Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-30

USED u see him hanging about the wi.
lago with tbs Other loaitrs paid no |
attention 10 him Bot Oh that dreadful |
night / recognized HIN ~ he stood over /
me with that shining blade drawn ! |
cried out for mercy. but ho would not |
hear me lio track tho fatnl blow. !
iclt the keen edge Of the kuiio and then |
| felt my lie blood lowing out aud nv |
strength was going
Everything appeared in n mist 70 me
and pretty coon an had faded and | was
dead But was in another world. /
could hold communion with a thoufand
other wrongud hoiugs who had been
Transformed from life into the gh0s,
world They told me merry stories 81
how they at all hours haunted those Jpr
sons who mad winged ihcm IN unis
world Bot IN that respect Hm pocul
lar ghost have my regular haunting
hour trememborns my murderer stood
over mo th, clock in au adjoining room
chimcd the hour Of o'clock. and every
night just at ! o'clock pay my vic
um-hcs my victim nova visit. Aud
lmust be going
lie moved toward the door and We fol.
lowed
'Do you young men want 70 follow o
ghost upon his cheerful missionF b.
asked
by ~ means, II you will let u.s." faid
Dalrymple
81 have no objection. a ghost desires
no company. but you may go"
We followed him out through the
darkness 10 the road that led past the
house. Hemoyoi quickly along the road
and we followed. hll,d with % sensation
which cannot explain With a ghoi
on his nightly roundsl Ths was tOino.
thing strnnge-pas.iug strange.
over tho hills we followed his ghost.
ship until the village had bcen completely
left behind The u,lds. waving with
their hnrycsts Of cora. were on either
| side.
where was be going' Who was the
murderer These thoughts ilit,cl
through my mind thousand times
Presently hostopped bssoro - lafgs farm
house.
"Thls IA the place, said he.
Gruat hcayonsl Was 1t pol.iblei
| know the place we'll II was tho
residence Of Captain James Stamford.
one u the most promiuout men in our
whole vicinity.
"Thh cannot 30 true" said Dalrym.
pie.
But tho ghost gave Us no tlms for
words or ihnughn
"Follow mo-" he said. and he entered
7 4 80.
strniniug power against ghost. for be-
pushed tho door lightly aside and stepped
into the hallway. Evidently no know
the place well. A look Of delight, fau'
cicd, came over his face as hc beckoncd
Us 10 follow him up the stairway
Al the top Of tho flair1 he stopped be
fore "a door
"rhis is his ROOM" hc said.
lilo turned the knob and went In.
Tho room was dark. but through at
open shutter faint strcal, Of light ca
tered
On n bed a sleeper was tossing rest
lessly about. It was Stamford.
lilo moanod. rcstlcssly turned over ant
then. with u frightened start, 6at up II
bed.
His eyes fell upon tho CHASTITY CLIO,
figure standing NJ the foot OF his bed
looking thousand times more horrible
than when we had first seen him.
With loud cry Of terror no spranl
from tho bed and ran 20 the farther fil'
Of the room. Slowly the ghost wen
after him.
"Tal,e It awayi Take Il away!" b
shricked. Its his facet Take It away
, Oh, Godi Take u awayl"
Siandfords face WA 80 torribl.
drawn aud contortcd by his tcgrors tha
one OF his most intimate acquaintance
, would not have known him
The ghost went slowly toward him
and with a maniacal, terrified look h
ran about the room, getting ~ far iror
tho ghost rs the room would allow
p shriclnus and moaning pitcou.ly all IN
q while
Shrinking IN corner like eur q
bay, with dis bloodshot eyes alino'
ready 10 burtt from their sockets, Stand
d ford hold up his hands toward the gho.
aud criod out riicou'lyi
; go away now, ploase go awnyl | al
D NNAAN ~ NNN NNHAA AAAAa 81 NAANhHIHH q 80
1 Colt its onough'"
p But the nyonging spirit ala not hes
: his pleas Tor mercy. Wherever Stand
ford went tho horrible thing followe
u him.
For almost an hour Il went on thu
when M last Stamford becoming ute
l iy exhausted, threw himself on the b,
o and covered his face with his pillow
o trying TO shut oct the hidsous sight an
o crying out IN tho most pguitont name
0 For a moment tho ghost lowered oy,
$ him and was gone,
g Dalrymple and myself stood rooted
G the spot tor few moments, and the
+ realizing our positions, won't back dow
I tho stairway aud out OF the house.
0 "Ihis Is a horrible experience" sal
b Dalryiuple, land a horrible revelation
d We walked back home In silence, bul
r with our own thoughtH concerning q
$ novel experience Of the night
Tho next day met Stamford on q
e streo,A tie spoke 10 mo In his usu
Is happy manner. but noticed dark lin
!, under his eyes, while he wore q sleel
u and detected look.
d 10 = murderer, and no one b.
.. myself and Dalryniple knew ard wou
ever know.
a. Would Il do 10 proclaim him To q
world as such with no proof but u
10, ghosts testimony, and TO have the gho
p summoned into court? ! think not
% D,i,.r, 4 Adnpns,u la Atlanta Cunsl