The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-04-17
POLLY'S# GHOST.
The Sacrifice She Finally Made
For His Sake.

Pretty Polly Paschall sat bolt upright,
her red-brown. curls- falling in rich con-
fusion about her throat, her brown eyes
as wide as If she had not been in bed
: asleep Tor hours. lamp was
turned low, as she had left it, and shone
with dim, soft radiance over all the
richly furnished room.
Polly stared about her The chairs,
the tables, the .little~quafntIy carved
stand by the window which held her
precious pilgrim bottle, were all Just
as she had left them. What could the
noise have 4beena~Suddenly her eyes
fell upon the little square in the wall
high above bookcase.
My ghost at last" said Polly, clasp
Ing her palms together. She waited a
moment in breathless silence, but hear
ing no repetition of the noise which had
awakened her, she sprang out of bed,
put on her slippers and dressing gown,
threw some bits of wood upon the, still
glowing embers, and, turning out the
lamp. she sat down before the fire to
await the ghost whose coming she had
been expecting for lo these many days
The Paschalls, father, mother and
4 daughter, had moved into Their present
abode to await the erection of their own
house, and upon the very first day Of
their coming Polly. had spied the little
r secret door" as she called it, and Sc
lected this for her room.
Just think of the possibilities for a
ronance!" she said to her father; and he
hni al 8.
step-ladder and found the door fastened
hard and fast.
1T Is all SAFE" he said
"Oh, l want it to be safe from mortal
hands," Polly said; "but ghosts do not
stand back for bolts and bars"
IF 1t is a ghost you want said her
father, you may get it. This house
belongs to one of the Oldest and, at one
time, one Of the wealthiest families in
the State. 1t has stood here for years
and has known many changes, and,
suppose, could tell many stories, and
perhaps give up good many ghosts. l
rented 1t from sweet-faced and grand
looking old lady, who lives somewhere
and somehow in those dark apartments
next door to us. think she is the only
surviving member of the family whose
glory and wealth have departed. No. i
believe she told me there was boy, her
grandson, who is working at--she told
me what he does, but don t remem Der ;"
"How Interestingly exclaimed Polly.
II am sure shall find ghost"
But so many uneventful months had
passed since she ensconced herself in the
hot CHI hol a1,,,N e.,
expect ghost until tonight, when a
noise Of slippered feet walking over q
hard bare floor had awakened her.
She sat for long time, her eyes fixed
upon the little door, expecting every
moment that a ghostly hand would undo
the hidden OK, and a ghostly form
emerge from. ille darkness beyond. Her
maid found Ler still sitting, and fast
asleep, the next. morning when she
came to awaken her.
''My pretty Polly will nave a gloomy
day OF it, fear" said her father when
he kissed he goodbye 1T is raining
in torrents"
''oh, that I delightful" said Polly;
Il shall have good quiet lazy, dreamy
day, of it. Just such day as one should
have after an episode with a ghost
Though the rain battered soothingly
upon the windows, and the warmth and
glow within were conducive to day.
DREAMY aollv soon found the hours
OF IS ny tediouA
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s telnv ghost
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