The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-10-18

all the time, and my old man went
in there TO AK him II he had seed the
mules. While he was in there he
hearn somethin' a runnin' up and
down in the passage, and he says to
your pappy, You got lots o rats
here'S No. says he, Il aint got
none.' Jest then somebody said,
Help me, help me, Lord, help me-
My old man went out into the pass.
age to see who 1t was out thar, but
thar wasn't a soul. Then be went
back to your parry, but one Of his
spells had done tuck him, and all he
could git him to say was, Its no
use, it's no use.' My old man was
that scarf he come right home, and
sent a Niger after the mules."
"Why, Mrs. Snoddy," said Mre.
Barnes, "you will brighten Miss Phil
ippson IL you tell her that. II the
house is haunted, she'll find 1t out
for herself, and If 1t amt you'll
brighten her for nothing"
81 didn't mean no HARM" said
Mrs. Snoddy. 81 was only tellin'
what my old nan hearn hisself; you
Amt hearn no SIGH noises, have you,
Miss PhilippsonF"
Poor Sarah knew not what to do.
To admit that she had heard the
inexplicable noises would confirm
the superstitious in the belief that
the place was haunted and would
make others of her neighpors think
her weak minded and superstitious.
So she could only reply, 81 think
peoples im%aginations have a great
deal to do in such things" and then
she FASTENED to turn the CONVERSE
ton to the last meeting at silver
Spring. AS the ladies left, Mrs.
Snoddy said, "Now, Miss Philippson,
eff you do git scarf and have to run
away from hyar, cum right to my
house; I'll be glad to see yol at any
time.r
When Philip heard from his sister
that evening what had been SAID. he
was astonished, confused and pro-
voked. But the voice had ceased to
sound, and they heard it no more for
weeks.
In the meantime both were very
busy. Besides spading up his acre
of ground, Philip put a rough fence
around the garden and prepared
some beds in front of the house for
flower seeds. And Sarah found
constant occupation with her garden
and poultry. But amid all these
labors they noticed Chat they We're
losing their appetites. In a few
days Philip was taken with a fever
and became very sick. All their
lives they had had excellent health,
and Sarah had no idea what to do
for her brother. She prepared him
every tempting dainty in her power,
but he could not taste it.. There
was no medicine of any sort in the
house, and had there been, she
would not have known what he
needed. How she did wish for her
dear old grandmother! That night
he grew much worse, and was often
out of his head. Once she heard
him repeating the words which the
mysterious voice had impressed on
them both. She sat by his bed all
night. Oh, was there ever so long a
night! How slowly the hours crept
by! And what would the morning
bring?
AT last daylight came, and she
determined to go over to Mrs. Sill
vey's for help. She knew nothing
about bridling and saddling a horse,
but she felt that dire necessity must
provide some way of doing these
things. Vain were efforts to catch
the horse. Having grazed for several
days this animal refused to be coaxed
into the stable by the ear of corn she
held out towards him. Then she
tried to drive him in, but he threw up
his heels and rushed off to the far
Their side of the large pasture. The
distressed young lady followed him
and drove him back, only to see him
repeat the same exploit with evil
IDENTIFY increased enjoyment. For an
hour she continued her futile efforts
of coaxing and driving, until, thor
oughly wet with the morning dew
and fatigued and oppressed by her
running in the sun, she sat down
and wept bitterly. When she went
to the house she found her brother
in a stupor from which it took some
time to arouse him. Now thoroughly
alarmed she determined to walk to
Mrs. Silvey's. Telling him her pur-
pose, she set out. The sun was high
in the sky and shone with a heat to
which she was quite unused at that
time of the year. Though nearly
exhausted by her sleepless night OF
anxiety and her futile chase of the
horse, she started in a very fast
walk; for a horrid fear that her dear
brother might ever now be dying
nearly chilled her heart. But she
had not gone a mile before her