The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-18

me was given out at each ctep. l
thought heard q sound, as Of the light
ing of q match. Then an irresistible
though the prospect of dark halls aud
open doorways was not inviting. said,
half aloud: Don't be FOOL" and
walked bravely into the first room I
came to- Iclosed the door quickly and
turned the kay.
l put the candle on table, and my
self in chair, and took a view OF the
room. It was furnished with chair.
table, bed, door and window.
walked to the window and looked
through the panes. The trees, stand
ing in their own deep shade, were faint
ly visible. and the nearer ones dimly
lighted by the flame of my lone candle.
As glanced upward the light was seen
among the leaves high above my win
dow. l moved so as to intercept the
light from my candle, but the upper
branches still shone. What was it?
raised the sash and looked out. There
was . window above my head, and COM
ing from 1t could see faint light. I
drew in my head to mediate, and dis
tinctly heard the window above me
open. closed mine and went to the
door to listen. heard q muf1led foot
fall on the stairs, and all the
stories had heard of walking
ghosts flashed through my mind.
Step after step the sound came
nearer, and l strained my ears to catch
every noise. Suddenly the loud ringing
of bells was heard through the house,
and the sound Of the steps ceased. All
was silent for a moment, and began to
think was foolish in coming to the
house. While listening for outside
noises cold chill took possession of my
frame at the sound of voice in the
room, seemingly within few feet of
me. 1t was q deep muff1ed voice, and
in measured accents it said: 'Blood!
blood! bloodw l admit was unnerved.
My revolver was in my hand, but there
was nothing to shoot at. l was about
to open the door, when heard the steps
! again. stopped and looked through
the keyhole. Horrors! distinctly saw
an eye looking into mine, and again the
| bells rang.
started back. and stood in the mid
die of tho room. There came a loud
noise from below, which sounded as if
| heavy bodies were falling, and the en-
tire house shook. This was followed by
the sound of hurrying feet in the hall
outside OF my door. and again all was
quiet. l knew I didn't believe in
ghosts, yet wished was at home in
my own comfortable bed. concluded
ing the silence l gathered my senses.
had como to discover the ghosts,
which surely could not do by locking
myselfin o room; yet had no great de-
sire to wander about the house. Was
my courage failing me? l couldn't ad-
nit it. determined on bold step.
took up my candle and bravely opened
tho door. A gust of wind blew out my
light, the bells rang, and the cry of
"Blood!' sounded through the house. l
| jumped into my room and closed the
! door. was in. darkness. My candle
had fallen to the floor, and several min
While I was cropping about the floor,
| and at the moment I placed my hand on
! the candle, the blast of horn sounded
in the room and apparently within
few inches Of my head. My hand
trembled a little as l lighted the candle
and looked about me. There was no
| apparent cause for the sound of the
horn. lighted q second candle and
| placed it on the table.
Again opened the door and stepped
into the hall, which appeared lighter
than knew my candle could make it.
looked about and saw there was q
light on the floor above, and it was NOV
ing 1stood motionless. The light ap-
peared to be coming near the edge Of the
stairway directly over where I was
Then saw what looked like shooting
star coming toward me, and a candle
fell At my feet picked it up. 1t was
like the ordinary candle. Where did it
come from? was determined to know.
With hesitating walked to the land.
ing above. Nothing was to be seen. l
went to the door of the room immedi-
ately above the one had left and list
ened. The door opened and stood
face to face with Fred Doolittle.
'Ben!" .
"Fred!'
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''What does this mean?" inquired.
That's what want to know" said
Fred.
When told him about my coming to
the house he burst out laughing, and
said: ut is too funny. saw the adver-
ttsement, went to get the key and was
told the house was haunted. Like you
| didn't believe it, so out I came to in
vestigate the spirits"
''And here We have been lodging
about, each taking the other for Q
ghost" said.
Il think we are two rather substan-
tial ghosts" answered Fred, ''but-"
He was interrupted by the ringing Of
the bells and the cry of "Bloodr' We
looked at each other.
whats that?' asked.
''Ghosts sure enough" answered Fred.
Come said, ''let US investigate
these noises. If they are made by
spirits Of the departed, l want to know
it."
Down the stairs we went to the room
I had left, and. as we entered, the cry
Of ''Bloodv' sounded again in our ears
There" said Fred, pointing to the
mouth of q speaking tube in the wall.
sis where the sound came from. Lot
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When We reached the lower hall We
plainly saw the front door close and
heard . key turn in the lock. Fred