St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-10-01

| 0oss and the low murnurinxs Be
thunder seemed 70 have affected "a
horse. too. and the sagacious brit
tried constantly to slaclzen his p&e
How lonely IL seemed there. NO hou}ks
no living being-nothing but the a a
In the graveyard beyond Sudde II,
the horse stopped and snorted. elr
Dupont saw two white figures suddGklj
dart into the road; one stood bcsideihil
horse. and the other beckoned hins 4
descend from his wagon. His lAii
rose. and his tongue seemed gluc:f 4
his mouth. The silence was terrible
II those white beings would only sp8ak
but NO sound came from them. At tpas,
In desperation he stammcrcd out:
"Who are you, and what do fOt
mean by stopping me here in this w4y?'
1--WE are spirits of the departed dckd,
. sepulchral voice replied. ''and VIZ
have need of your services; desj md
from your vehicle. do rs We bid Don,
and on the word Of q ghost you Aall
not be harmed"
The terrified lawyer descendedLapd
stood BY the speakers side, whil& the
other ghost tied his horse to . tired land
joined them i
"Yicld yourself entirely to usSand
ycu shall be safe" said the spokes@h han.
"You must needs walk far and }lust
allow MS to blindfold your eyes. In d fdcr
that you may not discover before -Four
time the way to the land of the sh& &slcA
No more words must bc spoken.
Obey"
Mr.. Dupont was SO terrified tn yt he
could not speak, and in silence all{ hvcl
. cloth to be bound over his eyes; her,
escorted by his ghostly companior !. he
began to walk. 1t seemed to him that
he would never be allowed to ktop;
seconds seemed ages; every attenht pf
his to speak was checked by impst tient
Rroans Of his guides. At last kfter
walking half around the earth las il
seemed to him. he realized that hi was
being piloted up sorae steps, and tse
feeling of warmth he knew that hk had
left the open air.
THE justice Of the peace ma 10
said the ghost who had tione
all the talking.
Mr.. Dupont sat down and the kldtb
was quickly removed from his cy4s, re.
vealing to his astonishcd gaze ti}e In
terror Of room dimly lighted byL wax
Every side was hung with
black curtains. and on four blacl GOV.
cred stools facing him sat four hfe.
robed specters. while beside h;mk ktSod
another dressed like his coEpat tiopA
Before he had time to more than ukwSn.
der at his strange suFroundingH she
spokesman began:
''Mr. Dupont, we have a solem& dnty
for you to perform. You are ast,ce
u the peace in the world of the pving.
and man dear to rs on account Of
-FOUR noble life; therefore are youh uhhSrc.
We have in these abodcs Of thu dead
TWO young shades recently comcf ffom
he other world Each of these {ie4 Of
! broken heart because a ss.,.n Parent
forbade them to marry? What 3 ION
hin!1, sir, of such parent ~ tn; -
Mr.. Dupont wiggied about nj eafily
n his chair. and at last said: "Ikhtnl.
,ood shade, it was very wrong shin
I'VE knew you would" rcsumt I'd ;thc
,host, because you arr = kim man,
mi one who loves his childrcn- Eow
10 We understand you to say tina fif! the
,ocr girl had been your child it would
levcr have happened?" u
''Surcly it never would" replik ID ithe
frightened Mr.. Dupont IL
1--WE have not misiudged you. kheu,"
crlied the shade, while the othf four
hosts nodded approvingly. I'VE have
ummoned you in order that ydi may
mite them in wedlock, SO tha ninFthis
vorld ut least they may be happ& such
marriage As this is not commo1 hneong
8, SO VIC brought you here, . 81 ID jus
ice Of the peace, rather than minis-
er, who might have been shod sed at
hese proceedings. You cank marry
hem just as well as q clergyman Now,
II. will you oblige us by m krrying |
hese two shades? II you will (pnsent,
on may depart At once to you home.
vill you?'
Marry the two shades? OF Cd ,rse he
rould: anything TO get away II pm thi:
erriblc spot And so. without he pre-
aution Of stipulating his fee. STAN
lercd out:
''Oh, yes, surely. anything yo wish"
No sooner had he given his ohsent
han one of the black curt bna was
rawn aside and two other b ngs in
'hitc entered and stood tef re him.
he other shades rose, and Mr.. Dupont,
OF wishing to be the only ond no keep
is seat, rose too. The good ju4 fice had
ever married shades; he did d 4 know
ute how to proceed. They Id >ked cx-
city alike; he did not know wi ich was
re bride and which the grodk kn.' He
ished he were well out Of it and the
MY way to gain his wish was to pro-
ed quickly with the ceremi by. and
, he began 1t once. Som, way he
anaged to get through, altf ugh he
,uld not have told afterwar how il
rs done. He turned to I = bride
hen he said: do you take th woman
be your welded wifc?' . ID 10 the
room when he should have 4sdressed |,
le bride; but at length. musS to his
lief, tho II do" was said by hch. and |.
q justice finished with III II pro-
,unce you man and WIFE,"
But all was not yet over. o aooner
ID the words left his lips thl b one Of [
e beings before him threw Iaside its
lostly robe. and there. in . beautiful
edding gown. stood-his aughter,
argaret Mr.. Dupont st tted to
ealz. but he only sasped. ID around I
"a stood the other ghosts; xhey. too.
d thrown aside their robes Ind stood
vealed Could he believe is eyess :