Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-13
A GHOST STORY.

NoU many year, ago peupl' u9'u ~ SHUT
AZ ghosts an" SA'ot a'"'I's Hucn more
ihah 'n'N 90 now anu one Woulu CON
stahtlN near pcope per 10 one an ,A-
or, Whlle some lhulN luual was reil'lng ms
or her eNperloMce: An 1t sNerY ouu llt'
these shost stories shouId always DC r'!dl-
Ell at second or thlru manu- 4oW want
10 s'Ua pVrs"h VINO lV'S"i."Il mas SUCH 'i'
ShoS'' ana tn'h l Will 'clItV
Yes people are more accusIoil'u 10
hearing anout ghosts now ana Fe1 even
now should 1t be WIFE daughter or SISTER
VINO vent 'lfoS 10 ii''rr''e soine SulVTiln' v'"l
experience she Is p"'hp0oneu' or ihughe"
AT, or IoIu 10 take pm
Now l nave seen "a ghoSt ana am pre-
par'd 10 a'''st most SoIclilhlE 10 'he I"c'
as wen as TO the ruin Oh every WOE" I''''
set down. l nave Oh course aNoIu'u Il'lh'S'
pu' nol iilhg eIsc' So "Ilhou' l"F'i'er l'V'
alliol'' VIII state my c''0''
some years ago "ec"'he 'he opJecC ol
'he infatuated "H .-''' l.,-l ol person vi my
own age ana ;. a. ana use uie Woru III
1atuatou "a'lH'''E' pec'''se l lPel now
as uiu a. ,'' ''ilg' 'naV he,'i'er nor any
llof'di ''''' .NVr HN'" OU"iu P''>r'i' ''c
Wur'n| vi 'il' NcrWI'iIili"S "nVo''o"
WiilcA my poor lriehu l''Nl'heu upon me;
J. on 'l' sue WIS H.l u.'-'r"'V'ul '""-'u
nor io' l loved her IN return very ueaflF,
nut 'rh ,pi'Ill 'i'''l / was " VIC 1''u
IN h''liI'r OF young chiiGreh' ana Vii"'
sH' WIS UNI ~ II WI c"9"A Wv ar
ue'-' '""' our uo'U'l"p ~ cay" o'll'I
mU'' OH necessary ''a r",ll'S one Si''u' anu
llls l''i 'tu7'u Soi'le "lsl'c'ce '''NVoh us
"U llil.
fof many wears my lrIchu heiu post ~
court, Wh'a >Ne feNl|l". soon hIl'r sHo
began TO know me- anda!th ouaA her royal
miNtfeo IN h'" '-1'' ."'.a Ninunr,>' assign
ed two houses u . t"' gave lhcin pom
up to De Tree 10 IL pos me III -
Indeed she gave up q -'''' "iu servants
ana t'!H3p"'5 - t,'''' ..4''t 49, ll-''' '...i'
and live (and die, aidSD in lodgings o''f
shop near me. Bui she was NOT hallpT.
She "gloomed over the inevitable fact
that ~ consequence OF the differences IN
her circumstances AID mlne l could
rN her every day ana all day
she was naturally OF an
L.-nap" ga 1lon, being deeply, pas
sionatcI ".H t.~ --' ir. JUS, and
also pal ally .A Ire of taxing q lngS
and pcol 't'tl 't'-r. An this gave me
often ma 4! "" 'A1ce, but we Wrtv all
the same. "' I.'4-'v' very cheerful ana
happy toy AcH ana sometimes the re-
verse.
Later ON, 'hp. poor soul, was taken III.
and during months OF calculating heIlh i
nursed he"-. onc'imes in hope, sometimes
With"H -and at moments during her ILL
ness shc Iu14ld strange comfort In iorci"iI-
ing to me, after thcmo 'uncannY lu-h-
ion. things which aAe declared would hap
pen to me after her death. They were
mostly tnVlaltlcs-lttlecp episodes colcr'A-
linz reoHlc and things over whom we had
tnlhcd ami laughed together, for SIN" was
gn,cd with "a keen scnec of the ridiculous.
Among other things she SAID to me one
afternoon:
Ihi, bazaar for which we are work
ing t,hc had been helping me for weeks
for charity bazaar, and | can DOW see Der
dainty little hands rs She manipulated the
d'iItnl" muslin ana lace; poor, poor
L. " sAaiI ne u'"u before IL taxes
pi"cr' ana Nhdii see you al your s'&H' ana
on one 81 the days OIL the bazaar an oId
lau| Will come up 10 you ana say have
you any Oh poor Miss L. ; Wofk: Omen
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