Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27

irightiui tnlngS On the sixth and
mansard floors it appeared that
strange and absolutely inexplicabie
noises were heard. Then the nurse
OF the old lady on the fourth story,
going one night to steal wine from
the cellar, encountered the ghost Of
the defunct proprietor-he even held
In his hand a receipt for rent, by
which she knew him.
And the refrain from loft to cellar
was:
There is something under all
this"
From disauietude it had come to
fright; from fright it quickly passed
to terror, so that the gentleman Of
the frst floor, who had valuables in
his rooms, made up his mind to 90
and send in notice by his clerk.
Bernard went to inform the pro-
prletor, who responded:
''All right. let the fool 60"
But next dav the chiropodist of the
second floor. though he had naught
to fear for his valuables, initiated the
gentleman beneath him. Then the
bachelors and the little households
on the fifth story quickly followed
this example.
From that moment it was gen.
eral rout By the end of the week
everybody had given notice. Every
one awaited some frightful catastro-
phe. They slept no more They or
gained patrols. The terrified do
mestics swore that they, too, would
quit the accursed house, and re-
manned temporarily only on triple
wages.
Bernard was no more than the
ghost of himself; the fever of fear had
worn him to a shadow.
Meanwhile three and twenty sfor
rent" placards swung against the ia
cade Of the house, drawing an oc.
casional application for lodgings.
Bernard-never grumbling now
Climbed the staircase and ushered the
visitor from apartment to apartment
You can have your choice" said
he to the people that presented
themselves, 1.-THE house is entirely
vacant: all the tenants have given
notice as one man. They do not
know why, exactly. but things have
happene' oh yes, things! a
mystery such as was never before
knowr-the proprietor has lowered
the rents!" :
And the would-be dodgers fled away
affrighted.
The term ended, three and twenty
vans carried away the furniture of
the three and twenty tenants. Every.
body left. From top to bottom, from
foundations to garrett, the house lay
empty of dodgers.
The rats themselves, finding moth
ing to live on, abandoned it also.
Only the concierge remained, gray
green with fear in his lodge Fright
ful visions haunted his sleep. He
seemed to hear lugubrious howlinys
and sinister murmurS at night that
made his teeth chatter with terror
and his hair erect itself under his cot.
ton nightcap. Nine. Bernard no more
closed an eye thar he. And Amanda,
IN her frenzy, renOunced all thought
OF the operatic stage and married
for nothing in the world but to quit
the paternal lodge-a. young barber
and hair.dresser whom she had never
before been able to abide.
At last one morning after more
frightful nightmare than usual Ber-
nard, Zoo, took a good resolution.
He went to the proprietor, gave up
his keys and scampercd away.
And now on the Rue de la Victoirie
stands the abandoned house-"The
Accused House'-whose history 1
have told you. Dust thickens upon
the closed Stats, grass grows in the
court. No tenant ever presents him
self now, and in the quarter where
stand this accused house so funeral
Is it's reputation that even the neigh.
boring houses on either side have also
deprecated in value
Lower ones rents! Who would
think Of such thing!--Trauslate
from the French or Emile Gaboriau.
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OF No Use to Him.
The man with an important air
took the seat next to the amiable