The herald., 1894-10-11

ulu, TOO, Gus SIC sScd hit IN MISS CnAI-
litt's face, she look 30 contonptu 'slike
Den doy nao7o 'vey, down 20 Frederick
burg, and ain hardly mo- dan gonc
when yer como Prince Cholly hoTne
again, and no And Go lottah what Mis-
Charlltt dun writo to him do lro'Dln
she git married, Lilly sey dat GO obi
denoe dun show dat Gftab ho road &c
let>ah he tlrap hit on dc 20 In front O.
90 Fgantel In do front rR'Ia Raq SO Hp
stayaIaa Rhd tiiag hssself ca dc led, al
he lauss peen pFetty near 'stsneted, too,
eus 40 Rheata was tosed s1l to pieces.
Den he fsuas gone iato DO sittia room
ep atayaiis aud shot hisaelf ens tat's
whhs da blasd commenced, md hit war
eplesh'd ill long dc hhll and down Go
stsyahs ead into DO fEp7is pn'la wliar TO
big rod stain II. Lilly say dat aho been
toie dat aftsh Ae shoot hisaelf he t'ihk
bout do iettah he dTap On 10 lo', ana
Ae drug liisaeif all dc way down dare
aud hura hit up, all 'oeptin little piece
'theat no wsitiia Oh hit, and nobody ain
ever know what Misc Chaflitt dun
write to him, And Lilly she say DAT
Prince Cheily's ha'at eFawls down deia
steps and ebeg to do pa'la fireplace and
burns DIST lettah ey ~ hight. :"
eyes" | said, II presume ii deaE
tua what OF Mias chaTlotteY''
"Jest swiBo TO toll you dat, Lilly shs
aay dst when Miss glsaFiitt ehe heah
what Prince CAeliy dun gone and to she
Up eaa comes home to her ma1nniy in
AleSsalFy aad 6eaa cat nuthiD, but just
lay On dc bed aad cry ard cry Jest SO her
heart would break. And den dc fevah
come, and shs GID 'stracted and doaa'
knew anybody, not even her own mans
my. She grow d verse every day tell sha
ain loelin no moro like Miss Charlitt
than anything. The doctor tell her
me,nifly she ain gwine to live long and
say she bettah Aond TO- her husband but
ho9 NANNY say no, not fo' him. Miss
ChaFlitt she sleep right peaceful dat
night, and sho smile right nachullike
and look most jest like she did befo'
Prince Cholly had to go way. Long
t'wads dc rio'nin Miss Charlitt she dun
raise right up in to bade and reach up her
arms jest so and cry cut raj jyful, Prince
Cholly, but she ain neber say no mo-.
sho drap back on her pillar, and de doc.
Cor say hits all over, and he say hit too
bad her husband ain thar, but Miss
Charitt's NANNY she see the happy
Hpreshun on Miss Charlitt's face, and she
soy, No; hit ana bettah he aim heah.
Lilly say she heerd dat Miss Charlitts
ha'nt is yer in this house too. "
The afternoon faded into the darkness
Of the evening. After my dinner I had
to remain with Nose while he finished
washing the dishes, as he was afraid to
be left alono for even moment. His
work over, we adjourned to the front
parlor, and permitted Nose to smoke
cigar with me- AS no ghosts seemed
to come forth, thought they might OBJ
ject to the lights, and, much to the dis
gust Of Nose, put them out in the hall
| and in the room where we sat. a soft
radiance came in from the street, and
we sat and smoked, and Nose, wishing
to appear courageous, was saying that
he guessed that half the houses that
wore supposed to be haunted were not,
and was thinking of the beautiful
| Miss Charlotte when suddenly figure
passed swiftly and noiselessly from the
hall door to the fireplace and there
vanished completely.
'Fo God, mahsa, jew see dat?"
cried Nose, clinging around my neck,
beseeching mo in one howl to protect
him and in another calling ON the Lord
to make him ''a better Niger.
I have said that am not supersti-
\ tious nor even nervous but had just
seen what Nose had, and after his un-
earthly bowling in my ear was nearly
as much worked up as he was We at
once lighted the gas and started an in
| vestigation, but discovered nothing.
| / tried all my persuasion, but Nose
was determined to go. We, however
settled that he should sleep at Lilly's
and come to mo early in the mornings.
I told him there were no such things as
ghosts, and that should no doubt soon
find out all about the apparition of the
night before. That evening, after he
had finished his work and gone to sleep
across the way, again planted myself
in such position that / could easily
watch the door leading into the hall.
was in the dark smoking, and had not
been seated long, when tall figure,
seemingly that of young man, passed
hurriedly from the fireplace across the
room and out into the hall.
cried to it to stop. My voice echoed
through the house and frightened me,
it sounded so little like my own. 1 was
about to start in search of the retreating
figure when there entered from the
door two others-those Of man and q
woman. They passed slowly enough for
mo to see them plainly, shadowy as
they were, and l ran from the room and
out the front door to the sidewalk. No;
I was not mistaken. There were tho
/ man and the wonan-two negroes in
flesh and blood-and down the hill at
the corner of Second street was an cleo
tric light. / saw it all at once. ANY
one passing in front Of the house would
cast a deep shadow in my drawing
room. called out to the couple who
had just passed: "Hello, therel Waltz
AT my first invitation to wait they
stopped, but as they located my voice
and my figure there came howl from
the woman: ''Fo' God, Ephr' am! Fo'
de Lawd sake, look yonder, honeyr'
Approaching them, asked if they
would not please walk back past the
house again, as I wished to SEQ the phan-
toms float across my parlor. Twas COM
PEELED to wait for other passersby, how