The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-14
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We were telling ghost stories one
rainy evening al, house party in a
Maine town, says g, Companion con
tribnntFor, when q young lady remarked,
with Q laugh, "rMlne lia,noE exactly q,
ghost story, but is something like one;
s aPda 1T # is, besides personal exzIppefri-
shuIf1tIisyc ,a1 & 1881 q % ;a34s1iu
h 4 vas spending anWeek with a.
friend, Frances Llvermoge. RfewYears.
ago, during the absence Of, her father
and mother. The 1ho9semaid was called
home1by1 illness in her famAY,Fand my,
friend and l. we're Left alone, butfor,
the company Of q big hound We
were nokst all tlmidn for 'Eige'nWas,an
excellent watch dog o. u~55dss52s.rl
ln"Oh the last Gay of mystRytWe went
to- a. picnic,1 from which we returned
very tired; and with faces sadlyisun-
burned We applied @bUttermilk, and
then covered them with white linen
Masks with holesIcut for eyes and
mouth We1had great merriment over
our comical appearance e9sa Dc
|'''Frances expected her father and:
mother to return that evening, Rnd1we'
sat up rather late awaiting them At
last, however we gave them up and
retired to bed, and were soon asleep
with our masks still on. .-1Ns~2" g, Il
"Along in the night we were awak-
ened by a noise in the rooms below
stairs. '''!+-'-@5-A *-- ~~}-''. 4' 3
"'Fhey've GOMEZ whispered Fran
ces. I'll run down and see il they're
all right Saying which she rose,g
lighted a candle, and started down
stairs -.1L3 .-' @'.'5- li7.aS7aoz'
"As soon as she had left the room I
decided TO follow err, and lighting an :
other candle, 1 threw on white wrap
per and hurried after her. h-1@fz "
''Fhe sounds came from the dining
room, and we proceeded IN that direc'5
ton Frances opened the door, expec
ting to e her mother and father. In
stead, we beheld two masked men hur
riediy putting the sifVerware into a
bag. I'@A-'zaI ~. 4-
u ''The burglars looked up as we ap,-
peared, then hastily dropped bag and
silver, and fed to the kitchen and out
Pot anNopen window. -'.'' "@. !
I'VE did not scream, but stood for a
moment petrified with establishment
and terror. Then we 3Iooked9a at each
other and did not wonder that our ap
pearance had frightened the burglars.
We were in white from head to foot,
and with those masks, by the weird
light of the candles, we must have
looked like verftabte ghosts. '';A-1#.
"Tige,; it appeared, had been fured
into the stable and'shut up, making it
apparent that the burglars were men
whom the dog knew Mr.; and Mrs.
PEivvermore had been detained few
miles from home by a broken bridge
e'Ffances and I rallied from our
fright hunted up Tige and sat up the
remainder of the night, but nothing
further occurred: The burglars had
carried off nothing. "2YontB' Com
panion. - /
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. +FatheE, are generals brave men9"
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frocks as her father did. matrimony
would be a bowling succesa-Ex.