Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-26

screams rent the evening mir.
"Oh, girls, it was horrible, and 1
heard the name so distinctly"
"Why, Bell, you imagined it," per-
sisted Kittie.
II tell you didn't, Kittie."
"Was it a name, Bell?" we asked.
"oh yes! yes!" she sobbed.
"Some one you know"
"Yes!" and she shuddered at the
thought.
"Ohl 1 am so frightened" said
timid little girl from Boston. Let us
go back"
Nonsense" said Kittie. "I will go
and throw my ball in to show you it
is all Bells Imagination" Suiting the
action to the words, Kittie pushed past
us, on TO the north window. In few
moments we heard her repeat her
lines. Then there was silence again.
This time there was no scream, but in
few minutes Kittie joined us, pale
and trembling. Perhaps it was the
moonlight shining on her dark face
that made it look so white, but l
thought | had never seen anything in
life so ghastly.
"Did you hear anything, Kittie?" we
asked, staring at her.
"Yes! l heard name; don't ask
me any MORE" she said.
By this time we were thoroughly en-
cited. Had these girls really heard
anything, or did they imagine it. The
most courageous of our girls was Jen-
ME Grant.
DO you think they heard anything,
Jen?" asked, moving over to where
Jennie stood.
NO." she said. 81 thought at first
they were pretending t o be frightened,
but | think now that their imagina-
tions have played them a trick. will
go next, Emily, if you will follow"
| agreed, and Jennie went bravely
up to the north window. The girls
scarcely breathed while she repeated
her lines. Bells screams were nothing
to the screams that came from Jennie.
kittie and Bell seemed entirely recov-
cred from their fright by this time,
and they ran to meet Jenny as she
came up the hill
Jennie, don't; you will have every
nun in the convent out" pleaded Kit
tie.
But Jennie was in Mysteries now,
and they might as we'll have talked to
the wind. She laughed, and cried, and
screamed by turns. Still, / couldn't
think that she had really heard any
thing, and l was more anxious now
than ever to see for myself, SO while
the girls fused over Jenny stole up
to the north window, and, tall as l am,
had to throw my ball of yarn away
over my head in order to have it reach
She window, and waited. There was a
little tug at my yarn, and then, in deep,
| sepulchral tones, 1 heard the name
j. Sidney Orr
Gould you get anyone to substan-
tiate this story, Emily?" laughed Sid
ney.
Il could procure at least 40 affida-
Nits," she said, looking the picture of
truth.
How | got away from there l never
knew. knew nothing more until
found myself sitting on the academy
steps. Then they told me some of the
other girls went to the ruins after
had been carried away, and that two
or three others had tainted, too, and
Jennie Grant was still hysterical. and
that they had TO tell one of the sisters,
and Jennie was in the dormitory now,
under her care. We all went into the
reception-room then and the girls
| (you know, there always are good gris
who never get into scrapes in school)
told us that Sister Agnes hadnot come
back yet. They said We had been gone
only about 20 minutes.
1t seemed a long time to us. We were
all in now. There was no one absent,
but Jenny, and perhaps Sister Agnes
would never miss her when she came.
While we stood there felt as though
I would faint again.
"Alyce," I said. turing to Alyce Hu1-
son. III don't go out will certainly
faint again."
"Come, then" said Alyce, slipping
her arm around my waist, and to-
gether we stepped out into the corri-
dor, gained the side entrance, and in a
few minutes we were standing on the
Il
veranda.
''Do you really think you heard a
name. Emily?" asked Alyce, doubt
fully.
II never heard anything palmer in
my life," answered, "and 1 am dread
fully frightened, wish I had never
gone.
From our elevated position on the
slope we could look down on the old
mill, and l had scarcely finished my
sentence when around from the north
of the ruins came light. turned to
run, but Ayce caught me, and held me
fast.
"Spooksdon't carry lanterns. Emily
she whispered; "we must see more OF
this" 1t was the figure of man. that
we could see distinctly in the moon.
light. We saw him stop. put out the
light in his lantern. and come on
towards the npnlpnv Wben bf