The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-15

the fine arts. So the pictures were taken
oo"n' packed and sent away for storage.
Inc parish priests and his young as
slstants came and exercised the demons,
and things went well for a few months.
Marion had never been addicted to the
use Of holy water.
One afternoon in summer servant was
sent from the family sitting room to the
dlhlng room for q glass Of water; she
came back and reported that midway IL
the Dig dining room somebody had built
wall and that she could rot pass be-
vond It. Her face had grown singularIy:
white and her knees shook The sonora
went to the dining rec m and she too ran
up against the invisible wall. Then she.
properly and decoro lsly tas is customary.
under snch circumstances tainted dead
away. When the licenciadu. who was
away from home, returned he found his
wife in high fever and delirious The
servants told him what had happened,
and he was naturally incredulous He
went to the dining room, but found no
wall. Then he cursed them for a pack
OF imbeciles But he was uneasy in his
| mind for ali that.
The next day lie remained in the house,
went to his library to fetch a book, and
just inside the library door he found
wall, solid, on which you could rap with
your knuckles and hurt them
He had queer feeling about the
stomach and in the throat. and went back
to his bedroom to reflect and collect his
senses. Then he returned to the library
and found the wall once more. 1t was
1Qo he tall
he would not see it. He retired discom-
flied.
Next morning, he having said nothing
about the matter, he went once again to
the library and found no wall. He ac-
cused himself Of being a victim of an
hallucination. But his brain was dizzy
and his nerves unstrung.
The invisible builders were active for
weeks; there were times when the dining
room was obstructed, and always in the
middle, across Whieh good stiff wall had
been erected. Only no ore could see it.
Neighbors intimate with the Valdemoro
family were called in, and they felt tho
wall and were wonderstruck. In an hour
the wall had vanished, and fer months
the family could move about freely: but a
few weeks ago the house became again
the scene of building operations VALDEZ
moro called in an architect, who made
measurements, and finally submitted q
plan; it was, in outline, a very good
sketch of the old Allende- Marion house:
the old walls were rising just as they had
BEFORE Jokers said that the dead-and-
gone Allendes were recovering their prom
erty, Of which they had been dispossessed
The Valdemoros moved out during such
hours as the invisible builders made their
walls Dassable. The house stands unoc.
cupied; Valdemoro is puzzling over a nice
legal question, namely. the right of ghost
ly builders to eject a house within YOUR
own. The descendants of the old Mocho
families of the city are wagging their,
heads and saying. II told you So" On
some days you can wander all oyer Licen-
c:ado Valdemoro's new house; on other
days you run up against unseeable walls.
The fame Of the house is spreading be-
yond Querendaro. Some people say it is
the work of the Allendes most people
fancy it is a trick of "Col." Marion and
his henchmen. 1 don't pretend to Know:
only put down the story as told by
travellers from Querendaro.