New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

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night" said Ned. This other door Is lOckeu o'
the inside" ,h.
windows. .uo
They are both fastened she said. lie
couldn't have got out that way. .
lie m-must have cot out at TINS dOOI, iHe"'
stamlnered the Squire. ,
That appears to have been locked on the out
side and the key taken away" observed De,n, nm,
! gfaNeN. No; depend upon IL, there II soi"N
mystery here -,
Why-bless nv soul-man must be somewhere
devil take me- CALCULATED the Squire ln w
Let us hope that it may not have taken him.
/ said Bernard fervently. H.
4 careful search all over the room failed either
10 discover the missing man or 10 throw any Ishu
/ on his fate Ills things were all strewn ABOUT ~
usual, for the baronet was anything Out Z" ""'
/ man. O loo
There are his clothes exclaimed the Squire
lie must have gone away rs he was, Wpsl ~
| the world can have happened 10 him , Neu
| COurtenay!H he cried growing desperate; " INV
! IN the name OF fortune are we 10 DO now
Have him looked for all over the place ana.
! if he's not to be found, telegraph to lbs IeoP,e
| TO ask if he's turned up at home said Ned readily;
These practical suggestions were promptly acteu
upon. Sir James being nowhere TO be found, me
Squire repaired to the library ana disPat ,h an
/ partition which he himself had seen the nIghO
before, Bernard meanwhile listening attentiveiy o,
Excuse me, but what was the spirit PR IlEe cav
he asked. when the Squire paused. Did you say
! il WAS black ?
Spirit, sir? Spirit? Don't know anything
| about SplrltS. WAS the reply. Inc lllHB saw
certainly black, spirit or not
All, that looks bad murmured Bernard.
"W-what dyQu m-mean, sir? W-what the
! d-deuce d'you NAM?
Oh. nothing: only I've had some experience
in these matters, and | know the black ones TO be
the most malignant / laid one at house u short
time ago--l have some power in that way. on
know ! slept in your haunted room 'he o'her
| night, and nothing appeared then
| Here of the gardeners looked III al the
window.
! Rcggin' your pardon, sir he said addressing
! himself TO the Squire they say there be some
! thing wrong. and the gentleman as was mere YES
terday not to be found nowhere; 80 l Jus come
for 10 say as | see quer thlng ho e|enl' .
| as was a gOin down to them greenhouses que
| black thing that jus went by quick like, ana theh
when look again Their wasn't nothrn at ali to be
seen, sir
| dark form that had glided swiftly past the p9tch
| Of moonlight on the old OAK panels nere was
| unexpected confirmation Of his belief IN the OBJ
iectiVe existence of the spectre. 1t had certaliSy
been no vision but a terrible reality. lie cnargeu
The man Ia say nothing TO amy one else OF what ne
had seen, but he had httle nope tlltI woln tio
loving neighborhood would not speedily learn the
whole story of the ghost seen by the ghfuener
and the mysterious disappearance OF the oaI9her
duly seasoned with the splclest eXaggerdtIonIs.
Neds next observation, though small comfort al tie
momealt vet gave some prospect of obtaining reIlel
from ghOstly visitants III future
told Sir James last evening" he said, that
he had much better be warned by me. ana enahE &c
Maid no attention 10 it, COurtenay having passed
q night there safely he thought he couid 90 'he
same Now that WAS different thlng allose!hcr'
Courtenay really has peculiar power over splrIs.
No one viii ever let him be present at n Seanee III
town because his just being there Stops All '"'
manifestations. L., .L.
Bernard was clever coniuror, and that he ha,l
once caught "A supposed materallzcd sprlt' anu
greatly to his agony, had turned on 'lie eas ~
illumiDe his agltated cOuhJenancc al al i"'
Vpnpnt moment.
" Then | wish 10 goodness he'd stay here bit
and put a stop 10 all this fooery, was the fePH
of the hewihcrcd Squire. ms he thought WIN dS-
| may of the SpiritualiStc reputation Whlch the
priurV was earning Tor ltsell. -,
Bernard did not appear 10 jump at the sus-
oestiOn but he observed quietly.
" II is true, as | said Just now, that nave con-
siderable power in that line. Indeed. am IN u
position to inform You that Sir James IS perlsIIB
safe and that You will hear from him very shorty.
| lie has simply been removed ms IS ulch
that the SPIRITS very fond oil PeriQrihlns :;
There are cases on record OF persons ma nntoJ tho
l But what's TO be done? interrupted ue
, Squire. If you're up TO their ways can't you
get rid of them for us y?
In time. no doubt il could be managed, blt
should have 10 sleep III the west foola loI " ~"
weeks at the least
t is that all? Come on. then! Sleep there
weeks months. years-anythlng 10 rld the place
u Well / don't know said Bernard cooy.
I'm not sure that / can spare the time at pres
; The Squire began 10 implore Bernard merely
rephcd that he would consider the matter, ana
nothing could induce him TO commit himself 19r-
Their While he remained thus o9stlnalely uM e-
cided a telegram arrived from sir James lnformlng
the Squire that he had arrived at his own house,
that he unable to return TO the Prory, anu
that he would be glad 10 have ms belongings SEM
after him without delay No explanation what
ever given OF his nasty ana extraordinary ue-
parurc
The sources trepidation and mystifcaton being
l by no means lcSSened by this communication, he
: continued at intervals throughout the day 10 en-
treat Bernard to proong his stay at the Priory III
definitely hoping that, the ghost once satlS-
factorly exercised, the baronct might allow him
self 10 be so far pacilicd 10 return 10 his ale
! glance TO Greta but Bernard would only promise
10 remain one night longer That night he passed
i'm the haunted room, and the next morning. no
ghost having Ncntured even 10 rustic or moan
meanwhile he distinctly stated the only terms ON
, which he WAS willing TO complete his task lie
declared himself TO be IN love with breta; heI
hand must be the price Of his intcrcessiOn in the
spiritworld in behalf Of the Squires freedom from
molestatiOn.
If is doubtful if this ultimatum would have
been accepted had the Squire received letter
from the baronet, Transcribed i'm sh1lly characters
and displaying extreme confusion of mind IN lis
composition, in which he assured his late hos
, that his hOspitable mansion was the very strong
hold of-Vell, of the ariStucratic gentleman whom
I he and the Squire given to invoking Oh i'm
portant or irritating OccasionS-and that he mus
positively decline all connection with family
thus lea gucd with the powers of darkness.
That settled the matter. The Squire No longc
resisted the united enireatics of his son, In
daughter and his guest. The con,pintors tri
. unIphcd.
Meanwhile, what had been the experiences o
. the unhappy bdronet? They were briefly these
, When conducted 10y Ned To the haunted chamber
Sir james carefully examined lis every nook ant
{ corner IL was long and narrow, and 20 plainly
, furnished that the inspection was very quickly
accomplished. There were two windows. one o
which faced the bed over IL hung venetian
20 blind, but no curtain. The other window, how
ever boastcd Of heavy curtain drawn rIsh
acrOS, it. The baronet's search dlsco-ed M
possible hidn- place. only one thing III th
haunted chamber struck him being at all un
usual. Down the wall, close by the side of tn
= bed hung curtain of similar color and '"Ntur
10 that covering The further window. On lftn'
1ILlA he lnmul ilLa1 II nnnneL led "A 1-iU nlrrOI