The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-12-27

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b With btttEJ lsssh. Ia liks TO setyou b
siSl
o At sbau, II o'rlock one o, ,he boys, VII
u hai been 10 tie cater do0f. teiarped :
say that n vas sbosios iast snd thick, sn'
10 iadeed, we eoald isinsiy bear the 10.
= Attes driving against The sipdow pspes
u oae oi The yoans ladies' ". plsyins, OF
). the otssn, the sccompsaineai 10 bymi
= Which macy oi the older people vsre sic,
Q ing
Yong NJ Reeves sst near me, With |
i quiet suile on his face, poudering, s
= iancied. something which be meant 10 ss,
i after toe mnsie Saddealy ivlt bin
0 start. and glanced at bis iace' His eyes
uers bert on some obieci. bu, be iurne
Ut once.
: Don't look be whispered to me.
I have seen that ghost, II is outside, lotk
E ing 10 1t the opposite indos. Visit 3
bit, then cast your eye ina hs, Direction.
did so. and dssw s All nc,ly as ever
saw anything, . long, While, ssiul face
looking io Maeb 70 my CONSERVATION, IL
moved, and appeared TO nod several times.
Don't seem TO notice i'll Mr.. Reeves
whispered. Sit quie, q moment. When
people move back from the organ, we will
steal out and see what we can discover
Recovering myself 10 moment, !
stepped quietly to the door, aud few min
utes later was joined by Mr.. Reeves in the
dark entry.
We took our hats, aDd then, without
waiting to put on our evercos,s, opened
the door carefully Snow was falling fast
and drove In our faces; several inches bad
fallen; but we dashed out, doubled the
corner OF the house and hurried toward
the window.
A great, dim indistinci OH O. WAS stand
ing there which appeared to melt ava!
suddenly. with about the soi,est possible
sonnd, 1t disappeared round the other
corner OF the house Without speaking,
we ran after 1t
We could hardly see anything on &C
count OF the driving snow and darkness,
yet we sgsin discerned dimly, the great
indistinct object moving toward The high
way.
confess felt a sbivery sensation. for
the spectral appearance made hardly 90
audible sound; bat dashed on, eide by
side With Mr. Reeves.
We were good runners. and made
dash to catch the thing. la the road.
few hundred fee, from the church. we
came SO near OF one time that ! reached
out my hand 10 hope to lay hold OF the sp
partition, but it glided away ouly the fast
or and did not succeed.
And nov We both heard kind OF regu
Isr muillsd noise. as Of great foet falling
softly; and these audible evidences OF ply
sicsl substance stimulated us to continue
the chaee.
Run 1t down. Mr.. Reeves said, in low
voice. and | settled myself to keep pace
with him.
The snow hindered us little bat not
withstsnding our tffJrts the efiigy drew ,
away from US. We had lost sight OF it ,
when we ran past the house ci Mr.. Mul
hall the storekeeper, bat in the very mo
ment Of passing, we heard the large door
Of the stable creaking. This, st thst
hoar Of the night. seemed 40 strange that
we both stopped short and turned back. I
Entering the yard, we spprosched the
stable door, but found it closed. There
we're slight Doises iueide, however, snd
soon match cleaned through the crack
OF the door, and lantern was lighted.
To our astonishment, We now perceived I,
that the person inside was Dives Trench /,
ard, clad 10 . white garment aud white n
sap. and that be was untying what looked
like snowy bags from the feet Of Muhalrs u
Did white mare. Having taken Of these
muffl rs, Dives next proceeded to with
lrsw large. white. bonne, like structure h
rom the mares head. "
When these singular trsppings we're re r
moved, be put the beast IN ber STALL b
stripped fl bis white garment and cap a
md made the whole outfit into bundle, .
Then be tItingushed the lantern, lett the
table by q eide door, and went TO the
house, which be entered cautiously by q ir
loor 10 The resr.
My FIRST iupulse bad been to seiz' bin &c
shen be came out sn a compel him to con q
ess 10 the prank; bat ss be emerged q
rom the stable, Mr.. Reeves whispered, n
Vail Dontssy any ythiog to lin. Don't ii
Q, him know yet we have caught him il
We therefore stoo ssile n the darkness D,
nd allowed him TO go 10 the house uomo re
ested, and then, Fastening back to the ia
meeting house, i1iued the people ihtre. II
)ur sbsence bad been hardly noticed. m
Al o'clock tbe next morning, after p;
Dives bad gone to the school house, we hi
allied at NJ Mulball's stOr3 and told the aston "a
shed storekeeper what We had seen He n
i'd not st frat believe ~, and wss inolin
d 10 resent the charge against bis foster NJ
90. er
At last, when Mr. Reeves said thst be :,
,ight perbsps be convinced by being al
owed to examine the room where Dives "
Iep,, Mulhsl led the way up stairs. m
/. wsss large, open room, With many IN
ia chests. boIes sud euddiss. snd very m
riei sesrch disclosed the bundle which n.
ie had seeo Dives bting irom the stable m
be previous evening II contained not n
ale L;s htte shfrt and etp and the onn