Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

tion to the lights and q diagram he
had made, Illustrating their relative
positions.
Kneeling at the window, the sill Of
which was very high, he said, This
straight, horizontal line represents
the level Of the wIndow-ledge, and
these little circles Mt different heights
above the line and scattered along the
paper are the thirteen houses visible
in the daytime OH the other side of the
river. You see some of the circles
contain each a dot inside; they are
the houses where lights are commonly
seen evenings.
Il saw only seven lights when 1
drew this, and they are so widely
separated think they can all be To-
Gated by daylight; but now / can see
eight iights--the new one is pretty
near those two farthest downstream.
If that proves to be the one we have
often seen at midnight, would like
to know just where 1t is"
Probably it is in the room of some
invalid" said 1; perhaps the house
where we saw that consumptive
young man the first time we were
across the river. Don't you rcmem-
Der the fellow who tried to sell us
the fancy pigeons?'
YES; and by daylight can make
out the farmhouse. should not be
surprised If it were the same place. "
Sticking q pin into the window
sash, he took from the stanG n strip
of pasteboard, made a pinhole through
one end, anQ looked through 1T ut the
pin and the distant light.
That's all right, said he, pulling
the stand underF the window. Upon
It he piled books, in such q position rs. rs
to 'hoid the pasteooard strip perpen-
alcuiarly. linen ne peeped throush
the pinhole as II 1t were gun-sight,
and carefully adjusted it ut the right
elevation: Turning to me, he said,
Look through it."
did so, and saw that pinhole. angle
and light were exactly on the line.
Now let it remain there till day
light ana we'll see tnen "nat mousse
were aiming at' salu ne.
say Einert' caiied 'aius' curry
next morning, nave you peen meu-
ding with thls:
Why, no, OF course not! replled'
with n souch or Indignation. "hats S
the matter:
1t doesn't point at any mouse tnis
morning he sald.
wv NAT aoes IL polnt ats askeu'
nv there hoti.'iis III ,"hse GA
cept 'Hu' oiu piie VI i"oo.o,i oh @
larther oahk ot the river! 1here ISL I
mucn 10 De seen Dut part OIL rool'
and that seems to be fat on the
ground. One thing Is certain, any
how; the light is not at the house
where we saw the sick man.
l went downstairs and returned
with field-glass borrowed OF board
er. 1t disclosed very little, ana SO
saldr When we can get the tllne'
Gay, let's sc over there and inspect
the premises; my curiosity is reused
about this business.
"rll co." Gaius replied. Lets say
Saturday afternoon, II it does not
rain"
We saw the light as usual on Thurs
day and Friday evenings, and Satur-
day afternoon found lis early on the
opposite side of the river, which we
reached in a rowboat. With the
sluggish current we moved slowly
toward n point opposite ,.!r rubbish
heap. There we pulled ashore in
shallow water.
The rubblsl-heap appeared to be the
ruins of house. little of which re-
mained except the roof, which, upon
the collapse OF the supporting tim
berS, had fallen and split apart. One
half stood on edge on the cellar bot
tom, the other half lodged on the first
and on the wall in such manner Us
to enclose and re-roof about a third
Of the cellar.
There was no entrance discoverable,
no holes through which anything ex-
cept impenetrable gloom could be dis
tinguished, and nothing in surround
ings on the outside mass of rubbish
broken boards, rotten straw, sawdust
and so forth-to indicate the presence
of human kind since it became a
ruin.
I'm bound to look inside before /