Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-26
THE SPECTRAL VISITOR.
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families has lived here since nv old
missis went to Florida, and not one of
'em has stayed over the three months
All because Of -" .... ...
''Of whatT' said Mrs. Glare, a the
woman paused
''Of the ghost, ma'am, If you will
have It," answered Mary Moore.
Mrs. Clare burst out laughing. II
never heard any thing so ridiculous in
all my life," said she "Do, pray, take
little more pains with those button
holes, Mary, and let the ghost alone;
and I'll wager that it will not trouble
u.s."
Mary sewed away in silence, with tho
kreenish eyes fixed intently on her work,
and the thin lips tightly compressed.
She had scattered the seed; it was only
to wait, now for 1t to terminate.
Little Kate came running breathlessi
~ in, that very evening.
Mammal! Mamma al" cried the child!
"a white lady waving her arms out of
tho back window! Is 1t the poor lady
who was murdered by the Indians be-
fore tho house was built? Cook says it
wasl And cook is going tomorrow, and
80 is Emma Janel'
Mrs. Clare stepped out into the fading
twilight and herself reconnoitered the
ground.
my dear" said she, "you are mis-.
taken. There is nothing there but the
white mist rising out of tho river and
the hemlock boughs waving in the
wind"
"Yes, know" said little Kate, who
was clinging TO the skirt of her mothers
dress; "but there tods n white lady there
all white; her hair and her hands and
the vail over her head-leaning out Of
the back window over the dairy"
Mrs Clare lighted lamp and won't
directly to the room in question, an un.
used apartment which served chiefly
for the storage Of old trunks, boxes and
chests 1t was as she had expected-all
quiet and empty.
There, Katie" said she; now you
see how foolish you were to be so fright
ened."
But 1 did see b white lady" per-
sisted little Kate.
The two servants left the next day in
panic of foolish superstition.
"Never mind, ma'am," said Mary,
"PH stay. 1t amt pleasant, know, to
feel as there's supernatural creeturs
A-glidin' all around and peeping at you
through the cracks in the door, but I'm
used to it. And my duty! the frat
thing 1 thinks of. ma'am."
You arc q good girl, Mary" said
Mrs. Clare, land, I dare say, l shall get
other servants before long"
II hope so, ma'am," said Mary, dubi-
ously. But can't say. Most of them
IS goes out to service around here has .
mortal dread Of Ivy Lodgel'
The stable-boy, bright little fellow.
whom Mrs Clare had brought with her
from the city, was the next person to
whom the white lady appeared. He,
too, left at once, without even waiting
for the balance of wages due him.
What shall do?" said Mrs. Clare.
piteously.
There's Fern Manor, ma'am, across
the river, to let" suggested Mary
Moore, with her faded eyelashes cast
down. Its very nice modern house,
ma'am, and"
'Its out Of the question" said Mira.
Clare; entirely out of the question.
The rent Of Fern Manor Is twice what
we pay here"
"But ono can have peace and quiet.
hess there" said Mary, obsequiously.
"And I'll have it here" said Mrs. Glare,
tesolutely, ''or I'll know the reason
why. I'll be conquered by no senseless
phnntoms, nor yet by the silly stories
OF vulgar gossips." ..
Just as you please, ma'am," said
Mary, . little crisply; and she went
back to tho kitchen to see that the bis.
cults did not brown too much.
The night closed in wild and windy
with sweeps Of rain rafting against
the easements and tho trees grooming
in the blast Mrs. Clare sat up late
reading and writing to her husband
and the clock struck twelve before she
rose to go to her own room.
A violent draught Of wind blew ou
her light as she entered the hall, and
In tho sickly CLEAN Of the haneinS
lantern above she saw q white. Hpectra