St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21


nifty of forest and mountain.
The moon WAS up. nature awckc, q
breeze swept by bearing tho music Of Z
tumbling brook, the melody Of murmur.
ing pines, the love notes Of . belated
bird singing to his mate.
How long I had slept can not tell,
when suddenly was wide-awake with
the room brilliantly lit and presenting
an appearance totally different to what
it had done when retired. On side.
board were half-emptied bottles and de.
canters, and at . table four men were
seated deeply engrossed over . game a
cards. Great % was my astonishment
70 find my apartment thus invaded, ]
seemed to lose all personal eonsider1,
tions in watching the feverAA anxiety
Of the players. and in wondering what
would happen next
Suddenly their voices were raised IN
anger. one of the players accused IN.
other of cheating, and in = moment
there was general uprOsr. The two
men were struggling desperately TO-
gether, glasses were upset. chairs wore
overturned and then caught the glitter
of . knife and the gleam of . pistol
The two spectators made no attempt to
separate the combatants, although u
was evident that . tragedy was immf
nent- The taller of the two freed hia
hand from the others grasp, the long
murderous looking knife was uplifted.
but rs it descended the other raised his
pistol and fired; there was the duh thud
of Q heavy body falling and then, over
come with horror. I lost consciousness
How attracted their attention do
not know, but suddenly became awsre
that the remaining three were standing
over me calmly discussing my proposed
death; my blood seemed to freeze in
my veins and into those terrible mo-
ments was compressed the agony Of
years of torture.
''She is sound asleep" said one. ''an'
anyhow I never did take kindly to
killin' women"
''She has seen the deed done," said
the second significantly.
''That dead men tell no tales is Just
rs true and tFuer Of women" said the
third, $50 I had better make II safe, }"
laying rs he spoke . muraerous hand
ON my throat.
With a desperate effort I broke
through the spell Of horror that had
held me; / struck out wildly and en-.
countered . soft resisting body, the
lights were extinguished rs opened my
eyes, and nothing remained but the
sound as of some one hurriedly ne
treating. r-
never knew till that moment what
o vast amount of stored shrieking force
. small woman possesses; mine wae
sufficient in an incredibly short time to
bring to my room the doctor, the
Jane Sabina and half .
dozen guests, none of whom were re
marlsable for the careful finish Of their
dress -rf.i't .41
With graphic power that has en-
tirely deserted me, or should make
my fortune As story writer, I related
what had occurred. ..4
"It does not matter whether I was
asleep or awake in regard to what I
,aw, although Of course I was awake;
but / know / heard something hurry
Iwny, and / know that felt something
when struck said in conclusion,
pausing only through sheer physical in
Ibility to utter another word
Sabina Jane incohercntly remarked
to the effect that IL was
.just what she'd expected Of them
nasty ghostesses" and then In company
With the majority of my visitors dis
appeared The doctor looked puzzled
md remained silent, the satellite how.
.vcr spoke; he was never . voluble per
,on, but on this occasion he confined
himself TO one word
'sRats!'' ~
'.Do you really think it-they-was
~ts?" gasped, growing ungrammati-
al in my confusion.
Had not felt we'll assured that the
loctor was deeply impressed by my
,hostly visitation should have said
hat he smiled, brt that Of course was
impossible at such moment Some
,coplc I have noticed arc afYlictcd with
twitching ard when ] glanced
e him again he was -as solemn rs . |
phinx; even the satellite put his hand
,efore his mouth. and coughed In .
modest, self-deprccatory way, Is If his |
ceilings were too much for him.
II will bring Mrs. Morris to remain |
vith you until you Dress" said tho |
octor. land then ycu had better take |
scdativc and share her room; to-mor-
ow Twill have q thorough tnvestiga-
hon made and IL I flnd that any one Is
rying to perpetuate stupid story by
laying . still more stupid practical
Pike, III" 1000. /
At this point the doctors voice sank
nd although his remarks appcared to
ain 'sdditional energy, I'm under the
they were not intonded for
" cars Or for publication. !
Tho result of the investigation showed
hat my nocturnal visitors were Eats, .
mali colony of which had evidently en-
,yed undisputed possession Of . spging |
lattress for . considerable period Aud
, the ghost II Rzacing Han was laid, /
ut the oldest part ,wss the sssellite's
e. for such unan Il was quite
and showed great natural
the moment he. heard my
,ory, when every one else ives unite ct
., he looked aE the doctor and said:
Rats."--Nary Hashronck. in DfakeS |
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eight weigAt = IL pun q gravity
ward center and when spea1ing q |
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