The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-01

vent some from being present and en-
Joying good time.
In the morning every man answered
to his name.
The investigation began early. and
search was being made according to
plans. The men We're all in excellent
spirits.
AT the house of Mr.. Joice everything
was being put in readiness as fast as
possible for the marriage. BY three
the main details We're carried out and
very well executed. A score of help
ers were glad and willing to enjoy a
Few minutes" rest.
Inc report was current since noon
mat the ghost was seen and located.
and would be driven out or caught.
Squads of people were standing about
the slope discussing what was going
on inside.
Before the middle of the afternoon
hundreds of strangers We're on the
ground.
This was a day of anticipation and
doubt.
Agnes had not been seen by anyone
but her mother and few intimate
friends since the middle of the fore
noon. 1t took all of these to pacify
her and keep back her tears. No rea-
son known to them could be assigned
for grief. and yet she wept and sobbed
bitterly at intervals.
She seemed to have something on her
mind to say, and would not, or could
not express 1t.
Finally she bathed her face, and said
TO hn,. rrr
walk; ii will do me good. | think. You
can make an apology to Harry. when
he comes, for my absence. Don't tell
him where I am, if you know. I only
wish to have Katie along. if you can
spare her.
Katie was her smallest sister.
The miners. so far, had gone through
the entire workings: but one place re-
manned to be Searched--the abandoned
gangWay. This was the test.
The bravest were picked out to take
the lead. Everything was torn away,
as quickly as reached, that had any
tendency to obstruct the movement.
The men in front We're moving slowly
and using discretion. The closed-up
breasts, as they came to them, revealed
no signs of the ghost.
ed One-the "Pierson''-when it became
evident that the ghost was not far off.
The foremost fell back on the next,
and so on till a complete halt was
made.
After a few minutes. fear was over
come and order restored. and they ad-
Nanced to the breast. No forcibe Op-
position was made on the part of the
ghost. on entering they were startled
and thoroughly alarmed at the weird
and strangely peculiar noises emanat-
ing from all parts of it. Some shook
with fear and became frantic; in a
moment all We're tumbling headlong
into the gangway.
A few nearly paralyZed with fear,
would have been scared to death, under
the remarkable and peculiar strain of
nervousness overcoming them, at the
sight of their shadows.
Whispers were the only thing in
dulged in for some time. During this
recess OF action, some We're trying to
"sneak" away. Every man was asked
to stand his ground.
The noises had ceased the moment
the last man was out of the breast
remarkable and significant.
After order was restored, they pro-
ceeded To the breast again with more
courage than they had before shown
still some were acting coWardly.
They soon discovered what was maxi
ing the noises, after entering the sec
ond time.
The chamber was found To be Il store
house. All the missing articles were
there and in good condition
The noises We're produced by drills
and other tools being suspended and
fixed in such a way, that by pulling II
rope they struck and clashed with
themselves. They found the rope led
to small nunnng close to the roof,
up at the face
Here was another mystery.
Certainly the ghost was in there,
dozen young men, all were lions
now. volunteered to crawl through the
opening; for the fact was plain to all
present that Jerry Pierson broke into
some part of the old workings and
never knew it, nor those who took his
place; and the ghost came in from
there was evident.
After the men were into the old
works they did not go forward more
than fifty or sixty PAGES before they
came up to deep hole, over which
was II plank turned up on its edge.
This plank in this position meant
something
They peered into the hole. and by the
aid of their lamps discovered some-
thing, apparently alive, at the bottom,
The ghost of the mine, they found
there.
It, like themselves, was a human be-
Ing, only so thin and haggard looking
from starvation that, We're it related
to any of them. the features could not
be recognized We're they ever SO well
known.