The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1888-08-08
.lpaed my uncle. starting

! SuH~St'yt bu!IlS. hCE' L on VIC u0EfOuS w"
T.NcryousI Listen to that, and that,
and thatin he continued Ter cely.
"Ilaye, YOU u lunatio or q wild beast
concealed IN your house, SIR"
[ iiatoned hypocrltlcally for q few
moments.
81 certainly do hear sounds" / said
then, IL doubtful tones. (By this time
tho noise was enough to waken the
dead.3
"Soundsl Why, you must be deaf
or an idiot. sirl It's pandemonium, l
tell yon-nothing less"
SHY dcar uncle,"I replied, gently,
compose youcself. Those -er-sounds
are, lycHrot I'd say, Of frequent occur
ronco. When the wind is high, as it IS
| to,plght, phe noise is positively deafen-
LinR.Na Ut certainly was II will gs
MP after dinner and fasten the skylights
in the atttca. hey have boon left
open, probAhly. Tho house is said to
10 hauutcd, but that Is all nonsense, or
Course.4
|'llauntoaI3' repeated my uncle.
glanuirg over his shoulder nervously,
N~ilRunte1l chat is very unpleasant.
I'll neyev Anew that"
"No?n / re5urned in careless tones.
"Wo certainly hear some most unac-
%countab!G noises. But ono gets accus.
toned 80 tnesA In tilne. ID have some
more clateG,n
Though I SPOKE thus calmly, I was
inNald!y consumed with rage and NOR
titteatlon au,i shame. However, there
wa0 ng heip Cor 1t. l must keep 1t up
now at al events; and by and by that
maniRc upstairs, would surely in the
couude Of nature tire himself out. l
simply gould not 60 and tell him any
more lies. Things must take their
Goutsa, J tesply ed, desperately.
You we're speaking OF tho Irish
llcstiou,3 observed, In courteous
tones (malfilg myself heard as well rs
colt1 anil The appalling row over
head.) ~ quito agree with you that
8omcthing VIII have to be done. by
thing Will ave to be done, or my
WHO'S hoclc VA be through tho ceiling
On 10 nc AininV tablel'
Uncle SIMON helped himself to claret
snd gfN4cca upward.
''it+--iE saraN, to DO in the room
snovo>@ w sAid in q helpless, lrritated
''Oh, ii Ia sometimes In one part OF
the ho(i5s, sometimes in another" 1
anaiy0tot c~arelessly. 1.-THE curious
th,nX is nat J have known weeks to
PASS witANut our hearing any peculiar
r4is6g 3a all. You were not disturbed
durtng yonr laat visit, IL l remember
rlGhtlY, Bnt, pardon mo, yon were
8%poa6ing 0ft Nh. Gladstone's policy in
regard "a Ireland, were you notp"
"liil.'y az, vest It Is a%trociousI The
man % be;pnliog unbearable" resumed
MY incIe leaaiiY (alluding, Of course, to
Nr. Gladstone, End not to the concealed
enemy ip etalrs.) sit is-but bless
ny %ooy VII that noise 60 on all
ni&862nNA
Ilere d tGclifo crash, followed by a
pierOinB yen. Sn startled poor Uncle
Simo6 tpaN he prang to his feet, over.
turned Nls Gbatr, and spilled his wine
al nyet ule ttsOl ecloth."
"}Yo Ni' 10 into the other ROOM"
1 said, apaiug That the poor old fellow
WAS as. isIlitc rs ~ sheet. "NNe shall
not Oa as0uuped there"
We a~%erdnlgly went Into the draw
ing r0oW where we found Ella playing
Ttit eai7 pppl tic pinOo.
lne uolo nt3Miila laN ibrul,lly ceased.
Aft0r q tsatne Gr.tS0 81 ciiObaga, IN
which&$hlut bat i 9oltT Gguce J. sug-
t,osied,, N44Aehf0 up5 by lDlla, tsaat nl8f
anele l0Sked very tiibl, ana alluded
90 MS pr0jecl4st carly start in tih
lnoIi.iug. lIo agreed he vas Urea, and
after a couple glasses OF brandy and
water he went to bed.
An ominous silence MEANWHILE pre-.
vailed in the pink room.
When we were alone turned to
Ella and said in u voice Of suppressed
fury:
swell, madam, may 1 ask what you
propose doing now? swear this is the
last time l shall have anything 10 do
with such c%onfounded tomfoolery. l
never felt 30 contemplate in my life.
money to the Irish Land League or to
pacing up and down the room in a
towering passion. II refuse to take
part any longer in your mean, deceitful
practlces."
This was distinctly unjust, Of course,
rs we'll as rade, and Ella fired up at
once, saying that it was as much my
ia ult as hers, etc.
"Hold your tongue, madam, !" I
Numbered, goaded past endurance.
Hero there was an extraordinary,
ineXplicable. muillsd kidd Of noise from
the direction Of the pink room. L
seized acandle and rushed up stairs.
IT hope and trust he may not have
had a ut Of a%poplexy,n I muttored, be-
tween MY set teeth, as we reached the
door. All was silent.
"Yhere is the keyP" I said shortly.
But Ella Aesitated.
"Uncle," she said timidly through
the key.hole, "we have found an old
key that we think will open the door.
The locRsmith did not come"
1 listened, appalled,, to this glib per-
version Of tho truth, and wondered if
It had ever boon practiced upon Inc.
Still. all was silent.
"The room is quite dark. Charley"
said my wife n%ervously, as she pro-
ceeded b fit the key into the lock.
In another moment the door was
open, and a gust Of wind almost extin-
guished my candle. I held it alOft with