Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-10-21

the room would have risen out of respec,
10 the owner OF Berry Down. Now no,
soul remembered him.
bis eyes were full of trouble, and with
a kind OF trouble which the good woman
mad never seen before. Not pain of BODY
or grief, but yet trouble. He dropped
his head upon his chest and began to
murmur aloud as if no one was in the
place but himself.
Not dead! he is not dead! How can
that bef how can that beT'
Then he fixed his eyes upon the land.
lady's and gazed upon her as if she
could read in them what allied him. BE.
wilderment and amazement which be,.
Upon his soul, as the old poet said. ns n
madman beats upon a drum-this was
the trouble which caused his eyes TO
nave that terrifying glare and his limbs
to shake and tremble. Mrs. Exon watch
ed him, thinking he must have a fit of
ague.
The poor man is ill.," she said. Here.
my man, drink this" She gave him half
tumblerful of cordial which he poured
down.
The dose had the effect of composing
Nun a little. His legs ceased trembling.
though his hands shook.
es, he said, 81 am i'll. | was took
sudden just now. l am better now.
wv here may you have come from p
asked one Of the men.
I've come from Southampton, wLere
| was put ashore. I've come all the way
from Australia"
And where might you be going next 3,
ri.
As | know" Ragged and rough be ,ook-
I'd he spoke, somehow, as if he belong.
ed tn something better than would have
been judged by his appearance. "If you
had asked me this morning, shoulr
nave told you that | was going 10 Bo-
vey; now, l don't know"
Mrs. Exon still looked Mt him with
curiosity which comes of half uneasy
recollection.
"Old Dan Leighan, now" he went on;
can any one give me news of him
mean Old Dan; him as had Gratnor first
and Foxworthy afterward, and then got
Berry Down, being a crafty old fox. Is
he still alive? Somebody told me he
was dead"
surely" replied Mrs. Exon; ''he ia
alive and hearty, except for his legs,
poor man"
oh, he's alive-alive and hea .ty?
thought, Perhaps-som+body told me
that he died. forgot how-six years
ago come October it was That's what
they told me; six srs come October"
He had an accident Just about that
une-six years ago. Perhaps that is
what you are thinking Of"
How he asked, without taking any
notice of this reply, "can a live man
have a ghost? How can live man
send his own ghost to travel all round
the world? Won't he want bis own
ghost for himself sometinesP'
He's got a touch of fever" said the
landlady, -and it has guns to his had.
You had getter go home, my maa. and
lie down, If you have got bed aGy-
where"
Il want to know this" he repeated,
earnestly; did anybody ever hear of a
living man sending his ghost on. on
errands, to keep people awake and
threaten things? 1t can't be; it isn't in
nature"
Nobody could explain this fact, which
was new to all
How did he do it, then " he ask>d,
impstiently, banging the table with his
tat; tell me that? How did he do it!"
Then he pulled himself together and be
came natural again. About his legs,
now. What's the mattsr with Dan
Lsighan's legsr'
Why, after his accident they begaa
to fail him." said Mrs. Exon, "and new
he's paralysed, and never leaves his
room unless he's wheeled out af a fine
morning But hearty In appetite and a.
for his head, it Is as clear as ever"
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