The Lamar register., 1893-07-08

/ we were III our aCAt tllpoiL
What was | to do with her9 Surely
could not take her TO my boarding
house
1 spoke to the spook somewhat
severely.
..Look here. miss" said. ''you
understand that l can: take you
with me. don't YOU like your
company and ell that. but it isn't the
conventional thing"
She shook her head despondently.
but clung closer than before.
swore at her, but I soon discovered
that | couldn't insult her.
Then in the excitement of the mo-
ment fear | did an ungentlemanly
thing. | pushed my way into n
crowd of pedestrians, and separating
myself from my decarnated compan-
ion | rushed with 5reathless haste
into the nearest street car. Those
OF my readers who have been
ghost about town in broad daylight
will appreciate my feelings AMI for
give my actions
..Heaven be thanked murmured,
II have lost hcr,m
| fell into sea: and handed the
conductor dime.
..Do you pay for that lady9" he
asked.
Great Scott. The luminous woman
sat serenely at my side
| paid her fare. All the wa homo
was busy devising some means Of
getting rid OF her. At length we
reached the house. opened the
door and alroitly squeezed myself in
alone The experiment was a fail
ure. She slipped in through the
keyhole. smiling gratefully. My
landlady. Mrs, Shaw, met me in the
hall
.Glad 10 see you. SIR" she said.
why. sakes alive, who is this wo-
MANI"
l couldn't explain to Mrs Shaw
tha, it was a ghost. so | simply said;
"Shc will lodge here to night. Get
room ready for her.
Well. well. ac Ila:ed Mrs. Shaw.
I'D not have thought it of yoa. and
yourself engaged to the innocent girl
in the city.
..Hushi'" said s,craly. This lady
is my aunt"
..oh. that's different" said the
landlady.
Whom. however. the ghost insisted
on taking up her cuartors in my
room. the Ia7dla5r's ind gnntioR
knew no bounds
The next few days of ny life were
inexpressibly miserable. The ghost
followed me everywhere. AT my
/ place OF business she created 4 sensa
/ tion amcng the clerks and the senior
partner requested me not TO come
till the lady should consent 20 romain
at home. / could not visit Maud
with an apIarition at my side, so
remained away from my darling's
/ house My strange iniatuation for
| the unknown female was noIsed
around and soon reached Maud ears.
In the greatest Indignation she re-
turned my ring and letters and de-
/ clared our engagement at an end.
A. night her society was pArticu-
! lnrly obnoxioss, fer she became lum-
I inous IN the dark aud on one occasion
/ we had such crowd after US that
| policeman wanted to aIrsst mo for
I maintaining q nuisarce.
I Was eve- mortal so punished for
/ having performed a noble act? How
1 | regretted having ever visited that
haunted house.
One day hal brilliant idea
/ hired out my ghost TO the dime
museum, or course. / had to sit on
/ the platform near her. but | could at
/ least turn her p sr'istent company into
a source OF profit For couple of
days the spectre was drawing card.
but as she did nothing but sit and
/ gaze afTectionatcly and gratefully at
NE people began to tire of her. 0n
/ the third day she wa, minus an en-
( gagement.
| next offered her to the society for
/ psychical research for experimental
purposes, but this body OF Solous had
becn so often duped by spurious
| spooks that they re used TO entertain
! my overtures. next bad another
| excellent inspiration advertised
] myself as a medium in close cornmu-
! nication with the spiritual world and
ready to consult dcchruated spooks at
a dollar consult Here again my
Z ghost was failure She was strik-
| ingly incapable of forocasting the
l future and was equally ignorant Of
| the past Her tests were failures
I Cne day my house was raided by the
constable and | was fined S50l. fo-
obtaining money under false pre-