Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-21

IKE woman 3 indL 3 il III CGuei way,
Shall ! do it nowi" al J the other deep
and gruG that answered, No, wait for
two nights:' and they said this over and
over egaiH, and She said she'd rather not
wait Then there was Selma. that's the
kitchen maid; she was sent iuto the
kitchen garden 10 gather some herbstha
the gardener had forgotten, and just as
she was rising up from STOPPING 10 gath
or them If there wasnt-that's what she
says-a little gray man in an old-fash.
Toned looking suit, with a spud in HE
Nand right in front Of her;an he laughs
a nasty, chilly kind Of laugh, and says
he, Herbs you call EN- he said, you
was born two hundred years too late
With that she gave "A screech not know
ing quite why, and there was nothing in
front of her but a tall bush
Extremely probable l said, 'AI
this is the talk Of ignorant. super5titious
girls May | ask ii you have seen or
heard anything old, Mrs. Thompson
"Mrs. Thompson folded her hands and
looked straight up 10 the ceiling.
Come, come. Mrs Thompson ] said,
let US have 10 all out In talking to you
! am speaking with woman OF sense,
and it is important you should feline all
you can that may throw hight on this
business
"'Well sir, said Mrs. Thompson, 1T
may be fancy or it may not be, but good.
ness knows / was thinking Of nothing Of
the kind when / SAVIOR Seemed as if
saw-a procession Of monks going up the
great grass walk between the moat and
the ha-ha.
Monks! How do you know they
were mouksF / asked.
'''They was dressed like those in
"Faust" at the Lyceum, said Mrs. Thomp
son, not an imaginative person, and the
answer 80 far was conclusive.
"'Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, that
will do, / said, must consider what
steps il is best TO take in this business
DWELL" Morton went on, "things did
not get any better after my interview
with Mrs Thompson. Ny sister came
down 70 breakfast the next morning
looking very white and worn; but she is
not a very laxative person and | asked
her no questions. Indeed, If / had she
would not have answered them. Pres
emily the butler-a model Of discretion
wished to speak with me- He slept in a
room overlooking the moat, and through
his window; which was left open, he had
heard a noise as Of people padding about
and talking 10 each other in hoarse whis-
pers He did not suggest any ghostly
explanation, and Of course did not, but
while / intrusted him with a double bar
relied gun, | could not help remembering
that the old boat which was still moored
in one corner Of the moat was more than
half rotten. Then the boy, a pert youth,
said he wouldn't stay in place where
the moment he'd cleaned the kives thes
IL a.fs
body had been trying TO saw wood with
them; and the fOOJman explained that
he was not used to practical Jokes and
could not think it due to himself to re
main where they were played. 1t APP
peared that he had found the pepper box
filled with snuff, the saltcellar with sugar,
the mustard pot with treacle, and the
marmalade jar with chutney.'
Looks like Brownies, interposed
Eyes, said Morton, somewhat YEARLY;
1--WE have 'em Of all sorts, as you will
see. In the garden is a rockery with a
fountain and cascade and the gardener
minated that he was not accustomed to
a waterfall making faces at him, and
wouldn't stay where he was expected to
put up with it."
"Kuhleborn." | said Il should not
have Thought it Of him"
Nor l., Darste;" replied Morton; "but
after the loss Of his niece what can you
expect? However, in this part of the
proceedings there was a touch cf humor
Not so with other branches of the affair.
We managed To get man servant to
sleep for one night in the room where
the maid had heard voices, and the next
lay he left He, too, had heard voices,
but with difference. lie described a
whispering and muttering as of many
persons holding secret counsel together,
and then "a dead rold silence, broken by
q fierce whisper Of Is 10 timef Then
many voices seemed to say with a horrI-
bic hiss. Yes. and then he said he felt,
although be saw nothing. chat a man
was standing over HIM with a knife, and
then hr tainted. needn't ten YOU all
the THINGS ! heard of. but here is one
more one of m1 uephews came TO stay
with nus fora few nights, and his first
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