mason
ce gone, nor what he's going to DO. Yo
d. had much better come TO bed.
le cit may not be amy of YOUR bus
bv ness. 1 retorted with dignity, trt
an shall make it mine. Hasn't that mi
a creant'-I liked strong language
he "been tagging after you ever sin
AZ you were fifteen years oldP If you
Dr. any proper pride, Nen, you'd be-as q
Ter termined as / am TO get TO the botto
a of il" ##eE
lrs For proper pride, read improp
,as Curiosity. You. little goOsef ffaI,Ciidi
me know you'd never get Bncle Jelce !.
is the haunted house @on-any such {
lie rand, I'd insist on your going in. b
he You Will have your own. sTaE, 81
vas pose" ltA ~A& hFF
Sc: As this wasawhat / iAtendsd to ha
ed -aHd generally managed 10 gets
". stopped not to reply. but ran. OF
as Uncle Jale'sf cabin, ftlly e %pecting
Ter End him up, although 1t was past vi
ky night A negro can dc With less SIC
en- than any other animal IN naf u5ae, a
-as Is always ready to Sit pp M riight III
se- Vided he can nod over hiss bodaal 81
oar. AS I exBected, fouaa I'D jake cfeo
inc inc over the embers in his capacio
nd. fireplace. and told him what ] waait
rd. WHAT pae gwinedis time e. nig
zen z frd dem vile .Eoods Ter dat as. haatl
ses house. N mebbe git er bullet fra Z
err DO ole corkiss, N all ter fine out "
hes dat young scatter-brains Is up e
led Lords sake, Miss Ju' yer mus