The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-30

I bet my footprints war twenty foot
apart th' res Of the way home, fur /
had idoe that thar posky thing war d
sailin' long jet ahind my coat taila.'
II heard like experiences from aoy.
eral others, and In some way connect
cd the ghost with the Denzil rob.
berioA For two nights stood dreary
watch IN the woods referred 10 with.
out making any discovery. The third
night ! received a shock. II was in.
tensoly dark In the shadows Of the
trees, and as sat at the root Of a big
oak some white object glidod swiftly
aud noiselessly just above the centre
Of tho road. Il made tho cold chills
run over me, though have no pa
thence with those who tell Of visits or
communications With the departed.
II was determined to enlighten
myseliand secured agood saddle horse
as companion Of my vigils. The
second night the ghost flew by aud
I gnlloped IN It's wake at al the speed
my horse could command. A mile
ahead the 'apparition' swerved to the
right Of the road and ended our mad
race. Tying my horse in a fence
corner / crept nearer. Slowely /
made ont that the ghost was a woman
Of stately proportions wearing a dain-
tily ruflled night robe. She leaned for
a brief time over the hollow stump
that had been her evident destination
and then turning mounted her flying
machine, which was a modern bicycle.
aud went scorching back over the
course she had come. Again / fol-
lowed and did not stop untl I saw
her disappear in the side door Of the
Denzil house. fastening back to the
hollow stump explored the interior"
"And found the stolen property, Of
course" interrupted listener.
''Not a sign Of it. could discover
nothing that did not naturally belong
there. Failing to find the thief in the
ghost, became a member Of the
Denzil household, ostensibly as his
private secretary. My first discovery
was that the ghost was the beautiful
Miss Denzil. She was a somnambu-
list, and in utter ignorance of the
weird night rides she had taken. But
when told of them the explanation
was an easy one. When she aud her
young lover were children, that hollow
stump had been the Postofice where
their ardent missives were mailed
aud called for The memory of those
days was delightful one to her, aud
the strange mentor of her unconscious
action prompted her visits to the old
spot
''ATy next important discovery ex-
planned the mystery VAS employed
to solve. Watching secretly in the
Railways, saw old Denzil, with eyes
wide open aud set, como out of his
chamber, climb the stairs to the attic,
unlock an old desk stored there, open
secret drawer and deposit money us
well as jewels. His action showed me
that his daughters habit of moving
about at night was an inherited one,
The next morning he gave me ter
rife blowing up as a careless, incom-
petent and worthless detective who
could not catch thief when in the
house with him. was more inter
ested in that charming daughter Of
his than in my case, and a scheme
flashed into my mind as if inspired.
"Mr. Denzil, 1 said, can you
stand the shock of knowing that your
daughter is seriously threatened witt
the loss of her mind because of brood
ing over separation from the man
whom You say she shall never marry
and that because of her mental infrm
ity she is innocently robbing you un
der delusion that in no other way
can she provide for the future hnppi
ness of herself, and that young chap
she honestly thinks, poor girl, she i
going to marry ?"
It's lie" he roared, "a miser
able plot You're discharged.
~ did not take Miss Denzil into m,