The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-10-08

qu anose old halls and the al
satroble nature of the dark
y settles over the library the
tbe twilight sets in, | put in
y two or three candles, the
sirs about which you have
h a coil. My GRAND was two
.anted first to see what Mr..
ID been up to the night be-
next to spend an hour over
aot Of old memoirs which in
the past light explain the
Won remember a door leading
,brory from the rear room. 1t
his door / entered, bringing
from the kitchen the chair you
found there
where the volume of mem
oak Of was to be found-you
7 see-for it was my hand
a placed it in its present con-
Quite determined to reread
Hons of it as / had long before
as pertinent to the very at
had in mind, L brought in the
rum from the parlor and drew
lie TO hold it. But 1 waited a
bents before taking down the
bn | wanted first to learn
Jeffrey had been doing up
night before; so, leaving the
ming in the library, l proceed
southwest chamber, holding
candle in my hand, the light
fused through the halls from
her windows being sufficient
. see my way. But in the
itself all was dark.
ind had not yet risen and the
yhich a half hour later moved
ssly on it's creaking hinges
he window so tightly that ]
Mr.. Jeffrey had fastened II
before. Looking for some re
In which to set the candle
failed to find anything but ar
mbler. so / made use of that
danced about me, but seeing
worth my attention-Mrs. JEFF
edding fixiDgs did not interes
everything else about thu
king natural except the over
hair, which struck me as Inn
II hurried downstairs again
he candle burning behind m
should wish to return alof
bad refreshed my mind wit
b been written about this oil
sound disturbed the house q
myself to my reading in fror
brary shelves l was as niue
der that desolate roof as mo-
be with men anywhere witt
Of him. / enjoyed the solitud
making a very pretty theor
llf on a scrap Of paper l tol
pther old book when q nois
rose in front, which, slight
as quite unmistakable to ca
b listening. Some one was u
be front door.
ally l thought it to be Mr.. Je
rning for q second visit to b
ouse, and, knowing what
pect If he surprised me on t
l restored the book hast
&c and as hastily blew out {
Then, with every intention
backed toward the door
had entered But some Il
ronger than that of esca
stop just before l reached
&c nothing-the place was da
t-but l could listen. The p
Jeffrey or some other-w
my way, and in perfect dal
could hear the faltering ste
gers dragging along the wal
ustle as Of skirts, proving I
TO be a woman-a fact VIII
surprised me-then lo
gh or gasp.
|ast determined me. The 81
Is too intense for me to LEI
FIRST learning who the won
In terror and shrinking da
per half resisting feet throt
npty halls and into a pl
nth such unwbolesome M
did not think of Veronica.
for a butterfly In the DEP
geon. But / did think of n
Ehat woman of resolute '
attempting to imagine
OF her presence, / stood
and hardened till the he
y door at the other end
began to swing in by j.
faint and tremulOus pusl
"a hand. Then there q
long silence followed b
aeonized that 1 realized
was the cause OF this pan
presence here, 81 was du
efrand OF curiosity,
: my purpose. Anything 4
'0Se was la q way done 20
alled quiet aud watched,
os which NOW and then <
remote corner upon "
NNYp WAS concentrated
lpent
Signs aua bltter gTonpe,
men \ murmufcd pr
q loW Vpillng, ~ ~pl
' name NJ Fgancls And