The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-01

The next day my rOom was changed
according 20 her promise, but in TIE
light Of the charges have since Rsard
uttered against that house AMI the
family who inhabit Il I am glad that
l spent one night I'm what. If it was
not haunted chamber. had certainly
a rery thrilling effect upon its occu.
pants"
Second passage the italics showing
where il was most heavily marked.
"rha house contained another room
as Interesting as the one I have al
ready mentioned II went by the
name of the library, and It's walls were
heavily lined with books. but the fam
lily never sat there. nor was ever for
tunate enough to see it with It's doors
Enclosed except on the occasion OF the
grand reception Miss Callista gave in
my honor. l have a fancy for big
rooms and more than once urged my
hostess 20 tell me why this one stood
neglected But the lady was not com.
munlcative on this topic aud II was
from another member OF the house
hold l learned that its precincts had
been forever clouded by the unexpect-
ed death within them Of one OF her
fathers friends a noted army officer
"Why this should have occasioned a
permanent disuse of the spot | could
not understand, and as every one who
conversed on this topic invariably gave
the impression of saying less than the
subject demanded, my curiosity soon
became too much for me, and | attack
ed Miss Callista once again in regard
to Il. She gave me a quick smile, for
she was always amiable, but shook
her head and introduced another topic.
But one night when the wind was
bowling in the chimneys aud the sense
of loneliness was even greater than
usual in the great house, we drew to-
gether on the rug IN front Of my bed
room fire, and as the embers burned
down to ashes before Us Miss Callista
/ became more communicative.
"Her heart was heavy, she told me;
had been heavy for years. Perhaps
some ray OF comfort would reach her
! If she took a friend into her confidence.
/ God knew that she needed one. espe-
| cially on nights like this. when the
wind woke echoes all over the house
and 1t was hard TO tell which most to
fear. the sounds which came from no
one knew where. or the silence which
settled after
"She trembled as she said this and
instinctively drew nearer to my side
so that our heads almost touched over
the fiickering fame from whose heat
and light we sought courage She
seemed TO feel grateful for this con.
tact, aud the next minute hlnging all
her scFuples TO the wind, she began a
relation of events which more OF less
answered my late unwelcome queries.
The death in the library. about
which her most perplexing memory
hung, took place when she was a child
and her father held that high govern
mental position which has reflected 50
much credit upon the family. Her IA
ther and the man who thus perished
had been intimate friends. They had
fought together In the war OF 1912 anC
received the same distinguished mark,
OF presidential approval afterward
They were both members of an impor
tant commission which brought theu
into diplomatic relations with England
II was while serving on this commits
sion that the sudden break occurred
which ended all intimate relations be
tween them and created a change Il
her father that was equally remarke,
az home ana abroad What occaslone,
this break no one knew. Whether hi
great ambition had received some checl
through the jealousy Of this so calle,
friend-a suppositlon which did no
seem possible. as he rose rapidly nfte
this--Or on account OF other cause
darkly limited at by his contemporaries
but never breaking into open gossip
lac was never the same man afterward
His children. who used to rush witt
effuslou to greet him. now shrank int
corners at his step or slid behind bal
open doors, whence they peered wit
fearful interest at his tall figure. paC
ing in moody silence the balls OF hi
ancestral home or sitting with frowr
ing brows over the embers dying ewa
on the great hearthstone Of his famou
library.
did not share these terrors. The ia
ther was ever tender OF her. and th
! only smile they ever saw on his fac
came with his entrance i.to her darl
ened room
"Such were Callista Moores frs
+ memories Those which followed wer
, more definite and much more startling
President Jackson who bad q hlg
, opinion Of her fathers ability advance
him rapidly Finally a position wa
/ given him which raised him into n,
tional prominence. AS this had bee
, the goal Of bis ambition for years, b
was much gratided by this appoln
ment. and, though bis smiles came u
h. more frequently his frowns llghtene
and from being positively threatenin
[ became simply m0rose.
d "Why this moroseness should hay
[ sharpened into menace after an IN
expected visit from his once dear bt
long estranged companion in arms, h
r daughter even after long years G
v constant broodng upon this BubIec
dQres not decide. II She could sl
l. might be happier
h "The general was a kindly man. shor
e Of face aud Of "a tail. thin figure. bI
\ with an eye 20 draw children ana mal
e them happy with a look But his q
: feet on the father was different Frol
4. the moment the two met in the gre,