Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-02-14

And here he hated. for Lady Pansop.Ir
sought her s.arers. ard turrcd Il with.
crins Eye upon him.
She addressed the corr,Go" OF rhan'
toms: 1T" she said. deliberately. my
HANDS had been free ard this youii:
mans head in its proper pace. should
have slapped il" She huddled her
draperies together VIII sa%gcSi.c2
OF c:.c:usiveness.
Find it a Bit too parky:" The Naval
Eoy's voice came floating down FROM
nowhere
The ghost OF Mrs. Carcw was pcev'
ish IF there's ore thin. more than
another | do hate" il said. 1t is 20
mert copies-iGfer;or copies of my
gowns Mt every street corner. l have
always made il Il condition that the
gowns should he destroyed.
Mr.. Eoreilam- Wood philosophical.
NO good making fuss" he said.
They're hitting us up on our weakest
spots. ard yours is evidently your
gowns
All. So clever" Mrs Carcw WAS
at her very sweetest. so clever. And
81 smart 10 think OF IL when YOU
haven't even got head on your shout.
,ieYs, Yes. / suppose that was your
weakest spot? Does it-e:-ever ache
at all:'
The Naval Coy interposcd. There's
something rather tofTy about the style
of the thing" he declared. I've
heard OF 4 chap carrying his head too
high. but never before heard of one
CARRYING it under his arm. Docs ii lead
to-er-any sort of complication"
only an NJ. O. "" still fretted the
| General with his eyes fixed on what
the clever man could now see was sus-
pended. but ever out of reach-a star
and the three magic letters. X. c. B.
| The ghost of the little country cousin
fitted by. Don't mind" i: mur.lurcd:
these things don't really matter
we've al got to suffer through some
thing We like mos;-and when the real
story gets TO be told
The c.ever man interrupted. "The
real story never Goes get told" he
asserted: YOU only see the happenings.
The real stories lie deep. deep below
the surface. and we guard tEem-dcs-
pe:atcly-all our lives"
MY dear. CARING Old chapp;c." p:o.
tested the ghost OF the Naval Boy. ''you
wouldn't surely have lis always as
transparent IS we are Eow: Think
think OF our reputat:ons.'
Mrs. Carcw grew grim. "After to.
night" she said. none OF us will have
! any. We can sec through each other
so PERFECTLY well that We shall know
precisely low much OF anything TO
! believe
Judged by the rustic. there was 4
general tossing OF heads ard n draw
ing aside of draperies.
THAT wasn't in the least original,
dear" commented Lady Pansophy.
.and IL YOU thought 1t was. you're
wrong. If you have any buried stories
i say 'if-you might entertain us
with an account of your own. 1t would
be. I should say. highly interesting"
Heaven forbid" murmured the Gen.
eral. his attention for the moment dis
tracted from his star. my dear lady,
don't be rash.''
Its statute barred" declared Mrs.
Carew: AL my happenings are finished
with. I've had no buried stories for
more than six years. and l don't owe
anything on any of them. Perhaps
Lady Pansophy herself
Or Lady Gyle:"
"Or even Mr.. Boreham- Wood:"
You've only to look ut the published
charity lists 10 see what some of us
have done" said Lady Gyle: my check
book was always in my hand. for one"
The little country cousin spoke again.
That isn't the real story" she said.
that's only the part that gets talked
about. The real ones mcda uD OF the
reasons why you did IT, things
why:"
YES: why? Why"
4 little silence aad then the cock
chimed One"
THE pariys Over" SID The Naval
Boy; lights out"'
What actually happened" said the
clever man. who was found little
late: lying with q snraired ankle ut
the foot OF few stairs. u don't I'M
derstand. Somebody told me that the
honor of the house demanded Il ghost.
and this night have | seen crowds o.
them. Bat I think somehow l must
have been asleep arl dreaming when
l slipped down these stairs. and I'm
really not Il bit more impressed row
7 4
nc stopped suddenly. as before our
eyes. dignified and stately. appeared
omething-something tall. shapeless,
transparent. Slowly. slowly from the
west corridor 1t moved towards us.
passed into our very midst sense of
chill. and it disappeared as mysterious
ly as it had come
So the honor CT the house was still
unassai!ed