New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-14

scribed it. Every one clutched wildly at his neigh
Dor. One young woman shrieked, and the sob
bling cry died away the Great Dane who
chained to a kennel near the front entrance gave
a long mournful howl, while the flames which
until then had burned brightly and cheerfully,
turned a CHASTITY blue. Again the cry from
without. as If borne on the wind. and once more
the dog gave his lugubrous long drawn out. blood
curdling howl. By this time the entire company
was thoroughly frightened. No ghost stories now;
no fun or laughter. The shrieking young woman
developed a case of Mysteries, and, although the
young men spoke reassuringly the girls, it
easy TO see that they felt anything but happy
themselves.
When the wall for the fatal third time un-
mistakably the window, while the dog
howled still violently. the entire party STAN
their CHEEKY bedrooms, with their fires and light
OF course, there was much discussion the next
morning about the mystery. Tom F. con-
fessed apparently very reluctantly, that before he
had bought the house there some rumors
about OF it's former owners, a maiden lady
who. having been deserted by her lover had com
mitted suicide, and afterward haunted the
OF fouS a that is fe all DG sen he ex
night No sensible person could possibly believe
pernatura Tonight we viii have plenty of light
and dance and l warrant we will hear no more
That evening eat there 81 was no one gaysr than
dancing, and brought all the candeiabra and lamps
Of the house into the big hall and drawing room
Nevertheless. every one felt nervous, and when,
few minutes before y, the hall fire again burned
blue. and a number of the lamps out the
dancers stood still and the music stopped while
again and again and yet again, came the
weird wall. followed, as before by the responsive
howl from the Great Dane. 1t much The
hystercal girl begged to be taken away, all desire
for dancing eVaporated among the young people
and once more the party broke up almost directly
after the occurrence. Upstairs the girls who had
rooms alone begged to be allowed to double up"
with a companion for company, and the next day
severa! Of the party took their departure, being
literally frightened away.
At first Mrs. r felt very nervous about their
ghosty Nsltatlons, but as time wore on. and the
'sui"ides cry was not heard again. she ceased
to think of it.
one day she passed the stable yard with her hus-
band and noticed one of the young grooms sitting
on box PLAYING the fiddle, while before him sat
with appreciative attention the Great Dane AS
long as he played lively tunes the dog seemed sat
sfed. but whenever ne changed to a minor key the
huge animal would lift up his in the air and
give vent to the most melancholy yowls. A sudden
suspicion occurred to Mrs. F. She looked sternlv
al her husband. who looked guilty embarrassed
Oh. see il all now she continued: you deIiher-
2telN tried to break up nv nice party. never
heard OF anything SO mean in my life. will never
sneak TO you again But curiosity got the better
Of her 1T was Tim with his fiddle that made that
/ you make blue flames" she continued. 'Chemi-
calls he declared, ingenuously. ''Well. I never!'
/ exclaimed Mrs. F.