Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

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vito ~ Mo nhor,o,n ~ AN no,' ~.
asvlum. tbe ban,ain b,mse,f. bis
brother the naval ofBnar wb, nod
So admire,, noor A1;ca sona three
wears ago and q yo,,ng Law youth
Mt hone for his holidavs
Maria had warmly Welcomes, them
and Insisted thav m,,st come IN and
sac Nor mother r. w.s worth while
after al, IN keen M, With Moe neonle
who had known them IN hetter DAYS
Mrs Law wac ono Of those women
who denart slowly and her leavetak.
ing had NOT mite f,nished-her hus.
hand son and brother.in.law waiting
patientlv tbas while-.when n lousl
scream rang through the cottage fol-
lowed by calls for "Mother!" in
ANce.s voice
Mrs. Rattersley Mrs. Law and
Maria ran nm the stairs and found
the ail;ng. pirl in n dazed ha,f.faint,np
condition trembling and hardly
awake.
ooh. the horrible woman,n she
easped. "The great bloated creature
who crawlel out of the wardrobe and
then Law across nv chest. Make her
60. mother. or I must die!n
"A dream" Mrs. Law calculated. cor
perhaps a touch Of mysteries! Wen
STAY with Won. NV dear. and nothing
shall hurt vo,,, Plenty of men down.
stairs to drive ANYTHING away. She
will he herself soon. though. Mrs. Bat
tersley,n
az ann myself nown sobbed the In.
valid somewhat angrilv. abut / know
that woman 10 hiding somewhere. and
will come hack to me If Won 20. For
DAYS and nights I have heard her
rustling and feeling about. counting
money too, over and over again.
She's Tovaly Rettv I'm SIRE. and she
hides In that mar]robe."
nshe must he hnmored. the same as
,unatics have to he whisnered Mrs.
law ~ tho nootbar az 81 no omen the
ca,nboard and pretend to search. and
then show her nobody Is there,n
some dresses and bandboxes we're
pccordinplv removed from the myster.
inns niece az furniture and piled ON
Mrs Ratters,ev,s he'd Till very little
scanned loft bebind With great as
sun,n,tion op cheerfnlnass Mrs Law
affected n listen for nossibIe sounds
when IN bar aston;shment and that
NJ NTrs p.tters1av and Maria. q graf.
ing noise was Mainly heard for. a
moment mr. two then = rattle of small
metal,,c obiacts falling m a shower.
mplaster ~ ,oice,n exclaimed the
visitor somawhat startled at the
sounds
aIovalv pa++v,, answarad Alice.
nov, ua,, ,wa,a and recovered from
nov rrav;ous, olo,n, "you aro all
nora +hraa - vo,, a,a can b.ar Wit
noe. - NV ,oisas cha hagon mai.
,ng +ban, os COON 90 NV hed was
movaa ~ this .ornar .nd the ward.
,,ol,s ,.,as,ss., 80, 49, so,rn
..,,,, ~ ,at M Ian ooma I'm and
600 W., !" asa,ad +ba m anla,n,s' wife
sootbina,v .IIis boly ofT,ce Won know
ona .han 10 ;s % aeains+ shirt
r.an,na 49, suoh +hsnes and could
av,Ia;a an,a,, an,thina n,,aar And
~ a 10 NC vou n,.,s4 have /. cat
IN tha ronn Win yonin
tn pav 1ohn 1a,, willingly came
Of bis w;fa,s raonest gava Al,ce
faw oha y,o,ds 1a,ohed a. tho idea
of Ghost hsnntsng tho nremises.
tannaa tabe n,.,ls and en.,,v cove the
=, rp rd,oha 1901 sh.la o.
zoe s.ounsa thara is no,sa,n ha
o,,oa ar - Mis- n,ar,o,s h,.o,, be,d
nacLlaco broken and rattline about
INC nmnhosra on +ba d,sb running
awav with the s,,oons Any movement
in tb;s ,ttle o,d house will helm these
soMnds,n
IN ha,n, o.srraa that M naclSlace
or snoonss we've resnons,hla for the
st,r Mr. Law rave a few more rams and
thumns and then asked ~ h,s hrother
ana snn w WOULD ha a,,owed nnstairs
for a min.1te
Tn cban,a;n tho canta,n and t,ba
scboolhoy hav;ng nuIied tho old.
wordroha' .n,osar IN tho window Mr. ;
Law annonnced that from the inside.
",
mart ~ the hacr seemad 10 no slid.
.np down revea,,np pan behind
whi..4, was annarentiv f,,led With rags
a rol, ~ these rags being mlllei ont
NV the scbnolhoy,s darinp hand nroy-
ID ~ no an ancient and much d,s.
cn,ored n,ir ~ corsets ~ verv large
sfza ond avtremeIv heavy. and anoth.
ar ,air than so,,owad nuch tha same
In nnal,tv and with gold coins escap.
inc from tho Matches In which thew
had Noon sawn
Tba ladias screamed and shnddered
a. tbasas ohiects and rho onest nov
he e a,r 90 s,citine that the men
SOON hrora down the remainder Of
tha so,sas hooIs wb,ch MA tbe rest ~
INC Ee tr tea, s,,r 20
m TINS famnn. + ovelv pattv,s nr,vate
hoard was laid hare IN three little
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