Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-27

N loving remembrance Of his men,
7ry,' Tacks explained with something
that sounded like catch in his voice
Hasn't that boy lovely disposi
.ion," 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 a cat in the
dumb waiter and sending It 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 generous?'
Tacks bore up bravely under this
pauegyric Of praise and his face wore
rapt expression which amounted al.
most TO religious fervor.
What did you give the ianitor.
Angel-Face?" I asked.
only just another remembrance"
Tacks answered. solemnly. Il hap
nened to find a poor. little dead mouse
under the gas range. and / thought
I'd farewell the janltor with IT,"
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: Ibsen please write.
As for me. with every revolution OF
the wheels / grew more and more n
half portion of Clipped beef
"Oh, joint" said Clara j., her voice
shrill with excitement: 81 forgot to
tell you! l left my key with mother
and she's going to superlntend the
packing of the furniture this after
noon. BY evening she expects to have
everything loaded in the van and we
won't have TO wait any time for our
trunks and things!"
Great Scott" yelled. Maybe
you won't like the housei Maybe it's
only shanty with holes in the roof
er, mean, maybe you'l be disap-
! pointed with the layout! What's the
blithering sense OF being in such a
consuming fever about moving the
! dendlsh 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 20 hear the
answer TO what you ask yourself?"
Clara ]. looked tearfully at me for
a moment; then she went over and
sat with Aunt Martha and told her
how glad she was we were moving to
the country where the pure air would
no doubt have a soothing effect on
ny nerves. because certainly had
grown irritable of late.
At last we reached the little old log
cabin down the lane. and after the
arst glimpse knew It was all of.
The place l had borrowed from
Bunch for few minutes was a dream,
all right, all right.
With its beautiful lawns and It's
slistening graveled walks; with a
modern house perfect in every detail
with its murmuring brooklet rushing
away into a perspective OF nodding
green trees, and with the bright sun
shine smiling a welcome over all, Il
made a picture calculated to CHARM
the most hardened city crab that ever
crawled away from the cover OF the
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 with
thousand reiterated thanks for my
glorious present.
l felt as joyous as a jelly fish. Ten.
legged microbes began to climb into
my pores. Everything l had in my
system rushed to my head. could
see myself in the giggle-giggle ward in
bat house, playing l was the king
of England.
was joke turned upside down
After they had examined every
nook and Granny of the place and had
talked themselves hoarse with de
light, / called them all up on the
front piazza for the purpose of put
ting out their lights with my ghost
story.
/ figured on driving them all bacl
to the depot with about four para
graphs of creepy talk. so when haC
them huddled | began in hoars,
whisper TO raise their hair.
told them that no doubt they haC
noticed the worried expression on m!
face and explained that 1t was du,
chiefly to the fact that | had learne,
quite by accident that this beautiful
place was haunted.
Tacks grew so excited that h,
I dropped a garden spade off the piazzi
, and into hot-house below. breaking
seven panes of glass. but the other
: only smiled iudulgently and went or
/ / jumped headfirst into my mos
) blood-curdling story and related in de
tail how a murder had been CON
mitted on the very site the house wa
built on and how fierce bewhiskere
spirit roamed the premises at nigh
and demanded vengeance. describe
, in awful words the narrowing spec
tacle and all | got at the finish wa
the hoot from Uncle Peter.
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