Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24
THE LINEN CLOSET.

"But surely there are more roomsr
The young widow who had come down
10 Garland 10 hire u little house Tor the
sumner had followed the agent into the
twostory cottage and was staring about
her.
"only four foomsi" she said. surely
there werctcn-l mean that the house looks
larger on the outside
"oh, there were ten originally, mn'am,n
thu agent replied. There were ten, hut
the rcst are boarded up This II simply the
wing, but you have u parlor, q dining rom
aud two bedrooms, besides the little out
aide kitchen. which l. building by Itself.
and the rvnt IL actually nominal"
"iut III. folly Of boarding up six good
rooms sald tho lady. ''rhe psrlor with
the wainscot aud the black marble mantel.
piece"
"You know the hou,ei" cried the agent.
"Oh, In houses of this sort you always
fnd black marble mantel aud n walns.
,Ot.n said IA. lady. "And on the other
sidc Of the hall the sitting room and SPARE
bedroom, and three bedrooms upstairs,
and the linen closet aud bathroom-the
long. dark linen closet"
The ghost always comes out Of that"
said the agent
"oh. hor' cried the lady. 1.-THE cat l. out
Of the bag. The house IL hAunt-din
"Ycs. ma'ani." replied the agent. ut
has that reputation among Ignorant people.
But sincc the main building has been
boarded In the hguFe has never been seen
by any one"
"The fgurs" asked the lady. "All In
white like nm Ironing boardw
All IN white, but like pretty girl Of
sixteen" replied the agcnt. II rmemb-r
the murder myself Ny father was In the
real estate business wherr am now.
was a school boy. ] remember how thu
news ran through the village that Martha
Penny Ind been killed by wild Jack Parker.
and how rushed up with the crowd 10 sec
her. Yes, maam. saw her lying weller
Ing In her blood across tho threshold OF th,
linen CLOSET"
The lady shudderrf and sat down In thu
large, ehintf co,orrd armchair OF th. room
they had enterd.
You can 20 and play Ia the garden,
she said 10 the little boy whom she led by
the hand. Don't NO out Of slight. Now
cell me the story. Mr. BriekY
VERY sensible TO send the child away, "
the agent said. well, the facts Were
these; Martha Penny lived ~ scnmstros,
with Mrs. Parker. They made her one OF
tho family. Jack fell in love with her
The story soe. that she refused him. and
that be said that she should never marry
any other msn. Then she declared tina,
shc meant to 40 away, aud she was getilne
ready to 20 when she saw him with BLAZING
eye. coming down the passage, and raj,
into the linen closet. A black ssryaul
watched IL all. Ash. pa.,el tho door n,
shot her. They arr.st.i him and tool hin
on To prison, Hut whilo tho body wa.
waiting for the coroner n di.annca,,s M
one ever knew how. Mrs. parker mi
taken 10 her he'd. Hack Ann bad h.,r
afraid 10 M in IN, rootn Nl,h M, mn,,,.,.I
girl. Ia the night Martha penny'. ca,n.,
vani.hod.
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