Sunday Washington globe., 1902-03-16

way and in a moment | saw Bells door
open as he stepped out into the passage.
Don't make noise" he whispered to
me when he became aware of my presence,
"and I'll let you know when to make
rush"
We listened intently, but it seemed inn
possible to locate that terrible cry; first it
would appear to be in one and then in
another room; the same pitiful moaning
I had heard on the other nights This con-
timed for about ten minutes or more, and
then we heard the noise, as if of many
chains rattling and clanking about in the
hallway, accompanied by the sound of per
sons scuf7ing.
Now, =" I said to Bell, ARE you ready?"
Yes" he shouted, and together we ran
down the hall.
The hallway leading from the back of the
house to the front was extremely long and
narrow Nearly in the middle of this hall,
and directly beneath it, was the door lead
ing into the cellar; to reach this point we
had to WORK our way carefully down the
steps, and then turning we had to go half
way back Of the stairs so as to reach the
cellar entrance. The horrible hub-bub was
now growing more and more frightful as
we ran towards it,
We had approached to within a few feet
of the door, when an unspeakable terror
seized me. felt as if was surrounded by
an army Of invisible forms, and unable to
control my feelings any longer l gave
loud yell and spraug into the midst Of the
confusion, discharging my revolver wildly.
Immediately following my action, the
cellar door q am positive locked this door
before retiring) flew open with loud bang,
and some hairy, animal-like, body darted
by me, knocking me against the opposite
wall as if / were a feather, l gave a cry of
horror and leaped down the cellar steps in
pursuit Of the thing" being closely
followed by Bell; at the bottom of the steps
stumbled and fell, and Charley jumped
clear over me, at the same moment heard
the report Of his pistol, followed by the
most unearthly cry ever expect to hear
again
The Silver Bullet" / remember hearing
Bell shout, as regained my feet and dashed
blindly forward. I was now in the back
cellar and espying the open window !
leaped through into the yard, just in time
to catch sight of Bell scaling the opposite
fence managed to overtake him after
hard chase, and together we ran over the
fields wet with the dew of early morning.
The moon had now risen from behind the
clouds and objects were plainly discernible
81 hit II, " were Bells first words to me as I
came up with him, "and see here" ne
added STOPPING 20 examine the ground
heres proof enough" Bending down to
where he pointed, I saw blood-red stain.
showing up clearly, as It covered the white
petals of a field daisy.
As we continued running every now and
then, we would see more of these red stains
and though we looked closely for footprints,
none were TO be found, and it was by follow
ing these blood.red stains alone, that we
were able to direct our course.
We had been running now for nearly an
hour and were beginning to be tagged, and
only the determination TO ferret out the
mystery kept us to our task. The blood
stains had increased more and more as we
followed them, and finally brought us to the
edge OF dense wood, following a small
path which led through 1t, we unexpectedly
came upon an apparently deserted cabin, hid
den away in the very thickest of the forest;
the trail Of blood led directly up to Il, and
50 we cautiously approached with drawn
revolvers. Giving the door a light push Il
opened readily, and peered in, but was un-
able to distinguish anything on account Of
the darkness. AT this moment Charley
stepped forth into the room with a email
bulls eye lantern in his hand, which he
had brought along unknown to me. The
sudden glare Of this light made il impossible