The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-17
CHILDREN SAW The GHOST.
Yet 10 the Mother Her Dead Has
bands spirit Was Invisible.

- - MAaAnAEa
Prom The s. Louis Glo5e-Democrat.
Her marriage had beeu al first a most
happy ore Her husband was devoted
% her he vas Al active. ambitious nan.
and sic knew 10 care bur the fear OF
over-Eork tor hin That fear vas uare
than realized The strain and stress q a
prolonged crisis IN his business letr him
nervous irrttable invalid BY AMI By
Ms temper became mcruse. his eNcfrahfIitv
qlcon -rclla1le. his childish unrsa s0uabIs
Ialcl=s passed the bounds o. eccentrictCy.
soon Is ELQ-71cE endangered the house
ao-1, lls VIE vas with cil1culty per-
sl21@1 % sand hin to an asylum where
ne shortly died q raving maniac
Now, another trouble came upon This
sols-y trisc woman Al FIRST il seemed
-9-L--s more tl1E MS OF screaming into
which the youngest boy fell with such
passion as % almost choke himself The
nurse scol1ed aim for them Sle ex-
p-aln-1 % Ms mother that she could not
g 01l or little PauFs signt On the most
necessary erralt without his screa ming
himself slcz- Once the nurse. hearing his
slrlezs- pErposely delayed her return 10
sle found hin in such spasus OF physical
slIerlng Enat she was obliged 70 call her
i did think he'd choke 70 death
ma an she said when calm had grad
uallT returned. and the exhausted mite
soobed himself 10 sleep in his Mothers
arms
Mrs Merton allowed the nurse 10 lav-
"a every care N nfrn- but she looked
a. Ter VITA SUSPICIOUS eyes and 4 rknr-
smut mouth She could not believe her
child had got hinself no s-1c,7 q =rs-z
alone Had the woman shaken him or
Lrled 20 stop his cries By f0rce2 A few
GAYS l4rer The SANE sudden oulcry vas
lVaru from me nursery Plzrcilg Shrisks
rlar uezz1r the extremity OF childish ter
rpr-Ilel TOP. top II MS baby's voice.
rnen suited mars SIC rushed in Her
= p -.
SofL little body hear the ground in con
VuLSic1s- As she caught nm in der arms
s1e heard the nurse F1n upstairs and i'm
meC1atelT open the Co-or. painting win
haste. TIE TWO women looked Al ea,sh
o-1er with trlE1reEz1 eveS. The doctor
vas sent for and prescribed some new
But the Gocs9r r-rctsssed himself puzzled
A1ter cEar he Vas ssuc for every time
the little fellow had what began 70 D.
called his choking spells but though
ne could relieve the suffering. he could
not account for IL He said there was
every Symptom OF SrrauEI-izrtlu and he
exlaLzll ne1 the LITTLE fellows throat more
tl-41 once--a11 SIN found 10 eNplanatfo1
q the rrouoie- II only came Up him when
ne gtGs leEE al0Ees 50 care was taken never
70 leave him alone. Nervous" That
was al the doctor couId say. And uer-
Vo-S ne certainly waS-so much 50 that
every time the nursery door ouened he
looked up W1tl start Of apprehension
Sou1=CgrlaS he even cried q iccle.
he a-lus does. Ea' an when there's no.
body thzrz- That nursery door has a trick
o. opening l-se-1r and VIXEN Paul looks u
that nervous But. bless you, as soon as
TIE door shuts he gets right over tx
MS morton noticed this more rhan once
back 10 the door. she could tell WiIh5 out
looking around whether some one came in.
OF W1sL1sE TIE 11or vas merely srEl1gLng
oPe1 from the defective catch
That TINE there vas NOBODY she said
aloud one day when she saw her chiId's
face pucker wiki fright and smooth away
again
oh. yes. there vas; tt was the gentle
nan. said the laundress' little girl She
came upstairs sometimes 70 visit Paul and
Why she cId not snow his name. The
one she often saw around the house-the
enc Paul did not Ike he had Just looked
IN then, and Paul had go1 al ready 60
scream. same as he always did
NAME" said Mrs Morton. puzzled ana
not knowing what to think, I am going 10
And i you see the gentleman around the
house want you 70 call ne quick. 50 can
see an, too ! don't know the gentle
man"
Paul does. returned the little girl con
6dsntIy
But she made her visit. nothing lgath. 10
her Mothers employer. one day while
Paul VAS taxing hlS caIy nap, Mrs Nor
Ton sat coming her hair with the door OF
Ter bed room open 70 hear Il he Wzked
for the nurse had gone Downstairs Ma
Z
her sU1llsndly Jumped I'D. and ran OUT.
saying. There goes the gentleman row
into the nursery Mrs Morton leaned
forward and hooked down the passage
There was no one E4sre- The nursery
door opened and closed just as Mamie
running down The passage. reached it,
SIC 100. opened and cI0sed II. thea in :
minute there arose 3 suited outcry. The
ltCrLs girl darte1 out again Quick Mrs
Morton, the geuuieuzn's there He IS
putting things over PzuIs face. and Paul
= crying
--DoaIE papa, oh. dou't papa walled
her httle boy. Struggling and choking. as
sns reached MS SIDE
Paul always calls him papa; but ne
hasn't any papa has he Hrs Morton o.
deserved Mamie when the spasu was
over. and the chEid happy once more
WHAT was there 70 oog TIE mother
remembered that nearly always IN heart
rsndilE accents Of terror her LITTLE one
cried What s1s had thought was Nan
ma uttered CniczlT and with G-ficulty
L was horrible TN pCss9ble. Incredible
this thing that seemed 20 Dc happening
Absolutely incredible S1e did not believe
Il huA
But she moved to another house. After
thar her child had 10 more choking spells
WHISTLES WITHOUT A FUCKER.