New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-22

you know that well enough, and really MINK you
might manage IL little better" lie shuduereo
till the bed shook under him.
III break the door in. Timp1ins, II you Don I
tell me what you mean. The servants must nay y
been making that awful row, and you know IL,
Not the servants sir" he answered Ill qua
vering voice; it was the ghostsl 4.
The ghosts the man was mad or drunk a! Az
that instant somebody certainly laugh& a little
hooking laugh in my ear and dld hoI walt -, 10
argue the case any further. bolted back TO my
room along the auQbty passage. shut the door
and locked il, At least there was no more NOISE
that night. did not sleep. but Pcacei;nI, 81,
lence prevailed through which the CLOCK uckcu
with undiminished cheerfulness.
The following morning Tmpkins waited upon
me at breakfast with irreprOachaole demean0r.
When the meal was cleared away ne respectiuiI =,
reque sted permission to speak oil the ga
the night The other servants had. ne s ~ ~.
asked him ag tie most experienced of them all In
the ways Of the house. to lay their grievances ue
fore me- / had not quite decided WIN wha .
front il was best to face the awkward supleco OF
the mysterious disturbance, so just toiu niin ~
20 forward with what he had 10 say
EVERY one of them has something TO COM
LII, rs DO baoan There's the under house
maid declares as young man cam anu thing r.
himself in her room most unpleasant thlns "
bappen to any respectable person. and, as the elrl
saws, gentlemen should keep to their own toolts
and ladies TO theirs even II they 40 dS not scc
Something last night. did myself but q iatne a
nor sneak of IT, When / hear thing in cohn-
dence. even from ghost, prefer 10 keep IL "
myself"
do so, by all means am not going to believe n;DO
those ridiculous stores. ncatu ploh'S vi H'N
but saw nothing" .o., a.ho+
would ne because the ghosts don't propef nU~
into his room lie had great control over mem
hope you'll manage to get some IN Ilihe' vi 9ou
have your house empty" -,
Il don't believe in ghosts" L answered. WIFI
more irritation than truth
"Well. sir, we all know, though IL is hQt cV",,
monty spoken of , that ycur uncle was a-aheIh' d
ghost-collector. He went TO places, anu a., ~
brought 'em away with him. nut wnaT NJ ,,n oV
Once or twice thew broke cut and there was Hn
awful row. but that hasn't happened 1or y omcs
Last night when the noise began ! snu az ; for
'Ihev,ve broken loose again. do hope SIR. LOT
your own sake, that youth somehow manage 70
get the UPPER hand Of them Your uncle n :. es
gave YOU. suppose, sir, a hint how 10 40 lux
Never q world"
THAT'S bad, but it'll happen come TO you;
I've snol,en TO the servants They all wanted 70
leave this very day, but I've said 70 the,h Nv. .ho
new masters young and not experience a IN tr; %
and he'll rerhars get them under, as the o'd
master did THEY'VE agreed 10 stop Tor "ek'
and how things 90 on And .h am S so" nav
not we'll through It soon" Then the resp ctable
'Iimpkins departed, leaving me as much amazed
ard subdued in spirit as he desired the gnos's I"
decd I felt no ability left within me to cope
with the rebclious phantOms who had broken
loose.
Tim lins was right in his surmise. for the next
night the ghosts invaded my bedroom. aWok"
to find them in full possession. They seemed W
he crjoving themselves amazingly in their own
eccentric manner. There was regular cro"u w
them A lady in patches and high hee's was
dancing minuet on the hcarth-rug. wicked
looking man with n gray heard was depos'unP
skull and a few other relics OF crime ID corn t
OF the room: his manner was reaIiv anlns.I'ns
secretive when YOU came to consider the crowded
state of the apartment. Int II did not emuse me
at the time. a vonnG mn in Cavarer ores
u-as proposing in the shelter Of the window cur,
tain 70 a vonnr ladv in Puritan earn MAJ
yiolipist was practising scales AT the foot or the
bod small how. who rrodnced the eh'ct of
having been deserted on the top ~ mountain
hv q wicked uncle II don't know how he 40 "
in the circumstances. Int ghosts have peculiar
talent for tho histrionic art. and anrcar To he
mite ndrnpndpnt OF sconic arcessorleS'' was
screaming for assistance at the top of his voice
= bilosonhor was taking notes in nv easv-chnr
asst bnt rot least hirhwavman w's evp'H,n'no
tho details re his execution IN me at one sdc o'
,be bod while a gentleman in n powdered We.
md boId;nr n snnff-hov related to me o'd bu'
NOT vonornhle court anecdotes on the other SIDE.
The rest Of that niGht decline TO deScr,he
reasoned with those Ghosts: J stormrh q, H'p"l
threatened them. Then he"an IN throw r'
furniture at them. but they did not even nonPe
tie missiles went clean through them "'t""nr
damaging t,orn in the least: hro'S" the lool, NO
GLASS and the water bottle. thHt was AZ. MOST
of tho ohnets took notice whatcvor OF nv nr"-
ccod;rcs hnt remained absorbed ike Inmates.
IN tLo;r own One or two paused for mo'nent 70
smile at nv helpless ra~e and we vounP r"V
on the hcorth-ruc actually gig"'ed with a'nuSe-
mont Clearly ~ eco ghosts wero too m2nv Tor mo,
Tho rrvt MORNING M breakfast informed
Timnlyirs that nv nortmant"au must W" 'a'Ke" ~.
onoe 7 was poirc awav for sornn t'mc '"
smiled = smile If satisfaction. "Norv RIGHT IN.
aoed, sir. ar1 hone that You'll bring none OF
+ho-,, IN oly whom Won como'"
Evidently he thought that / was taking me
Ghosts away whereas 7 was only hV'ng irom
tben Int 7 kent nv own counsel ana departed
br tbo midday train A weeks absence from
home in cheerful society and with chrcrlnl sur
roundinrs revived nv spirits somewhat hrgah
10 hone that the ghosts would have tlrrd mem
selves ont and gone: they could not always ne
working so hard would at any rate. run down
home and see what was happening there; T.. me
Mace looked so beautiful as approached Gt-1GTT
NV uncle had Snared cXnenSc in making ~ ~
that gentleman's place should he-that zen
quite ashamed at having been driven away ron
il nv a set Of raltrv Ihosts, a mere phantom col
lection gathered together by nv own uncle, pIln-
cinally for his profit but partly also for his
amusemsr and out or sort OF soctr ToSi in The
world so he had been proud TO consider them
and was l. the owner Of the museum. to nc airald
of nv own specimens The idea was ABSURD
was received nv 1impllIns, whose air was prefer
naturally solemn.
I'm afraid. sir that You did not pack them as
well rs you thought he remarked gravcly: some
wore at IL as bad as ever the night after you
left"
Were they indced?7 I answered grimly.
"And for several nights after that" ne went
on The servants have all left. They STAYED
their week and then they went And as 1t hap
pencd the ghosts have been quiet ever snce.'
Exactly So" said rrtably always SAID
tho servants were at the bottom OF IT.
He looked at me with surprise. You don't
think so. I'm sure, sir. It's just what they call
q co-hincdence!"
~, IN rboctc LOT mo alone
that night but / got up the next morning IN n
very bad temper, notwithstanding NY unce's
servants had been admirably chosen and Knew
tleir work Thoroughly II was tiresOme TO lose
them all AT one fell swoop of fate. should have
been absolutely alone in the house but for the
faithful Timplins who still evidently hOped that
7 shnrld manage them lie had got the gar
deners wife to come and cook for me in our tenn
porary difficulty and ! ought to have been more
Grateful 10 him than / was. / am afraid that |
wanted an excuse for being savage. found one
in the clock. which had run down in my absence