The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-06-16

What terrible spectacle was this that
met his eyesf
The words Of the boy were fully con-
armed; the most horrd creature fancy
could picture was surely dancing just
within the tower In full, plain view. A
hideous figure was jumping up and down,
amid glare Of what seemed sulphurous
light, while every now and then It sank
down only to reappear, going through
the same wild motions and capers, each
one appalling enough to strike terror to
the hearts of the superstitious beholder.
But DR., Illfensteln was by no means
q superstitlous man, Ghosts, goblins,
specters, all were to him mere vagaries
Of crazed brain. Therefore, while
startled and horrliied for one moment by
this singular apparitlon, the next, he
coolly refined in his horse, and thus stood
still, calmly contemplating the scene.
While still sitting there upon the back
Of his horse, lost In conjecture, the de-
moniacal hobgoblin, Apparitlon, or what
ever the evil genius Of tho Haunted
Tower might be called, dropped from
sight; the strange, lurid light disappear
ed; darkness reigned over the place. ex-
cept as revealed by the lightning flashes,
and the puzzled but undaunted physician
was free to urge his horse onward once
more towards the peaceful cottage that
he called his home.
Once within the cheerful shelter Of the
library, he seated himself beside the ta-
bic, drew nearer the wax candles, and
again took up bis book to read another
chapter before retiring for the night. But
be soon found that reading was lmpossi-
BILE, for ever before the page fitted the
lmpish figure be had seen, with it's horns,
It's flaming eyes and hideous contortlons.
Closing the book then he leaned his head
against tho tall back of his chair, and
thought long and deeply. At the close
Of his cogltationA as he laid himself
down upon his bed for the night, one re-
auIt alone was reached, namely;
"There had been a murder committed
yearz before within Glendenning Hall,
and the murderer was still unknown and
at large. For some unaccountable rea-
son the tower was made TO appear in
the possession Of evil spirits by some par
Nlees also uuknOWus
In his soul DIR, ElfensteIn believed the
dreadful apparltlon he had himself wit
messed that night was the work Of some
wicked person. wrought out, probably, to
keep up the superstitlous notorlety such
a mystery would bring upon place,
Finding sleep impossible, the doctor
again arose and, drawing aside the cur
tain from the window, gazed forth into
the darkness of the night. But while the
storm still ragged furiously, and the sky
was shrouded by an lnky pail, no light ap-
peared from the direction OF the hall to
whisper forebodingly of the specter of
che tower.
The young physician soon found him
self pursuing another and an entirely diff
ferent train of thought. This time the
storm passing before his eyes was trans
ferred to the wildly lashed and foaming
blllows of the sell. His peaceful home
had changed to the cabin of an ocean
steamer, and the goblin Of night into the
graceful form Of Ethel Nevergail, his
lovely fellow passenger of few weeks
before.
All, beautiful, lost Ethel! How he
longed to see her, to speak to her, to be
near her, but he knew that for him such
a pleasure would never again be, so with
a weary sigh he dropped the curtain and
turned to his pillow. but not to sleep
even, but to toss around. and strive in
vain to Danish from his mind though Is
of the girl who hid unconsciously sue
ceeded In leaving so indelble an impress
aiaa upon his heart