The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-12-12
AN AyENGING SPIRIT.

Harkl There it is. The ghost is
taking his midnight walk There can
be no mistaklng that light step echo
ing through the wide and silent hail.
way. II is the ghost
Springine up grasp Dalrymplo by
the arm and give him raising shake
He starts up with sleepy. half
frightened look.
Jack, said !. In an awed whisper
'listenl There is the ghosts step
This house IS haunted surel he's
coming down stairs.
Dalrymple rubbed his eyes and
sprang TO his feet Ghosts nor men
had no terrors for him. and Il was for
tins reason that had asked him TO
spend night with me in this house.
about which there were 80 many
stories o. ghosts walking at night. and
which was so much avoided by the
villagers.
And IN truth the houses uucanny
reputation was not without foundation.
IL had not heen occupied for thirteen
years. and was now inhabited by rats
and cockroache- lis roof WAS all moss
grown. ana all approaches 10 IL were
grown up in weeds and briars No
one had cared to go near IL Ia thirteen
years. It's last occupant was Il rich
old man who lived IN il only during
the summer and was All alone For
rilccn summers he lived there Tho
people knew bnt title Of him save
that lis name was Caspar Tr1pp and
that he was immensely wealthy.
The last seen OF him about tho wi.
lagc was one day ia August just thir.
teen years before HE occurrence OF
the incident narrated az the beginning
OF tins story. lie was observed walk
ing about the place experimenting
some work that he was having done.
The next day the house wa, shut UP
and he was seen no more II was
thought thar he had returned TO the
city. and would turn mp the next sum
mcr a few months later Il younger
brother Of hIs came down and re.
moved the furniture and closed up the
house. This was the last ever seen OF
Caspar TrOup and tho next summer
the house was not opened.
We could hear the footsteps sound
Ing in the hallway just over our heads
II was the ghost and IL was coming to-
ward the stairway Nearer and near
cr the footsteps came and faster my
heart beat. Another step Great
God There Il was! Hideous IIor-
rible,
AT last ! had seen ghost In
az ms most horrible freaks OF
imagination had never coniured
up anything half so frightful or
hideous as this. II was the figure OF
an old man who might have been
thousand years old SO bent. so feeble
and decrepit nc seemed He was
leaning with one hand on cane. while
with the other he steadied himself on
The railing Of the stairway But more
horrible than all was the awful gaping
cut which extended from one OF his
ears 10 the other and which was drip.
ping with blood, His white beard
was clotted with blood and the long
white hair which fell in folds over his
shoulder was soaked with gore.
This horrible. unearthly figure came
down the stairway and stood before
MS staring 40 us with his Wild mani
neal. prorudlng blood-sho. eyes
while hi- thin lips were twitchipg
ucrvously and the ghastlv wound was
gaping open showing the severed
wind pipe. Who-who are your
asked Dalrymple. In husky voice
The creature replied in squoaking
voice without moving bis lips the
voice coming out Of the frightful gap
ing wound.
H. he .aid n am Caspar Troup
And wa murdered here ia this
house thirteen years ago. II
Troop mrrderedr was all ] could
c.aculatc. Il mean what say, con.
tinued the ghost II was murdered
ia here / am "a ghost aud ! am now
gong to haunt tho wretch who gave
me that aud he pointed 20 the gan
ing rhastly wound across his throat
Who who killed you" asked Dali
rymple.
Ills name?' the ghost asked 'Ah.
| don't know that But his face, An
how many thousand times have |
caused IL 20 grow contorted IN the
most dreadful agony, as would APP
pear before him suddenly. Before the
uight he gave me this death wound !
used TO see him hanging about the vii