The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-02
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VII Dslzs osRourke i've n<xs door 70 :
<buFchyard
ms. ma. whispered Floreucs EdEng-
ham. Who hsd eAgersy devouysd every
word II The discasstsn. sI'm afr.id OF
ehosts. Deils ssTs ghosts come after little
girls u they don't"
'swiEl yon hash yr said Mrs. bingham
eiasping her hands in despair -Aldrsrh,
what Il this, Hays ron sod the Maple
los1r
Asosd n, why shouidn't T7- said Mr..
Cone. who just then cana In with sfr1ns
Of speckled brock txouk They offered ms
capital price. and I'm NOS rirh msn.
Bat 20 = ceuesery!'
II don't know qusstsg nsighaor fhan
cemetery.H sxid Aidrsch.
And I'm told" said Mrs. Emngham,
with . shnddes, that some insernents
hare already taken plscs.
II sfdn't suppose yeu'd mind IT, Aunt
Bingham" said the young host
Mind I'll Wby. rs . semi-barbsrous
proceeasngsv cried The LADY. do sc 1--we
In . civilized country, or do We NOS :"
MAJ screechsd Eadoiph Eringhsm.
the second son. jerking At the maternal
skirts. 'sheress load Of lumber at the bars,
. real biz Iosd- 10 you suppose that's 70
make The coins out Of r.
Just then Miss Clare stalked. II Lady
Macbeth, upon the scene.
II attach 10 Importance TO vulgar super
stitiou. said she. glaring as Mrs. Enlng-
ham, with whom she was no longer on
speaking terms "0i the dead entertain
no fear. Bar che living are quite . diner
eft thing. And 1 certainly ssw a-man,
Co1gla Aidrieh. proving about these
premises last night, with a dark lantern
The ghost r. squeaked Della. II seen
him. too. did. with these eyes. the biissed
saints besunc me and AL karmi On. Oh"
Peace, foolish woman said Haidse-
This vas no shade. IL was q barly thief,
intent no doubt on mischief. 1 saw him
try 10 open the back pariof shutter. and
then Seighhcr Foxasy's wagon drove by
and be disappeared ~ IL by magic. And
want you to understand. Laliy, 10 Mrs.
Cone, shat I can't stand the nervous
shock Of this sort OF thing. Ny profession
requires that / should be surrounded by
peaceful calm. l leave here tomorrow.
AN Ill 20 Wild yez." said Della. II
can - sleep nights in place where burglars
il climbing up the trellis work. and poor
ghosts come stalking around when the
church clock strikes midnight, and a
whole wagon load more GONNA, tomorry or
next day. from the eimetsry. Och, honei
the like Of II niver was heard before
Ma, mai Can't we go, toof We're
afraid to stay at Blossom Hedge any
iongeri'' pleaded the little Eainghams in
chorua.
And so there was general exodus.
"AIsirieh, il this true" said Mrs. Cone.
when the last express load OF trunks had
disappeared around the curve OF the road.
Is what true7 You're not afraid of
ghosts, are you. Lally7"
No. but.
''Don'sfres, my DEAR said Cone COM
possibly. 1.-The cemetery has purchased a
lot. bat II happens to be Maple Hill, four
miles 70 the east OF Us. | am not 70 blame.
am /. for Erskine Eflingham's blunder?"
''isut the load OF iumber2'
I've sold the place 10 Doctor Bassett.
and he's going TO build gem OF q Queen
Anne cottage. ! cant imagine any pleas
anter nsighbors than the BAssetss viii be,
can you ~
Yves. ssid bewildered Laily: but the
interments that had already taken place
theres You said yourself"
MY dearest girl. don't you remember
that ne buried Minnie. your pet spaniel.
under the sweet briar bush ont there, and
the two cansriss. last fall r.
.'oh. Aldrioh. are you not ashamed Of
yourself p
"who--If Not in the least"
But the ghosts. Aidrichf The bur
glars
Here comes Andromeda," said Mr..
Cone, with sudden assumption OF more
than Judicial gravity. Come here, you
false dafnsel. and own up at once what
I've already been sharp enough to discover
for myseif
''oh. Cousin Aidrichl" ssammered poos
Andromeda. hlushing celestial rosy red
and trying vainly TO hide her face behand
the blue-rihhoned banjo in her hand.
- am neither Della 0'Rourke. nor the
bingham children. nor yet Haidce Clare. y
mereiie.sly went on Aldrich. "And
shrewdly suspect that the ghost was Jack
Joceiyn in . white tennis suit. haunting
the green field beneath his sweetheart
windows, and the burglar no other than
Jack Jocelyn in black, climbing up the
treilia after letter which he well knew
where TO find."
Ansiromeda blushed redder than ever.
Now. I'll have no more OF this" said
Aidrsch. with mock sternness. Confess
young woman, at once. that you and
your love affair are az tho bottom OF al
this mystifcation. Jack Jocelyn ha:
owned up"
.soh, Aldrichr' sohhed Andromsda
"And viii you. too. turn against mer'
Not bit of it, said Aldrieh Cone
| eheerEuiiy. Don't fret. little one. Jacl
| has Just told me that he has been sp
| pointed TO thousand-dollsr berth IN Ia,
| general postoffice, and I've written to you
| mother that things are all right He's
| jolly good fellow. aud it isn't necessary fo
him to play ghost out In The cold an.
| longer"
| A ndrcmeda threw herself. weeping viii
| 10Y. into Laily Cones arms. and the Tvs,
/ women rsjoieed together.
! Alarish smiled
| "My plan hasn't worked so badly.
/ sRid be
fut on the Breaks