Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-16
THE PENSION GHOST.

We wcrc on our way from northern Cor
many 10 Paris, my wife and /.
The days journey had proved No fatl.
guing that the thought Of H. continuance
through the night was unhoarnhle 10 Us
both 30 we decided TO stop at the next
town, seek better convenience Tor rcposo
than our railway coach afforded and again
pursue our journey Ia the morning
"liut where shall We stop'n asked my
wife, for our travelled friends in bepueath-
Ing MS tho legacy Of their European expo
ricncc had loft us thcuddrcsscs Of lodg
ing IN this little town,
"Pcrhaph the guidcbook will help ms
out, / suggested
mewhntto my surprise the guidchook
mentioned our out uf the way town aud
named its dozen of hotels aud pensions.
one " the latter we chose
Il was still light when We reached tho
border Of France and drew mtu our station.
Here there were several liycricd men,
with tho names Of their respective hotels
lettrrrd across the fronts Of their ears,
and throwing open the doors u their con.
ycyanccs with great flourish ~ hospitality.
There were more unliyericd men who
thrungod about u.s. each mnniiestiug the
utmost oagcrness 90 relieve us Of our lug
gaze,
10 one OF these surrendered our bags
and gave him the address 10 which lac
should take them
We had not far to follow him. lie took
Us through "a turn iu the road and soon
deposited our bags upon tho threshold Of
our lodging
Hero we were bcnmiugly received by the
proprletorof the pension, much Indeed as
II we were long looked Tor guests,
Madame wore an old blncl. silk dress,
which still bore the stamp N ga Partisan
origin. She carried bunch Of kcyswhioh
she iinglod Hs she talked.
Yes, madame had rooms, two of them
there was a large one, with n smaller one
adjoining, She would show them 90 us.
Very modest appearing apartments they
were that We woro shown into, vet upon
the subject NJ their faded plpvrugs mud
unstable upholstery madame was eloquent,
managed to understand tho drift Of hoJ
discourse, madunv'- expressive gesture
explaining much NJ her fluent French, but
what was this about les chuycuN blonde
10 clnu do 10 luuo' aud "lo plrium aci
neursH'
"Whut does she sayin asked my wife,
"Oh, something about yellow hair aud
moonlight and flowers" / somewhat con.
fuscdly interpreted.
What could madame meant But that
lady was now bowling herself away hgfor,
her ndmirinR audience. and small boy
bearing our baggage entered and left itu u
the floor
looked NJ my wife
"Eyidonuy they mean ms 20 have thpsl
rooms % / said
My vito did not answer Suddenly 80.
began,
"Long ngo beautiful maiden occupio,
this chamber, and here her lover was 90
the habit OF visiting her, bringing WiJI
him bouquets OF heliutrope the maiden
fayorite flower. ono day as she rpstr,
upon couch awaiting his arrival her Low
er stole iu aud presented her with lou
quot As tho muidou bent her head 90 iu
halo tho fragrance hor false lover thrust
dagger IA her neck aud nei, pulling dow
her long hair over tho wound,
1.-THE room is said To DO still the seen
Of the muideu's visitation
In the course of our travels had bs
come used 20 my wiies random reading
from the Ruilehook.
she now looked up from the book
"lhis room /" she exclaimed, with on
thuslssm,