Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-13
THE L0VEL0RN MAID.

The Brewers were not at all supersti-
tious family. Had they been they would
have moved to the city and taken fat
whom the father failed instead OF going to
that rnmshnckle old house ut Comcck. u
was lovely old house without doubt, but
Well, Mr.. Brewer fixed the house up so
that II would do to live In for awhile, at
any rate until better times should come.
and they had furniture enough 10 make
them comfortable Grandfather Brewer
declared that he didn't care for even bed
when he had his wheel chair, and, In fact,
any one of the family would have been
contnnt to Glepp in IL.
This wonderful chair was patent one,
md when grandfather was not using it,
or the twins were not pushing each other
around in it as "chOocho car" or d steam
boat, it's four legs were allowed to stand
upon tho floor, the wheel legs being raised
under the scat so that they would not be
IN tho way. This was nll that was won
doriul about grandfather's chair, except
that It was covered with fine, soft leather,
and not one OF the springs was broken. 1t
stood In the corner of the sitting room
nearest the buy window, when not in use,
and was quite an ornament.
As you may have inferred from what 1
have said, the Brewers had very little
money, and in consequence they had TO
condcnse Themselves as 1t We're, 10 iit the
part Of the house which was Furnished.
The sitting room WIS large, square
room and three bedrooms and tho nursery
opened into 1t. Mr.. and Mrs. Brewer had
one room, Tony and Ben another, grand
father the third and Emily slept in the
nursery with the twins Everything went
NJ hltf tt, fh,
until one night Emily commenced TO hear
noises. They were queer noises that seemed
to come from the sitting room, and she
couldn't just account for them In the
sleepy state of her senses at the time, but
she wasn't afrnid-oh, no. So she did not
mention the fact to the fnmily that she
had been kept awake nearly all night by
strange sounds.
But the noises were really there, for
Tony and Ben announced one morning
TINT the house must be haunted, as they
had heard such peculiar whizzing sounds
during the night. II wasn't long before
the whole family became aware that some
thing that wasn't visible in the daylight
occupied the sitting room at night
III it's person, said Ben, I'm AZ
him. And that night he tied cords in
many different positions about foot above
tho floor, hoping TO trip up the intruder.
But II he expected to hear loud thunp
from the falling of heavy body which
had been trippcd by tho cords he was dis
appointed. All the sound that was heard
was the same old whir- whisziug that
they all know by heart now.
Spirits" limited Tony darkly the next
day when they found that the cords had
not been touched.
And Emily, who was of very sonti-
mental turn of mind woyc n sad romance
about u beautiful girl who had lived there
many years ago, when the house was new.
The beautiful girl (nccording to Emily's
tale) had been wooed and won by dash
ing soldier, who had 10 leave his promised
bride and take up his duty ON tho battle
field. The girl had promised not to mourn
in his absence and set herself to work to
make her wedding garments. SO sho sat
ut her wheel md whiled away the weary
hours by spinning and weaving and think
ing OF her soldier lover.
For long time she kept this up, sing
ing blithely at first and sitting at the win
dow,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 wedding garments were
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work dropped, and she had died. The
whirring and whizzing noise, Emily de-
clarcd, was the ghost OF the 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 US this They
said that even in the best built houses
queer noises were often heard, and they
must expect 10 in that old house.
Grandfather was very much interested
in tho noise, and he told Emily he thought
her solution was captivating, and he in
tended 10 leayo the lamp burning In the
sitting room and see for himself the ghost
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 no
had solved tho mystery.
"If you will all stay awake tonight, you
will probably see the ghost, too" said
grandfather mysteriously, and conse-
qucntly the children each took nap in
the afternoon and drank cupful Of strong
coffee in the cyening-the latter without