The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-12-28
THE GHOST LAID.

thae ramshackio Old house at COmeck. !
was . lovely old house. without doubt,
but
Well, Mr., Brewer fixed tho house up %
that II would do to live In for awhile at
any rate until better times should come.
and they had furniture enough to make
them comfortable. Grandfather Brewer
declared that no didn't caro- for oven bed
when he had his wheel chair. and, in fact,
any one Of tho family would have been
content to sleep In 1t.
This wonderful chair was q patent ono,
and when grandfather was not using Ii, or
the twins were not pushing each other
Around In 10 as "choochoO carr or a
steamboat, its four legs were allowed to
stand upon the floor, tho wheel legs being
raised under tho scat 80 that they would
not be In the way. This was all that was
wonderful about grandfather's chair, ex.
cept that Ii was covered with fine, soft
leather, and not one Of tho springs was
broken. 1t stood In the corner Of the sit
ting room nearest the bay window, when
not In use, and was quite an ornament.
As you may have inferred from what
have said, the Brewers had very little
money, and In consequence they had to
condense themselves, rs 1t were, to fit the
part Of tho house which was furnished.
Tho sitting room WAS a large, square room
and three bedrooms, and the nursery opened
into it. Mr.. and Mrs. Brewer had one
room, Tony and Ben another, grandfather
the third and Emily slept In the nursery
with the twins.
Everything went on very smoothly In
tho Brewer household until one night En-
H..
queer noises that seemed to come from the
sitting room, and she couldn't just ac-
count for them In tho sleepy state Of her
oh, no. So she did not mention the tact to
the family that she had been kept awake
nearly all night by strange sounds.
But the noises were REALLY there, for To-
ny and Ben announced one morning that
the house must be hauntei, a. they had
heard such peculiar whizzing sounds dur
ing the night. 1t wasn't long before the
whole family became aware that something
that wasn't visible In tho daylight occu
pied the sitting room at night.
If It's person" said Ben, "I'n FIX
him." And that night no tied cords in
many different positions about u foot above
the floor, hoping to trip up the intruder.
But IL he expected to hear u loud thump
from the falling of a heavy body which
had been tripped by the cords he was dis
appointed All the sound that was heard
was tho same cid whir-whir W hiking
that they all knew by heart now.
Spirits" limited Tony darkly tho next
day when they found that the cords had
not been touched.
And Emily, who was Of very senti-
mental turn Of mind, wove a sad romance
about beautiful girl who had lived there
many years ago, when the house was new.
The beautiful girl (accordins to Emily 8
tale) had been wooed and won by q dash
Ing soldier. who had to leave his promised
bride and take up his duty on the battle
field. The girl had promised not to mourn
| In his absence and set herself to work to
make her wedding garments. So she sat
at her wheel and whiled away the weary
hours by spinning and weaving and think
Ing Of her soldier lover. For a long time
| she kept this up, singing blithely at first
and sitting at the window, where she could
| catch the first glimpse Of his return. Day
After day her singing grew weaker, as her
| lover failed TO come, and before her wed
ding garments were finished her singing
had been hushed, her work dropped, and
she had died. The whlrring and whizzing
uol,E, dttA<bEftl, Was kltSb VI Int
beautiful maid working her wheel to have
her wedding garments finished by the time
the dallying lover turned up.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Brewer didn't try to solve
| the problem in any such way AZ this. They
said that even in the best built houses
| queer noises were often heard, and they
must expect it in that old house.
| Grandfather was very much interested
In the noise, and he told Emily he though,
her solution WAS captivating, and hs In,
tended to leave the lamp burning In th<
sitting room and SEQ for himself the ghast
| ly maiden at her spinning wheel.
| That night he left light In the sitting
room In order that he might keep watch
and the next morning announced that h.
had solved the mystery.
III you will all stay awake tonight, yor
| will probably sec the ghost, too" sale
grandfather mysteriously, and conse
quently the children each took nap IL
tho afternoon and drank cupful Of strons
coffee In the evenins-the latter without
their mothers knowledge, I am sorry to
say-to keep them awake.
The waiting was very tedious, and Il
must have been about I3 o clOck-the tim.
all well regulated ghosts make their mp
pearance-when grandfather whispered:
"Sh! There she il nowv' And in a min
ute six pairs Of eyes were directed through
the door into the sitting room.
"Where?" whispered Emily. II don
see her"
Then grandfather pointed to the corner
near the window where his patent chai1
stood, and there was-what do you sup
pose?
With a whiz-z-z and q whir-r-r, tn.
wheels Of the patent chair were rapidly re
volying one after tho other "a a little nous.
ran around them in tho manner OF SPUR
rel exercising on tho wheel In his cage
Tho mouse was having tho best kind Of
time, first on one wheel and then on an
other.
There's your lovelorn maiden spin
ming, Emily" said grandfather, land
there are your spirits, Ben. The nous.
certainly has good taste to prefer mi
chair, " he added, ''and / IN sure hope h,
derives great benefit from his gymnasi
um"-Pruvidence Journal
A Wouia nc aaures.o $500 Money.
An amusing story IL told about one
OF the candidates for the vacant lau