The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17

1 d it,
the hish snfrit ana strong will. Here she
was nnrtra ved : = tan ana stately az fir,ire.
"A proud exureaeion was on her almost
swarthv face. and in the slenderest OF
white hands she rripped a walking cane
In dress OF rich brocade. with Jewels on
neck and arms. red-heeled shoes, and the
towering headdress of the period, she look
ed every inch queen, and In her day she
must surely have moved ana ruled ~ one.
1 could imagine those imperious brows
frowning at the mention OF the Eiector!
I could fancy those arm lips speaking the
curse on her too hasty husband. There
was something about this fair dead woman
filled with the 10y OF life and born TO DOM
inate by the power OF beauty and intellect.
Yet she failed rs Thackeray.s shercine fall
ed, but. died more fnobly, Ia the prime of
loneliness, without whitening fOut into sad
old age. Had Sir Walters rapier not struck
through the proud heart she might have
been Sarah Jennings. a. Il was sne was
thwarted by tate; ana u was ner saa oes-
tiny to appear as bro OF ili-omen 10
those who sat IN nor seat OF pride. Yet
could Imagine her wrath when aiive az the
Idea that her tar phantom would descend
TO soaring an oio COOK ana ner piepeian
husband. How ironical q rate!
buL an TINS preamDie icaus 70 nothinA.
ANnougn watcnea IN the gaiiery unui
dawn saw no ghost. IL was Dit.eriy coia'
and the vigil was uncoMiorcaDie ana IN
VAIN. Lazy Marian uio not appeal uiu
not even near .ne russle =. nel sH,Iss, Iiu ~
iess ses .seS S ~ ~. go. ~. hr.,n - y,
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~ e'oSS, ~ 49,, ~ $50
eio ,,l' VI ins
was az tnouEns sa,u =, Ialsols
anu 1Mrs. JacSson posn utealueu .icy saw
the pnantom. Lazy Marian ~ 100 wise 70
An, Out sne uoht appear every
night, protesteu Mrs. bras' Wisely.
you wait, GeoHrey. smell freeze your
blood yet.
Not while she knows that an armed
watcher has MS eye on her, Mrs. brag.
You still believe 1t Is trick, Geof-
frey?"
"If Lady Marian's phantom Is not mere-
ly the creation of Parsons and Mrs.
sJackson's dream, I still believe II Is a
trick"
But trick or no trick, all my vigils were
in vain. Night after night for quite two
weeks T watched in that Internal gallery.
for the ghost which never came. Yet
,rotvithstan dipu INV lsanpointment I
could not rid myself of the feeling that
there was some mystery about the an
ma rftion. n was ,nossible that NV nublic
announcement to shoot the so-calied
ghost had scared the nerson who. truly
ranTegQnIG0 III.
i went on new tack. and once more as
,sembled the household.
..r have watched for fourteen nights
moro or Lass ), 7 said land no ghost mas
COME r. SCARE me Therefore heI,ave
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