The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-22
By S E WE LII FO RID
Copyrighted by the Associated Sunday Magazines incorporated

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There was low burnin' gas Jet in a
red globe up there. so steps along that
way.
/ First thing l notices is that the hall
way amt level but has a gradual slope
/ down from the L. which was built
higher. They'd fixed it that way in
stead of putin in a few steps Another
funny thing was that the hail carpet
| was laid TO one side, instead of in the
middle. leavin' about two feetfof bare
floor the length of the hall.
! l goes pokin' along clear to the end.
where there's a door openin' into the
! servants quarters. Just beside the
door was a set Of drawers built into the
wall, Ike linen closet. Bein' as l was
ingestigatin'. 1 takes a notion to pull a
! couple of them drawers out and in the
! second one runs across sOmethin' that
gives me the creeps up my back for a
minute. Then 1 takes another squirt
and smokers. After that 1 shuts II and
puts back for Chandler
Chandler" says l, IF Mr. Pickett
mad any say in managin' these spook
dates. don't you figure that EIvira
would be apt to show up tonight?"
Considering the fact that he would
wish to counterfeit the possible effect of
my visit, l should say that he would
wish her TO appear" says he.
Then Slide in here while 1 put YOU
next TO little plan of mine." says T.
At first Chandler didn't want 20 90 in
Tor anything Of the kind, bein' afraid
that if we made a mistake and the old
man found out he'd get his back I'D
worse than ever. But when told him
/ what I'd seen in tia drawer and
showed him how we couldn't miss fire
1 if Pickett stuck to his program, he had
TO give in.
I 10 4
everyone had turned in, and then we
! sets TO work First We goes down cell
4 lar and finds big wooden washtub.
/ Next We Tugs fourteen pals Of water
! from the kitchen and fills her full. The
/ last touch was to set 1t i'm Just the right
place and stretch a piece Of clothes line
across from one dOorknOb TO another.
Then We squats down in the dark to see
1 what is gOin' to happen, feelin' like a
couple Of kids on Halloween night.
! Ever wait half an hour doubled up on
your hunkers, listenin' for the clock 10
strike? I'd have bet il was near morn
in when the first tap of twelve comes.
We counts until il strikes clear through.
and then pricks UP our ears and strains
our eyes up the hall. Maybe we was
that way five minutes: but there was
nothin' doin'.
Then. just as we're wonderful if We
!
of somethin' rusllin' down the hall to-
wards us. Say. Amt ever seer. a real
tspook. and don't want to, because /
don't believe in EN-. anyway; but if the
accounts I've had OF 'em has been right.
this thing that we sees comm our way
was all reg'lar and accorCiin' to specfh-
cations All, you can grin: but you
wouldn't have felt so gay if you'd been
there in the dark and seen that white
. mn fFnu -Tal g.
rate Of a mile a minute. l had the
Soosefiesh spine so bad you could have
used my back for a nutmeg crater. IL
being sprung so sudden was what rat
ties me.
Gee. Chandler says I. its comm
with bells on
'sus-sus-stop it. cu-cu-can't your"
says he, hoarse and excited
"We-e-e-e--oup says T. And, say,
what let out that yell for was mOre'n
I know. 1t just had to come, and II was
a peach.
Next minute there's a sound like hit
tin feather bed with a club. the door
knobs creak as if they was bein' pulled
out by the roots. some one uncorks an
Ugh that must have started from
down deep. and then there's splash
that sends water all over both OF us
and clear to the ceilin It was that
cold sprinkle that brings me TO.
Turn on that lightr' l sings out to
Chandler, as 1 makes a jump for the
tub.
But there want any need to rush.
and we hadn't made any mistake In
spite of the lovely long brown wig and
the sOakin sheet draperies. we could
recognize Pickett. He was jammed in
good and solid. too. havin' turned a
complete fiip-flop when he struck the
rope. and landed in the tub as neat as
if he'd been practicin' that particular
stunt for a year. We was still standin'
there. watchin him tryin' to swab the
water out Of his eyes, when here comes
Uncle Lyman tiptOein' down the hall.
''Whst-what is it2" says he.
IT'S something you've been watchin'
for says l. Take a look"
With that he steps around where he
can get a good view Of what he has in
the tub why. Pickett" says he.
What on earth has happened to-
And just then he gets a glimpse Of
Fickett's feet that was stickin' straight
up. Strapped on his shoes was what
I'd seen in that drawer-a pair or these
rubber wheeled. bicycle roller skates.
/ Them and the wig and the sheet told
the story of that EIvira glide business
palmer than whole raft OF expert tes-
/ timOny
''You-your lying scOundrei." says the
] judge. Get up from that and clear
out and if 1 ever see you again, IL"
He couldn't connect with the words,
but by the way he doubles up his fists
Pickett understands what he means and
tries Ia splutter out something.
Not word" shouts the judge. "Out
: you co.
! Come Little Bright Eyes" says 1.
gettin' grip on his hands and bracin
one foot on the tub for a hard yank-
It's you for the fresh air. Up you
come
/ And. say, the wet streak he left as he
traiIed down the stairs was still there
/ next mornin' Where it led to, or where
he shed the wig and sheet, I amt
/ heard: but I guess that'n be his last ap-
pearance in the Elvira role.
As for Uncle Lyman, he was so broke
up over findin out how he'd been played
for spirit come-on that for awhile we
didn't know how he was goin' to act
But II works out all right. Seems IL
was just some such jar that his system
needed Now 1 hears from Chandler
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