The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

into his room. Old Peter and Sally had besn N
tho Bank family for come time, sally was
young and might have been accused OF being
frivolous; not 90 with old Peter. Ho had long
before made HE peace with mankind, and was
just living along. He liked Sally; had n sort Of
fatherly care for her, and perhaps that was the
reason that the morning following his first
nights experience he did not report her un-
seemly conduct to her mistress. When the next
night and the next night and the next night
the old man had the same experience It was too
much and he bearded Sally in her den-tho
kitchen.
lyon brack trash" no thundered. "wha for
you come in NAH room every night VIVA for.
gall VIVA for r. and at this interesting juno
ture. when Sally was gathering up an armful Of
irons. rolling pins. and othor things to fro
at old Peter. and when her loosened tongue was
berating him for his insolencc In intimating that
she would DO guilty OF such unseemly conduct
as entering his room at that hour Of the morn
ing. Mrs. Bank entered the kitchen.
Mrs. Bank wanted to know tho cause of the
trouble. Old Peter and Sally, talking at the
rate OF q mile . minute, accused each other.
Silencing Sally. Mrs. Bank obtained from Peter
his statement Of the circumstances that had led
TO the trouble. Mrs. Bank was surprised. She
turned TO Sally, who, with all the rich vocabu-
larry possessed by an indignant and outraged
female, denounced old Peter in unmeasured
terms. The upshot Of II all was that old Peter
declared that he couldn't stand such disgraoeful
conduct, and he'd throw up his Job right there
and thon. which he did.
I'm to this time the boarder had exhibited him
self only to the man servant. Mrs. Bank. sally.
Mas RANT and Master Bant verc all ~pcrfeotiy
ratisaod that old Peter had "vheelp." and that
he had been dreaming. They all know Sally,
and knew that any such charge as old Peter had
made was utterly ridiculous. This story. % far
AZ Il bas been told and Al IL will be told. was ro-
lated IN TIE suS reporter nv Mrs. Bank and
Miss Bank.
The day fo,lovino tho ~ruotion which ended in
old peter,. lenvino bia p,,ce. Miss Sow. n senm-
.tress vbo had long vvorted for The Ranks. was
called In the houae To do eome family sewing.
Miss Sew was assigned the room which old
peter had oocpnied. Miss Sew IA n woman Of
intelIirence. She was educated as a gentle
woman. Her family had met with Reversed.
and thus It had become necessary for her to
earn her own living. She Is q woman Of phleg-
matte temperament; not nervous In the least;
not given to authorizations; bright and not
easily scared.
The hall clock had Just struck b in the morn
ing. Miss Sow was awake and heard It. She
was still awake when she heard the rustic Of o
Rown, and opening her eyes she saw Mrs. Bank
going around the room as II looking for some-
thing. She spoke to her. Mrs, Bank went out
| of the door. and that was tho end OF 1t. Wh0n
Miss Sew got up and won't down to breakfast tho
following morning she said to Mrs. Bank:
.Mrs. Rank. did YOU ret what you wanted
last night 70
"why. what do you moan, Miss Sew r. said
Mrs. Bank.
"why." said Miss Sew. "you were up In my
room inst after q o'clock this morning looking
for somethinR. Did you find It ~
Mrs. Bank Ia ouick She said yes. she
Mt 49, III
Bank looked at her. and tho incident was
dropped. But when Mrs. Bank and Miss Bank
cot toyo,ber tbev diacuased the circumstance.
They made up their minds that there was some
thing arrange in the house. but what 1t was
thew didn't know. They dismissed the matter
finally with the thought that perhaps the hal
lucination of a nocturnal visitor ON the part OF
Miss Sew and on tho part of old Peter was
merely n coincidence.
Mt. c. wont ~ ,.r roor, oho,t IN O'CLOCK
49, n,.ht Oh. n-on.roa nv hsd tnrned down
~ ,,ah, 80 wa,k;nm orar 10 th. ,,da ~ tb.
bod nnIIed down the covers- A she did 40 her
49,, .ass a.m A. H,,inIr -. NV ,.r.on aver
CO. .nvthin. aha a. man eIide -out Of the
he'd m rho other aide and disanpoar-and vet
m. bod voa not dIstnrbcd The inflow and the
800 y .r..t,v "a tb.v vere rhen the he'd
w.s n.da in tho morninp. The had had been
nnooonnisa a s.r "a ortvard anne.rances were
sann.rnns d.. sho cou,d not he mIstaken, She
O., hIs n.n Alta. r,oht ont She was within
tbree foe, ~ him
Oh. s,noS .n.ac,,ess Than shs atudied the
,oa sho I,orsd und.r n she Looked In the
,,nan oio.ot shs ,ooked all around. There was
No nan sromnd. M living sonI on that floor ex.
cont berseIf and vet abe had seen this man. She
knew that nobody had gone out through the
door. such being the case, she convinced her.
acIf with difBcultv that she had had an halluci.
nation. At breakfast the next morning she said
that abe guessed she must be either getting
crazy mr. something WINS going to happen, be-
cause never before in her life had she had 80
eYtrnordinnry a shock os when she went to
bed-and she related this story. Mrs. and
Miss Rank told her that they guessed she had
been dreaming and laughed It off. However,
M. c.. ia ,ho ,,ioh.d Mia RANK wouId