Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-04-01
A HAUNTED HOUSE

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ed once more with peace, with the com
Ing OF Ching and Charley, who feared
neither hog, dog nor devil" and eer-
tainly seemed able to deal with any
thing in the way OF terrestrial or su-
pernatural beings.
In fact Cfor such Is the inconsistency
of woman), | rather began to wish that
the ghosts would walk, or otherwise
make themselves known; or that any
thing exciting would happen. For, ar
ter the advent of my two Celestials,
my occupation WAS entirely gone; no
longer did | daily wrestle with the
kitchen brasero, and harangue the fruit
man and the other purveyors to our in
ner needs. In other words, matters
wnxed deadly dull and borous, so that
| complained bitterly to my other half,
who only laughed uproariously, and
gave me little sympathy. (You see he
had his work. And said he: MY good
wife, you don't know fine thing when
you see it, Here you are with plenty
of leisure and all the chance you want
to shine in the American Colony Of
Pinal, yet you let 1t slip. Put on your
gaudiest gown df you have one); all
the Jewelry you can beg, borrow or
steal; go and pay your calls, and III
wager you Virot hat that you'll have
all the diversion you can stand
Meekly, but without the jewelry. |
did as | was told. | called on my la
dins and | onaand m, m ,,a,,, ho,i,n,, 30
myself in the way of topics OF CONVEX
satlon. For In Plnal you always dis
cuss your servants, and other peoples
servants; your own and other peoples
position In society; and the fact that
society in Mexico is not what 1t is at
home To hear the wives of the gro
ceryman cheap clerks and machinists
discussing social position" gave me
rather sort Of ''Alice-in- Wonderland"
feeling, but held my peace
Not many weeks passed before So
ciety and l mutually dropped each 9TH
er, and | gave my husband no peace
until he decided upon and arranged
nice, long ducking trip to the lakes,
/ some forty miles from Pinal And, oh
me, how enjoyable it was. But when
we returned, with sunburned faces and
hands showing traces of powder and
hard work, the ladies of the American
colony shook dubious heads over me
and my proba BILE fate. A woman who
actually went hunting with her hus-
band, could ride thirty miles i'll day,
and was reported to shoot as well as a
man, was a paradox to them. For their
parts, they wondered why any man
wanted TO marry such woman so un-
lit for society.
To tell the truth, | rather regretted
the tan and sunburn myself, when l
found upon our return invitations to
the usual yearly big baile ut the Ca
sino. | hadn't been to a dance Of any
sort since our last country house visits
on Long Island | had a particularly
pretty gown, knew that the floor would
be good and slippery the native Mex
lean band fair, and that there would
be plenty of presentable men to dance
with, mostly delegations from the out
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all that was consistent could | appear
in an evening gown, topped off by
face. neck and arms that were about
the consistency of color of burned
leather? My husband unfeelingly sug-
gested whitewash. but l applied lemon
appointing, you know
Three days before the dance. the
partner of my joys and sorrows was
called away 10 inspect the installation
of some new machinery He left with
reluctance; for. while our big. old
house seemed absolutely safe, there
had nevertheless been some burglaries
of late, aud he dreaded leaving me
alone with the servants for Il couple Of
nights. But | urged him to 20, saving
that the doors were perfectly robber-
proof, the servants trustworthy. and
that l would keep shotgun handy, SO
that he need have no fears. In point
of fact, for once | preferred his room
to his company, having face bleach
ing process in view the which | knew
he would never consent to- did he come
to know of it. So he departed and
feeling relieved and sneaky by turns,
set about preparations for the surrep-
titious whitening Of my unlucky corn-
tenance. Most school girls will recog-
nize the beautifier which | fastened to
apply, as soon as my light dinner had
been dispatched that night. With
doors carefully locked, and revolver
handy. In case OF burglars, | expert
mented with a piece or chamois skin