Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28

| do you think he is up there now?"
asked her in bantering tone, yet
more disturbed by her revelations than
cared to show. The fact that the
house might have an undesirable repu-
tation was not pleasant thought to
| me. AS we had been through all the
house l suggested returning to the
| hotel
We continued our search for a house
| for several days, but found nothing
! that was satisfactory. AS time passed
and our disappointment increased, my
| repugnance to the unpleasant tradition
| of the Langton house grew less. I had
| liked the house from the first, the size
| and arrangement of the rooms as we'll
as the location suited me- But when
I spoke to Dorothy about waving fool
| ish notions and taking the house she
| refused positively with a shudder.
One week from the day that we had
| looked at the old house Dorothy and
had retired, feeling very weary and
discouraged. l particularly, for I felt
provoked at Dorothy for the persistent
| objection to the only house that was
available to us. WEAKNESS dispelled
| the worry from my mind and l was
| soon asleep, only to be awakened by
Dorothy speaking to me in an agi-
tated voice.
What is it?" l asked sleepily, with
haZy notion of burglars.
Dorothy was clinging to me and
| trembling with excitement.
strange experience. l saw father
you saw him." l exclaimed, in
credulously, you mean that you
| dreamt that you did"
mo, Edward" she protested, 81 was
not asleep. l was lying in a quiet
state, just bordering on active con-
| seriousness, thoughts, altogether for
eign to my situation, were fitting
| through my mind. / heard my fathers
voice calling me, and at the same mo-
ment l saw him emerging from be-
| tween the portieres. In a perfectly
| natural manner he said: t'Take Fred
Langton's old house, Dorothy 1t will
prove profitable to you"
l attempted to discuss the improb-
| ability of the whole matter, declaring
| it to be nothing more than a dream.
| But Dorothy insisted on regarding it
as visitation from her father, and
the influence of this belief upon her
| was such that, much as she was OPP
| posed to taking the house before, she
was now as much in favor of it. AS
| this was in perfect accord with my
own wishes, and while 1 was skeptical
as to the true nature of her expert
ence, its effect upon her was so salts
| factory to me that l refrained from
| further argument. We discussed the
matter during half the night, with the
| result that in the morning l went to
see the owner of the house and signed
the lease for two years The owner
! fulfilled all of his promises with re-
gard to repairs and we furnished the
| lower rooms according to our means
One evening l was studying in the
| sitting room, while Dorothy sat in a
! low rocker working on a sofa cush-
| ion. Her chair rocked violently and
| she sprang to her feet, scattering her
working materials far and near. She
| stood in the center of the room and
| looked aghast at the still moving
| chair
What is the matter, Dorothy" /
asked
Edward, some one rocked my
chair she gasped.
| ''You rocked it yourself"
mo, Edward, 1 didn't Don't you
see, it is rocking yet?" she said, with
a nervous shudder
''The force with which you jumped
out of it would cause it to rock said
to her reassuringly.
Edward, it rocked while was Sit
| ting in it. l was intent on matching
my silks when it seemed as though
some one grasped my chair and pulled
| it back with 4 jerk"
Nov, my DEAR I said, soothingIy.
"as physician l pronounce this a
case of nerves and recommend you to
| go to bed. A nights rest will restore
you"
Dorothy received my suggestion with
a look of indignation and commenced
to gather up her scattered work
Frequent occurrences of a like ma
| ture followed this, our first expert
ence, Dorothy always being the re-
cipient of the uncanny attentions. At
such times she declared that she could
feel the touch Of an unseen hand and
catch the vibration of an unheard
voice. AS Dorothy was a brave, sensi-
bic little woman, not given to foolish
fancies, finally gave credence to her
statements and regretted having taken
the house. When alone we spent our
evenings in the sitting room and it
was here that most of these perplex-
| ing incidents took place
When We had been in the house six
months we both sat, reading one Sun
day afternoon, Dorothy in her favorite
rocker, l at my reading table The
sound Of Dorothy's book falling to the
floor caused me to turn. was sur
| priSed to see her standing facing the