Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-23


in loving remembrance OF his mem
ory." Tacks explained with something
that sounded like a catch in his voice.
Hasn't that boy lovely disposi-
iion.' Aunt Martha beamed on Tacks,
to be so forgiving to the janitor after
the horrid man had sworn at him and
blamed him for putting cat IN the
dumb waiter and sending II ur to the
nervous lady on the seventh floor.
who abominated cats and who
screamed and fell over in tub OF
'uds when she opened the dumb
waiter door to get her groceries and
he cat jumped at her? Mercy! how
can the boy be so generous7"
Tacks bore up bravely under this
panegyric Of praise and his face wore
4 rapt expression which amounted al
most to religious fervor.
What did you give the ianitor.
AngelFace?" 1 asked.
."OnIy Just another remembrance"
Tacks answered. solemnly. Il hap
Dened TO find a poor, little dead mouse
under Re gas range, and | thought
I'd far awell the janltor with t."
Aunt Martha sighed painfully. and
Uncle Peter chuckled inwardly like a
mechanical toy hen.
On the train out to Jiggersville,
Clara J. ,was a picture entitled THE
10y Of Living regards to Mrs.
| Pat Campbell: lbsen please write.
As for me. with every Tevolution OF
the wheels grew more and more
half portion of Clipped beef.
"Oh, Johnl" said Clara j.. her voice
shrill with excitement; IL forgot TO
tell youl / left my key with mother
and she's going TO superlntend the
packing OF the furniture this after
room. by evening she expects to have
everything loaded in the van and we
won't have to wait any time for our
trunks and thingsl"
Great Scott" I yelled Maybe
you won't like the housel Maybe it's
only shanty with holes I'm the roof
er, / mean. maybe you'll be dlsap.
pointed with the layout What's the
blithering sense OF being in such a
consuming fever about moving the
aendish furniture? I'm certain you'll
hate the very sight OF this corn-crib
out among the ant hills. Can't you
back-pedal on. the furniture gag and
give yourself a chance TO hear the
answer to what you ask yourself?"
Clara j. looked tearfully at me for
moment: then she went over and
sat with Aunt Martha and told heI
how glad she was we we're moving tC
the country where the pure air would
no doubt have soothing effect or
my nerves, because | certainly hRC
grown irritable of late
At last we reached the little old lol
cabin down the lane. and after the
first glimpse l. knew It was all of.
The place l had borrowed from
Bunch for few minutes was a dream
all right. all right.
With it's beautiful lawns and III
sllstening graveled walks; with
modern house perfect in every detail
with its mnrmurlng brooklet rushing
away into a perspective OF noddinl
green trees, and with the bright sun
shine smiling a welcome over all, 1
made a picture calculated to charm
the most hardened city crab that eve
crawled away from the cover of tn,
skyscrapers.
AS for Clara j.. she simply threw
up both hands and screamed for help
She danced and yelled with delight
Then she hugged and kissed me will
thousand reiterated thanks for m!
glorious present.
felt as joyous as jelly fish. Ten
legged microbes began to climb int,
my pores. Everything l had in m.
system rushed to my head. I coul
see myself in the giggle-giggle ward Il
a bat house, playing l was the kin
of England.
was a joke turned upside down.
After they had examined ever
, nook and Granny of the place and ha
: talked themselves hoarse with d.
light, called them all up on tn
front piazza for the purpose OF pu
=, ting out their lights with my ghos
story.
- I figured on driving them all bac
to the depot with about four par
y graphs of creepy talk, so when / ha
!, them huddled l began In a hoars
a whisper to raise their hair.
h told them. that no doubt they ha
noticed the worried expression on N
(. face and explained that II was d.
chiefly to the fact that had learne
a quite by accident that this beautif
, place was haunted. -,
It Tacks grew, no excited that I
If dropped a garden SPADE of the plaEi
y and into hothdnse below, .breaklr
seven panes of glass. but the othe
II only smiled indulgently and went o
a jumped headfirst into my mo
IS blood-curdling story Rnd related in d
tail how a imurder had been col
mitted on the very site the house WI
built on and how "a fierce bewhisker'
spirit roamed the premises at mig
n. and demanded vengeance. describ,
" IN awful words. .thA hPrrowIng spe