Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-02

common mursler it comes out. But when
old Death pnts ON human shape an goes
| about layin' on his hand, now here. now
| there, them he touches vanfshes in day
/ light, an TIERS notkm' heard of them
again. You heerd of that strange man
that was seen goin' from town TO town
in 'Ss, and the ch0lery follered him Ike
3 bloodhound its master"
No" with shiver. "Tben you
/ think"-
How do yea know that the man seen
with young Heath WAS q mann
| Tistiin's views were dreary and chilly,
| even over bottle OF doahle Xxx and the
/ savoriess OF fried oysters. Ben Jagged
/ in his talk. and presently stopped for his
stick. leaving his supper TO grow cold.
/ and beale the corporal good night.
! Winny would be waiting for him, he
| knew.
| They had been living for only week
/ in town. and this was the sergesnt's first
( onslaught into the ossI patton Of city
+ life He stamped along the narrow
+ streets in the suburb INTO the unfre-
+ oueuted road leading TO the how. red
/ brick house, with its hail dozen porches.
| whose windows were sending y chesrful
I glimmer from she top oi the hhi. That
was Joes house. Just a week ago he
and Bessy had caEYisd out their old
scheme. and had moved into the out
skirts Of Philadelphia, euying tins farm
/ house and It's tive or three acres rcand
| about Not stones ISIrV~ OF, m tho
orchard. there was the stone cottage
into which Winuy and Uncie Ben had
snuggled down with thesr old furniture
and big fires aud plaster tssss and
simple, hearty, ed fashioned WAYS tASs
made home oua "a the place IN day.
1t was a rnatteg o. course thai they
| should come with joe and bexy, vi BIO
had drawn them closer to them BY de-
grees, for wears trying 70 I'll up che gap
III the girls lie With their own home
affairs, thelr children. thar wsAtchful
love OF her. The FIRST pAln was that the
sergeant and Winny should share tho
house with tlresn, but Winry rebelked-
We must have reonl for our plaster
work, Uncke Ben aud -" she said; land
room fax our sober, knmdrun WAYS.
1t would not be best for us 10 live with
you. BeSsy-"
So, with her savings (for the paddfa
had kept the wolf clear ous Of sight, she
bought this Cottage JsInt stock con-
Germ &ith her and Ben He had heen
st work for weeks, patching fences.
painting every bat of wood susceptible
of paint, to the very se.rshei- To-day
the last trirrn plant nail had been driven
Wiuny had put DOWN her green rag car
pct and tucked her Inst cuysain, and Joe
and Bessy overcoming over fr house
warming tea
Ben sfumped along the beard walk,
whisxfinx cheerily, his old heart beating
time under his thin r,bs. LIE hsd gone
TO town for some pepper pot, ~ n deff
cate surprise TO add 70 the entertain
nsens, when he fell IN with Tiffiin, and
was beguiIed into the ghostly story OF
Leonard Heath. He logged on faster TO
put it out of his mind. II wAs morn
ghastly than death 10 remainder. There
ways WAYS I prfn Te g n nns, snongn, even %
him, for years she had not mentioned
Leonards name.
He snw her now IN the open door,
through which the freight strcamed out
warmly into the night. IAN right Win
n.y. he called At which she nodded
| brightly and went IN.
Theirs none kin fiji the old mans
place to her." he said, as he made short
cut through the privet bushes 10 the
door. "she keeps frightened sort of
watch on me. "a though too might dis
appear and leave her alone. Good Lordi"
He stopped short. hooking about the gar
den and fields beyond. rem which the
hate October chill and damp drew heavy
scents, sweet and tainted with de-
cay. It's the very DAY! Five
years this night. Their were low
clouds fiymg over the moon too, Just as
now, and this cold, deaihiy wind. and
these unwbolesorne znoeIts, like plants
stre~ed over corps.z. Kin she hev for.
gostcnr' lie burned 20 the door. rs
though some ghost porstsed him, stop
ping again to glance fearfaIiy sxound-
There was a certain chill, hush m
the uncanny niahs. az thoagh some III
boding presence came alowiy. steadily
nearer. Ia ths. many Dol--s Of the wind,
GlfOugh Tee icfeSI JUS EtSA4h hfEHA bS
fancied he detected CRY al.,ost human
m ia want and pain
~ il a hensisae thsrf Len sasi crr-d
on the night when Heath eixd, and On
thai night for wears After came back 10
mind them that wa Irwin OF the deaf
The darkness the cry. Ines own ghssstiy
fanc,aS drew him ~ the door. be opened
it and came an hesdlcng. with y paIs
face. at which tisey ali lauxhed-
Here - your dry o-rst srd shppers.
Uncle" sa.1 W my. and nov that h
was In she sat down ccntsxZted lie
could not bcil, fnrtav.ly rfancing AROUND.
whether they remembered sse day or
not. Joe, VITO sat smoking his pipe On
the ether SIDE Of soe IRE. ~Ss orses~T
thxa uszln. and B~ssy. r~spsndent IN
he< new pasrino, r.ors go~s,py. bun ke~p'-
ing. ~ no<lced. cscse fnosnsrfv watch
over Wiuny. However, she always did
that AS for Wfnny. 10 ene could ever
tell what sre thooGnt.
She was toe same chusyoy, dunn ping
liftie body ma. stIe bad been ave years
ago. She roiAed aoost ,h< hotse rather
than walked Ther, we're sbe soft color
and Shy diurpaes cosairz and going on
the bo1es, face, and ssddeo lsughtsr NJ
the cark cye,, tia. made everybody long
70 hug hey and usaks friends with bsr