The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-14

good words 10 follow them IT rney
I'D not sleep peacefully in their sunny
graves. then were pure lives and good
deeds Vain. Notwithstanding there
was the talk nov one. nov another.
elImpScd them walking hand In hand
up the broad stairway or fitting at
dusk through the oNergroWu rose gar,
den
DemIsou heard all this ueidly. He
liked whatever was old world ana I'M
usual. Perhaps that WIS why, Whom
the rain Mt last sent everybody scurry-
ing within, he drew little apart from
the merrYmakerS and stood staring up
the dim vista of the great stairway.
And thus he WAS the first To see twin
wraiths, slim aud girlish, floating rath-
cr than walking. glide ont OF the upper
dusk and. linking arms. fail into the
swing of waltz They were nil in
Vaporous white sWhls of Il covered
them from head 10 foot They kept
perfect time and moved 50 in unison It
was like the rhythm of one soul rather
than two
Dennison felt his heart beat faster.
All the rest had accepted the yelled
dancers rs but new come maSkcrs He
nodded toward them. saying IN Hart
wells ear: Don't You hate monopoly?
Let's break that one up"
Then in hurried Whispers he told
what he had seen lIaHwell suppressed
4 whistle. then said with II quick
breath. I'll 30 you Take the taller
one
No. I'm going to dance with the
other. Ghostlike masuucraders don't
demand formal presentation" Dennl-
son whispered buck rs he shot ont To
intercept the Mhrling visions. In II
wink he had his chosen one fnst, and
llartwcll perforce took the other. To
gether they mndc the round of the long
hall-not once. but many times. the
ghost dancers moving 80 lightly they
did not even breathe more quickly, al.
though their mortal partners Mt last
were painting.
How did You think Of IL? How
dared You do it," HHrtwell asked rs he
whirlcd and wheeled. The wrath In
his arms answered evenly: We've
been doing 1t this long time II WIS a
SORT of outlet. Selma first thought Of
II after we had found The lost key to
the big gate, but she never would have
had the courage 10 do 1t II | had not
egged her on she wouldn't dare hc
here tonight il | had let her think.
We have always gone home before Q
O'clock and climbed III by the library
window. This time We shull hive 10
be ghosts until morning We cam get
in on the heels Of the mill,man. aud Of
course We shall run AWAY before IN.
masking time What would AUNT vii
ton SAY il anybody told her we had
been here"
,tIrobahly disinhcrit You. should
like that" IIartwcll returned. "'fhcl
fortune hunting when say 10y,
| You"
What more lac might have said 80
body knows. lust then there cam
| Wild crirs Of fire and after them gen
cral paHie Despite Che pouring rain
helped hN the raging wind. thc oil,
house burned like finder llartwcl
had for Il moment LETT l!css. When ht
looked for her lac saw two vaporl
creatures fleeing up The stairway.
Bess and Selma, madly bent ON avoid
Ing discovery meant to vanish that
way and ESCAPE up the back stairs 10y
which they had come 4 wall Of fame
blocked them. AZ they ran back from
it they heard Il shout: stand still!
|. We are coming Then, up the long
main stair, came lIartWcll aud penni-
son. 70 rush down half minute later
through licking flames, each with Il
girls lnanimatc figure crushed against
his breast
Right there VAS settled the question
OF II double wedding Even Aunt vii
ton insisted ON II. Her nirces, she said,
needed stronger guardians. Both
matches have turned oul TO be ideal. 50
much 50 TINT Hartwell and Dcnnlson
say they shudder to think they gained
such happiness by barely the ghost Of
Il chance