Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-08-13
Nchannsow Frederick County, Maryland Thursday August 13 1891.
IHb SNORING GHOST.

We were perfectly desperate that
summer. You see Leila was so mlsera.
ble, that the physician SAID that moth.
ing but long summer in the country
would do her one particle Of good. He
said that she did not need medicine
she wanted change OF scene, air and
diet. Every place where she had been
in the habit of going would haye pain
full recollections of poor, dear Henry,
and besides we had always kept our
house open in the summer time and
lett the servants in it, 80 that papa
and the boys could be comfortable at
any time they We're obliged to run up
to town on business and stay over night.
OF course we always took the children's s
nurse and our maid with us, but the
rest Of the servants remained at home.
But where should we 60? That was
the question. You see we were help
less kind of a family.
Mamma consulted papa in help.
less sort Of way, but he only said:-
please yourself, my dear; l don't
care at all where we go, so that I can 90
back and forth easily
Twas the oldest so mamma consulted
with me. 1t was useless to ask Leila
what she wanted, for she didn't want
anything now but to 90 away by her
self and die now that Henry was gone !;
ut least, this is what she said. So
mamma and consulted the papers and
real estate men until our heads achcd,
and we hardly knew whether we wanted
one bedroom or ten.
Finally, | grew desperate. put on
my bonnet and started for new town,
through which had once passed.
Shall | get what l can mamma dear
without consulting any further?
"Certalnly, my dear, | am perfectly
desperate, and besides | consider your
judgment as good as my own.
SO an hour and a half later might
have been seen strolling the streets of
Berscford IN company with il real estate
agent, il any one desired look at me.
In and out, here and there, up and
down went. One house was too small,
another badly situated, third, had Il
bad drainage.
If you don't mind going ont in the
country about mile where you II haye
to keep Il horse to reach the station
he began, hesltatingly.
Out in the country Why that is just
what | wanted, bat thought every.
thing VAS occnpied, | understood you
to say 50.
well, | did say so, admitted be
frankly. but there one house you can
have. The owners gone to Europe,
and he's dreadful particular a. to who
rents it. Bat don't think there any
objection to you, Miss and he assumed
what he considered Il very engaging
smile.
| didn't care what he looked like
or did, so that | got house to put
Leila into before she fulfilled her de-
sire to die.
"lhe landlords S very nice man,
Miss Ainsworth, and wants me to do
all in my power for the tenants. lie
wants nice tenants, but lie wants EN-
treated all right.
Why | put i'll all my vcntilators and
chimney draughts and things for the
last tenant" he added, with pride in
his own generosity with another man.
money, "hecause he said the chimney
didn't draw right"
And did they af,crward? - | asked
IN alarm at the possibility of some sad
defect in any bargain might conclude.
beautiful, Miss, beautiful.-Couldn't
be better, he saId,' replied the agent.
Caring little further abont the former
occupant. and having by this time
reached the dwelling referred to, |
asked no more questions except those
necessary to my bargain. Nothing
could have been nicer. All conven
fences, shade, fruit, water and every
thing nece sary to the makeup Of a thor
oughly enjoyable summer residence
Here Leila, instead of dying, would
certainly find heart to take up her life
again.
Let us pass over all the prelmnaries;
suffice it to say that | was congratula
ted by the family upon my choice, and
that we were soon established i'll our
new home and before long felt us if we
had hyed there all our Hyes.
The first two nights we were all so
tired that we slept sound as rock, but
the third night there seemed some dis
turbance in the air. From the various
rooms all over the house, might be
heard the tnmbllngs and tossings of