Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-08
ROBINS0N'S GHOST.

pOBINS0N'S GHOST.
.s,.hl don't take any stock in yarns
80, and rs positively absurd for
"a As wo aro"-a party Of three
,--,sdoctor aud q journalist-"who
~ dives on our common sense, to
ech stuff seriously. Modern
IA thrown 50 strong n light on
gs.ions that they ought TO be roc
~ everywhere for just what they
.-siking more than tho result Of
~ disorder. What do you say,
son; do you believe IN ghosts, IA
I, l5sni. tho doctor. seems tor The
IN eontcmptuously threw away the
.--,of his cigar rs II It woro the Of
~ ho was bcrating instead Of tho
"a, who had Just boon spinning an
hflinnef yarn OF q supernatural kind.
1 .DoIbeliovc ia ghostoi Well, really.
-gu, | don't know But your speak
1 4 the sciences reminds mo onco
IA rmarkablc experience with n
a. Robinson reached for the bot
sllsl his glass slowly and held II MP
:, light with an air of reminiscent
ation. Altera short pause he went
e 10 answer to our inquiring looks;
Twas ave years ago, just after | had
--i my Office here and taken young
on into partnership One hot July
,.sirg received q telegram asking
q D. 20 NJ once to B., a little town
60 Long Island, TO draw up a will
faman who had boon ono Of our best
..s johnson was ont Of town, 30
% a,tcnd TO the matter myself,
A glance at the timo table showed
aAat | should have to stay IN b
rial hours, aud just "a was leaving
rJarred IN mo that IL might DO WORTH
's to take my camera along-John-
d inl were both Kodak hcnds' IN
Zoe days-as my business might not
BAN mo long, and should probably
au N hour or two 10 spare. had
gty time 10 catch my train, 10 / has.
|typekod no the camera from my desk
a nshcd on. just as | expected. |
sa tnilhod the will and started out 20
4 nne yicws Of tho sleepy old town.
bl,B-- IS rather commonplace vii
hgs, and saw nothing | thought worth
maHilg my camera at till had
reached hsouisl;irts Of tho town, where
licuHa Flcturesqgo old mansion that
caasAiny fancy.
'liHaia quaint. rambling old house,
fiasi focfod and oyorgrown with vines.
i seael 10 DO dosaTted-in fact, almost
a rslh Il stood at some distance back
ron the road, and as there appeared to
s 70 enc living ihoro went Into its
fflsa, which WIS an unrcstrained tan.
BE Of weeds and tail grass, to get q
t.atr view Of tho building. was just
toli to iako a picture OF tho porch
'l'a an oil nam appeared In tho door
,y. He was worry lcoblc. but u rather
iae locking old boy. at once began to
solosizo for trospassing ON his grounds,
w he stopped me and told mo to take
hnany pictures as wished. He turned
~ 10 b the man In charge Of tho place.
'I'oons'ruck up an acquaintance with
ia and was not long Ia winning his
I = yraees. Ho told mo tho house had
. bon used for many years; 1t bo-
t'sed TO Mr.. s., who lived In Eu-
q and who had left this place in his
Cage 10 having boon the gardener.
q vas very willing TO show mo around
~ lhviiod me 10 look at tho inside OF
p house. which was glad to do. The
81 gllmpse Of tho interior pleased mo
, aaeh that decided to make view
uaioF my first picture.
mo door opened on broad hall run.
!, clear through tho house; thore was
'.a'go winding stairway ut tho back
',A landing place half way up, upon
.'lIh there opened II beautiful oval
.llow' oyergrown with ivy. Tho light
Us good and | snapped my camera at
~ me old stairway and window.
,oR anumbor Of views Of tho house and
POUNDS and had barely timo left to
1, ,. my train back to the city.
For some time after my return was
Wy busy, as johnson was away and all
70 work tell on me, 30 1t was at least q
-lh'h before got tho negatives Of my
''urei " tho old house. But remem.
''el all tho incidents we'll, and was
! ', |. pleased to lind my views rs good
= lney We're, but you may imagine my
'gnlshlnent whom looked at the mega.
W." my inst picture aud saw in 1t the
ia,o OF beautiful young girl standing
. W., landing place OF the stairway.
Ahe whole negative was oxcollont;
sifls picture was especially clear
I VOL marked. How on earth did
go ge' thorci had certainly mover
'en nor before, and | was absolutely
y'alh that there had boon no girl on
''o ,n,uur|ay whom took tho picture.
but thoro tho strangor WINS standing.
sue had paused moment on hor
ny gown stairs, with one arm slightly
l' ~, and leaning forward u triac, as 4
,oL'hs Ut some ono In tho hall below.
! was utterly inoxplicablc to me. / had
, a seen that face, and tho gardener
40 y, 1old mo that tho house was not ia.
Aulied' / do not believe that there
' oala have been such q girl in b,
" 'ue'e sho was. As far as one could
Ivy 1lsS from so small a Photograph. it
m, ~, lleo OF raro beauty, | was com.
'.'.ly myauned.
, ~, ~ luck would have It | was OBLIGED
g. 70 IL again tho next day. and
~" my negative with mo, PROMISING
w., g 10 look for tho mysterious beauty
,,. ,ao ttairway, for tho ,aco had q
. ''S''3o fascination for mo, and | deter.
.sJ '' 10 lind the girl whose picture
%. i, ~ .uinaceountably taken, il coula