Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-11-05
NUMBER 45.


matter ~ much because there had al
rcady been two or three inteunents
there"
"Iniermentsi" gasped Mrs EhinghAm
under our very window2 Goodnes.
gracious met l never heard Of such =
thingf"
IF 70 plase. mA'am. aid Della, the
nurse. "that accounts for H.
Accounts for whaty'
The ghost, mum-all In whiier ut
tered Della. with chAttering teeth Il
seen II last night. mum. A. the church
clock struck ~. an s-en u the night u
fore An don't wonder. ma'am-the
poor. dead bodies b.in' dug up and scat
tered around this way And u you plass,
ma'am. you'll suit yourself at once, fof
not another week will Della o'Rourks
live next door 10 a church yardl-
Ma. ma. Whispered Florence Efiing-
ham-who had eagerly devoured every
word Of the discussion-'lm afraid of
ghosts. Della says ghosts come after
little girls N they don't
"will you hushy said Mrs. EffinghAn.
clasping her hands In despair "Aldrch.
what 10 this, Have you sold the Maple
IotY-
"Sold ~ Why shouldn't n aid Mr..
Cone, who just then came In with q
string of sI-sckled brook trout They
offered me a capital price. and I'm not
rich man.
"But tO-a cemeteryi-
Il don't know a luieter neighbor than
a cemetery. said Aldnch.
"And I'm told. said Mrs. Efiingham.
with shuddcr. that some interrnsnts
have already taken plaoei~
n didn't suppo~e you'd mind IL. Aunt
Eningham.- said the young host
"Mind ~ Why. IL a semi-tarharous
proccedingi- cried the lady "Do We
live In civilized country. OF DO ve notr-
MA scrccched Rudolph EfiinghAm.
the second son. jerking at the maternal
skirts. here's a load ~ lumber at the
bars-a rial bag load Do you suppose
that's % make the collins out or
Just then Mis- Clare stalkcd. a Ia Lady
Macbeth. upon the scene.
II attach no importance 20 vulgar
.upcrstition." said she. glaring at Mrs
Eningham. with whom she was no longer
On Speaking terms 'Of the dead ! en.
teriain no fear. Bui the living are quite
a different thing And certainly saw
a-man. Cousin Aldrich. prowling about
these premises last night. with a dark
lantern
The gho~t'- -lueakc,i Della Il Sen
him. tool I did. with these EYES. the
blissid saints bc,uno me and all harm
OH OH OH
Peace. foolish woman sald Haidec.
This was no shadei II ~as burly
thief. intent 10 doubt on mischief.
saw him try io op.n the hack paTlor
shutter. and then Neighbor Forley's
wagon drove by. and BE- disappeared az
II by magic. And want you to under.
stand. lAlly. 10 Mu. Cone. ''ihai I can't
aand the nervous shock oi this -ori of
thing. Ny profession requires that
should b. surrounded by peaceful calm.
leave here tomorrow.
AN III 20 vii yeE. said Della Il
can't sleep nights In place where burg.
lars l. climbin' up the trcllis work. and
poor ghosts come s,alkin' around when
the church clock strikes midnight. AMI
a whole wagon load more comm. To-
morry OF next day. from the cimetery'
Och. honel the like u Il niver vas heard
hsforc''
MA. ma can't We 10. ,oo' Were
afraid o. STAY "a B!o.som Hedge any
longcr~ pleaded the little Efinshams,
In chorus
And - there was a general exodus
"Aldrich. l. thi. true said Mr.. Cone.
when the last expires had ~ trunks had
disappeared around the curve Of IN.
road
Is what true' You're not afraid of
ghosts. are YOU, LAllyr
NO. but
Don't fret. my dear said Cone. com
po-s,lly. The cemetery has purchased
a bot. bat u happens 10 b. Maple I'LL,
four mile. io the east - us I'm not 30
blame. am I. for Eskine EnlnghAm's
blunderf-
But the load of lumber
I've sold the place to Doctor Ihlssstt.
and he's going a. build gem ~
Queen Anne cottage | can't Imagine
any pleasanter neighbors than the llas
sctts will he. can your
Yves" said bcwildrred l-llly. but
the interments that hal alrcady taken
place thcrci You aid yourself -
MY dearest girl. dor { YOU remember
that We buried MIME, your pet spaniel.
under the sweetbrieT bush therel and
the two canaries. last falli"
"Oh. Aldrich. aren't YOU ashamed %
you-selfl'
"Who-B Sot In the least.
But the ghosts. Aldrichl the bar.
glarsl
"IIere comes Andromeia.- aid Mr.
Cone. with sudden assumption %
more than Judicial gravity Come
here. you false dam.el. AMI own up at
once What I've already been sharp
enough to discover Tor myself.
"oh. Cousin Aldhchr stammered
poor Andromeda. blushing celestial rosy
red. and trying vainly 10 hide her face
behind the blue ribboned banjo In her
hand.
4 am neither Della oRourke. nor the
Efingham children. nor yet HAidee
Clare mercilessly vent on Aldrich
And I shreWdly suspect that the ghost
vas Jack Jocelyn In a white tennis suit.
haunting the green field beneath his
swccthearts windows. and the burglar
no other than Jack Jocelyn In black.
climbing up the trellis after letter
which be well knew where 10 find.
Andromcda blushed redder than ever.
Now I'll have no more of this, said
Aldrich. with mock steruness. "Con.
fess. young woman. at once. that you
and your love affair are at the bottom Of
all this mystiiicaiion. Jack Jocelyn has
owned up."
"Oh. Aldrichl- sobbed Andromeda.
And will you. too. turn against me-
"Soi bit Of IL, said Aldrich Cone.
eheerfully Don't fret. little one Jack
has just told me that he has been APP
pointed To a thousand dollar berth In the
general postotiice. and I've written To
your mother that things are al right.
Hes n jolly good fellow, and IL isn't nee
essary Tor him TO play ghost out in the
cold any longer.
Andromeda threw herself, weeping
with Joy, into LAlly Cones arms, and
the two women rejoiced together.
Aldrich smsed.
My plan hasn't worked % badly,"
said he.-Iielen Forrest Graves In PhIla-