Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-14

"The-the lady, sir--she won't go with
YOUR A., -
speaking promptly for herself. ~ shall
be comfortably aleep in bed. ans an un-
believer and should see nothing
Tho woman lifted bereyes and cast at her
another Of those peculiar looks.
mo, ma'am," she said IN q low voice, as
her eyes fell again. No; YOU would never
see the ghost that haunts The Glen >"
II seemed TO Hubert Ferrars that there
was something strange in the pause that
followed, and he WAS just going to wish
Mrs. Green good evening when she said
slowly:
III have a picture Of the place. You
would maybe like TO see IT," And turning
20 a cupboard in the corner, she took from
il a small water-colCr sketch. She stood
for a'moment with il in her hand, and then
moving quickly across the room she laid II
on the table before Mrs. Ferrars, on whom
she once more fixed her eyes, this time
with look of excited expectation. Hubert
Ferrars was still standing by his wife's
chair his hand was on her shoulder. and
as her eyes fell on the little picture he felt
her start violently. Before he could speak
Mrs. Green said, in tone which she was
evidently controlling BY great effort, adj
dressing herself 20 him, but without NOV
ing her eyes from his wife's face: " You
see, sir, there is the principal door. You
90 in there into"
Into low, wide hall, in which stands
an old oak chest. There IS door on the
right leading into a low Oak-beamed room.
The stairs are very shallow and Of polished
oak, and az their head is little room with
q easement window. from which one sees a
view hike that first bit we saw this morn
ing
Mrs. Ferrars had said all this IN a low,
absorbed voice. a. il unconscious that she
was speaking aloud. and her husband had
listened with a surprised smile The faded
picture-the picture Of an exterior merely
showed nothing Of this to him. But sud-
denly the subtle shock which human be-
ing who Is feeling intensely Will commune
cate TO others near it passed from the wO-
man, whose face was white and quvering
with excitement. and laid its hold on the
husband aud wife. They looked up sud
denly. and there was a silence which
seemed to palpitate with something intan-
gible and indefnsble. Ferrars. though his
finer organization had felt IL more keenly
than his wife had done. was the first TO re-
cover himself and break UP the curious
strain Of the situation.
"Why. Thea" be said, how can you
tell When have you been there ! |
thought"
But She started again aud stopped him
quickly.
3" Yes, dear" she answered, Il know.
Shall we say good evening to Mrs. Green
nowf We are taking W her time
She was very pale. and there was some
thing about her manuer-an unusual eX-
element in the quick, rather. uneven way
in which she spoke. that caused him 10
obey her almost Involuntary, and kept
him silent until they were again IN Their
own little sittiug-rOOm.
Then he said:
Now. Thea! What Is II, dear2 What
does II mean?'
She had quite recovered herself, and
laughed a little 20 she ~aid
Nothing at all tragic. ! assure Won, dear.
You have not stumbled across hollow
mystery in my past life. nor have You un-
earthed the skeleton of my private cup-
board. 1t Is only a rather curious COM
cidencc. | know that house quite Well,
though Of course Iye never been there.
All my life, ever since | can remember,
have dreamed of it,"
You have dreamed Of ~
Yes: not every night. Of course, but
sometimes for nights together Generally
about this time Of wear and always ON my
birthday. Oh, don't look so astouishc,i,
dear. / am so used - il tnat i has ceased
to seem strange 20 me. aud though ! Was
a little startled when saw that picture il
is one of those odd things that can't he
explained. and IL is Of no use to tniukabout
it. DO you really meau to go there to-moi-
row nighty"
Yes" he answered ives, do"