The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-12-11

awful shining dagger" "a paper knife)
she must have thought that the saints
had forsaken her or that they had no
power over ghosts for she began beg
ging the ghosts to spare her life. 20,
please, please, good Mr.. Ghost, spare
poor Bridget! I'll be good, just give
me chance! Spare mel Spare me!
I'm being murdered! O, mistress,
save me! Save me! The spirits have
cotton poor Bridget at last. Oh! Oh!
Obi"
Being unable to keep quiet any
longer we rushed through the kitchen
and out of the back door, leaving the
amazed Bridget wondering "How in
saints name does that ghost laugh?''
We then went into the parlor, which
was decorated with ferns, flowers and
evergreens, with here and there a jack
o'-lantern which contained salt and
alcohol. When lit, this shed a green
light over the room, giving it an un.
canny appearance.
We danced, played quilting, Tour
of the World, Still Music and Statues;
our costumes making the last named
game very interesting.
We were just making new groups
of statues when our hostess presented
US with cards with pencils attached
and requested US 20 identify as many
of the guests as We could.
Fifteen minutes was devoted to this
and then as We passed the cards back
to our hostess we we're requested to
unmask. Scarcely had the last mask
been taken off when we heard a terrific
rattling of heavy chains and three dis.
tinct, agonized cries for help. Hear.
ing these, our hostess invited US to the
dining room, where table laden with
sandwiches, chocolate, apples, nuts,
cakes, angel-food, candies, oranges and
many other good things awaited US.
Here, again, appeared the grinning
jack-o'lanterns; one in the middle OF
the table was filled with nuts, others
with candies, some we're used to light
the room, while some, smaller than tea
cups and containing some trinket to
be kept as souvenirs, were by our
plates.
Supper being over, We returned to
the parlor where our hostess showed
many funny and weird scenes with a
magic lantern: we played games, a
witch prophecied many things that
would happen to US and then we roast
ed chestnuts and apples, popped corn
while each one told story, either Of
witches, fairies, ghosts or bogies; every
three to five minutes the ghosts were
compelled to groan, witches displayed
their magic and fairies, giants and
bogies did all in their power to make
everything in the room ridiculous.
When each one had told a story we
played civilian TELL" had nut hunt,
then we were given cards and told to
60 wherever the directions on the cards
said and to bring back an account of
what happened to US. We had to stay
wherever the cards said, no matter
what might happen, until our hostess
rang a bell. When the hell rang, it
was pale, frightened crowd that as
sembled, only to find that two of the
number sent out were missing.
With a jack-o'-lantern to light the
way, we started for the attic where
the missing brownie had been sent.
When we were half way up the stairs
a barrel came bounding down to meet
US, while some one in it gave the most
unearthly yells We had ever heard.
Two of the boys caught the barrel and
set it up; we lifted out a quilt and
found the unfortunate brownie rub
bing his eyes and staring at US as if
we were wild animals.
He being rescued, we started in
search of Jack the Giant while the
brownie told us how he had been
grabbed by the neck and stuffed into
the barrel by an awful monster with
"fiery red eyes," Hearing a noise in
the pantry we fastened there to find
the giant, bound hand and foot and
thrown head first into the -four bin.
After releasing him, amid much
laughter, We returned to the parlor
and related our adventures, sang some
of our favorite songs, and, as the clock
struck twelve, we began to put on our
wraps. which consisted of blankets,
worn to make Identification impossible
and at the same time to protect our
costumes from the wind.
At the door, as We babe our hostess
"good-night," she presented US with
jack o'-lanterns, which, she said, were
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