The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-06

mp our positions. l put Shorty
next to the cellar door that opened
direct into the kitchen. while
took up my position next to the
large kitchen range. then We closed
the slide of our lanterns and dark.
nsss fell upon us Boys. when the
Hight was shut off thought that
would have heart failure. large
beads of Precipitation rolled down
my face as 1 heard the clock DOM
menced to strike the hour of eight;
ju.t as the second Stroke was dying
away heard movement from the
direction of Shorty. then came the
powerful light from his Ianter n
then shot from his ever ready
revolver, then 1 yelled for 1 had
seen the ghost OF that servant girl,
then came darkness; the next thing
1 knew was that I was laying down
with some one trying to force
something into my mouth; I open
ed my eyes to fnd Joe Blair try
ing to make me take drink from
his flask; the truth was boys had
tainted Well boys I was not long
in getting out of that building, the
boys searched that house from top
to bottom but could not find any
trace of that ghost, so if you boys
want to see real live ghost you
can have the keys at anytime but
as for me why that ghost can have
the whole block as long as it don't
come near me-" So that ended the
Chiefs story, but as far as / am
concerned it was only the begin
ming. in fact it was something that
L had long wished for-was real
live ghost. because in the first place
1 did not believe in ghosts, second
was that there must be some mo-
tive in that ghost, and third was to |
fiud out the motive SO I concluded |
to wire my good news to an old |
chum who had shared many hard |
case with me to come and help me
in my find. With that I got every |
thing ready for the next day and
then hurried in for a:good nights
sleep.
CHAPTER II.
The next evening my ohum ar
rived, so we concluded to sleep
that night and go over at day
At dsybreak the next day found us
duly installed in the haunted house
which we found extremely chilly
on account of the gloomy and dis
NAL weather outside. but We soon
got warmed mp to our work as We
began to investigate and examine
everything. We began at the gar
rstt, which was used as lumber
room; the dust was thick upon ev-
80 we found no clue there;
then came the second floor.
should have stated that we found
the house just as Skaggs had left
it. Skaggs had only taken cou-
pie of dress suit cases with him. SO
the second floor was soon under
our hands and soon past inspection
aud still no clue; then came the
first floor. This took more time
because of the doors both leading
both to the outside and also into
the kitchen; all the locks and /
bolts and window catches we found
intact, then came the kitchen.
There we stopped for lunch, as it
was already four in the afternoon.
After lunch we resumed our search.
We found the kitchen fitted out on
the regular scale, then came the
cellar. We found the door looked
and bolted on the kitchen side; we
opened it and descended into the
cellar; it was fitted up with the
regular bin for coal and wood.
What struck me most was the
q Dor, which consisted of heavy
planking. 1 drew my chum's at
tention to it, and we examined ev-
cry inch with care and skill. We
found nc clue. We returned to
the kitchen and looked and bolted |
the cellar door as we found it. |
Then we laid plans to interview
the ghost. Oa consulting my
watch 1 found that it lacked but |
few minutes to eight O'Clock, SO
examined our revolvers, which |
were of heavy csliber, when my
chum remarked that if Shorty
Barns had shot clean through the
shade without leaving trail, what
was the use of us shooting at it.
With that sx,a kooI 49, arr 100,