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

And here he halted. for Lady PansopIr
sought her s.arers. ard turEcd Il viii
J cring ,ye upon him.
She addressed the corridor OF phan
IONS: IF" she said. deliberately. my
hanGs had been free ard this youn.
r;:n's head in its proper place. shonld
have slapped H." She hUddicd her
draperies together VIII Il saggcsi.co
OF c::c:usiveness.
Find it a bit TOO parky:" siic Naval
Eoy's voice came iioa:in.; down FROM
nowhere.
The ghost OF Mrs. Carcw WAS pccv-
ISL. IF there's ore thin. more than
ano. her | do hate" iC said. 1t is 20
meet copies-iEferio1 copies of my
| gowns Mt every street corner. l have
always made it Il condition that the
| gowns should he destroyed"
Mr.. Eoreham-W Wood philosophical.
NO good making Il fuss. he said.
They're hitting us UP on our weakest
spots. ard yours is evidently your
gowns"
"Ah. SO clever" Mrs. Carcw WAS
at her very sweetest. so clever. And
so smart TO think OF it when YOU
haven't even got head on your shout
ders. Yes. / suppose that was your
weakest spot? Docs it-er-eYer acne
i at all:'
The Naval Eoy intarpo.cd. There's
something rather tofTy about the style
of The thing" he declared. i've
heard OF a chap carrying his head too
high but never before heard of one
carving 1t under his arm. Docs il lead
to-er-any sort of complications:
"Only an VI. 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. "K. c. b
The ghost of the little country cousin
fitted By. Don't mind" /: mur.aurcd:
these things don't really matter
we've al got to suffer through some
thing we like most-and when the real
story gets TO be told
The c.evcr 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:ateiy-all our lives"
MY dear. CARING Old chapp;c." p:o.
wouldn't surely have lis always as
transparent rs we are row: Think
think OF our reputat:ons.''
Mrs. Carcw grew grim. ''.After to-
night" she said. none OF lis will have
any. We can sec through each other
so PERFECTLY well that We shall know
precisely low much OF anything 10
! believe"
Judged by the rustic. there was 4
general tossing OF heads ard n draw
ing aside of draperies.
THAT wasn't i'm the least original.
dear commented Lady Pansophy.
land II you thought it was. you're
wrong If you have any buried stories
i say 'if'-you might entertain us
with az account of your own. 1t would
he. should say. highly interesting"
Heaven forbidw murmured the Gen.
eral. his attention for the moment dis
tracted from his star. MY dear lady,
don't be rash!'
Its a statute barred" declared Mrs.
Carew: "all 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:"
Cor even Mr.. Boreham- Wood"
You've only to look 1T the published
charity lists 10 see what some OF us
have done" said Lady Gyle: my check
book was always il 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 m?le III OF the
reasons why you I'D is things
why"
YES: why? Why"
\ little silence AID thc2 the cock
ch!med One"
The pariys over" sid The Naval
Boy; lights out.''
what actually happened" said the
clever man. who was found little
later lying with Il snraired ankle at
the foot OF few stairs. Il don't I'M
derstand. Somebody told me that the
honor of the house demanded Il ghost.
and this night have | seen crowds OF
them. Bat | think somehow l must
have been asleep arl dreaming when
| slipped Gown these stairs. and I'm
really not 4 bit more impressed row
than I NcS-than I was"
lic stopped suddenly. as before our
eyes. dignified and stately. appeared
omething-something tall. shapeless.
transparent. Slowly. slowly from the
west corridor it moved towards us.
passed into our very midst sense of
chill. and it disappeared as mysterious
~ ms it had come
So the honor CT the house was still
unassai.ed.