Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-02-02

prayers for the repose of the good
dead fathers below Ii afterward came
out that he had been asleep in his cell,
and, awaking suddenly, had heard
footsteps and echoes in tM, catacomb
which fairly curdled his blood; 50
by the light of the only candle he
could find, he was doing his best q =.
Re restless spirits.
How recklessness got the upper
hand of me would be hard to say; but,
without giving the danger a second
thought, / lifted my lantern to the
aperture and turned on the current.
l would have given large sum to have
seen the effect from the church side;
it must have been more than startling.
could tell the exact instant when the
lay brother raised his eyes to the top
of the crucifx by the way his muir
muring stopped short. There. was
gasp of establishment too great for
louder articulation, SILVER of ecstat-
ic fear; and when l squinted through
the hole, after shutting off the cur
rent, he was groveling, face down,
upon the chancel floor.
inc that he wouldn't dare raise his
eyes for several moments, no matter
what strange noises echoed through
the church, / slipped around through
the postern and succeeded in restor-
ing to Padre Bartolomeo's snoring
torso his bunch of keys without being
seen. Once back in my room, | locked
the door and put chair against it;
for was considerably shaken up, and
looked as though l had spent week
in the Internal regions.
Breakfast was fortunately late, so
| had time to battle and make myself
little more presentable, but l must
have looked seedy even then. This,
however. was naturally laid TO the
dinner party of the previous evening,
none of the gentlemen feeling very
positive as TO when or just how he had
parted from the others. | thought
| that when the padres got thoroughly
walked up and had time to get the lay
brothers experience through their
heads there was likely to be more of
! a sensation than the little town had
| known in many moons; so, complain
| ing of a severe headache, invited the
colonel and his daughter to sail with
me in the new proa. Having o hear a
| few cases at the tribunal that morn
ing, he politely declined, but assured
| me that Dorotea would be pleased
TO go.
This was better than I had bargained
| for. knowing the strict ideas in re-
! gard to chaperonage which regulate
| Spanish society, it never occurred TO
me that such tete-a-tete would be
| permitted; but I found that Guajan,
| like a steamer at sea, was more or less
outside of social restrictions, a law
/ unto itself.
The senorita seemed to have perfect
confidence in my seamanship and was
evidently glad of such an opportunity
TO ask questions. As we skinned
/ along the blue water l satisfied her
/ curiosity regarding American women
and gave radical opinions on men of
| various nationalities = chief among
which was a caution against believing
what any man said TO her unless she
knew him very well. because they were
not all truthful and honorable like my
self. I wonder how many men have
solemnIy worked this gray-bearded
old warning on girls whose society
( thew selishly wished to monopolize.
And also wonder what curious train
! of thought must run through Won
ans mind when she hears it from the
hunGredth man.