Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-07-29
: WAS HE
| A SPOOK1
By EDWIN I. GARRISON


prove that spiritual bodies revisited
their former haunts. In support OF bis
belief he told the following story:
Ebert Ellison was prodigy at
school. carried OF all the prizes In col
lege. could declaim In almost any Ian
guage. was the best shot. swordsman,
whist and chess player, artist. musl-
clan. TINT the sun ever sbone upon. As
for lovemaklng. no woman could resist
him.
| was member of O small social cir.
Gle In place where Ellison spent
some time. He appeared like rising
sun. In q very brief period be had
captured every one OF Us. young men
aud young women alike. He came %
the ist Of Juno. and on the I'd. by hIs
expertness IN the water. saved two
girls and a man from drowning. on
the 3d he won tho championship at
tennis: on the 4lh he beat a profes.
Slonai billiard player. Then followed
series OF feats calculated 70 put 10
the blush the athletic youths Of an.
Client Athens.
by this time every girl 10 the place
was In love with him. He was hand.
some chap. with q Byron head and
neck. and could write verses that
judges Of such matters pronounced re-
markable. One Sunday when q par
son was III Ellison supplied bis pulpit
aud preached the most remarkable ser.
mon that was ever heard In that
church.
One girl among those who fell In
love with Ellison seemed to fnd favor
In bis sight. She was Lois Beverly. q
quiet. demure creature with large,
dreamy eyes. She was not prominent
In any OF the affairs going on In the
place. but was held IN a sort OF rev
erence by the others. Had Il not been
for her retiring disposition she would
have been belle. for she possessed a
beauty In repose that was very etfec-
tive. Many young fellow on nrs,
seeing her thought he would fall In
love with her. but when he came TO
talk with her was chilled. Was It her
want of interest In him or that she oc-
cupied a plane too far above hlmf 1t
was certainly not her stupidity.
When Ellison appeared she became
another person. She was often seen
chatting with him with great anima'
ton. to say nothing Of flashes of wit.
Before long we were all watching this
: couple, who seemed to be the compile
ment of each other. We agreed that II
, required a universal genius to awaken
her dormant faculties. Every one was
g saying. what pair those two will
D maker
The only difference between Elllson's
bearing toward Lois Beverly and othei
girls was that he seemed TO be intent
e upon fascinating her. He would wher
chatting with her keep his eyes 6xet
: on hers ~ though pouring bis sou
through her orbs TO mlngie with hel
q own soul behind them. AT such timer
there was an absence OF his own bril-
liancy. He seemed rather TO be excil
ing hers. There was a suggestion o
something plaintive both in him and II
< her. Many time I have watched
= them when they were together. too fa
!, to hear what they were saying. and
eemed 10 me that he was playing upoI
her as he would upon either.
Then one day everybody was asking
"what has become of Ellisony No
body knew. He certainly wasn't witt
!, us any more. OF course we oil turne'
to Lois. All she would say was tina
g she didn't know any more Of Mfr. ELI
!. sons whereabouts than the rest Of III
He didn't reappear. and Lois san
back into her former condition. TIL
only change was a profound sadnes
that had settled upon her, and tn
= dream In her eyes was intensified.
. Ellison never returned. Some tim
after his disappearance the woma
: who owned the house where he live
9 told me that at the time he left he
3 she had found drop of blood on th
9 hcarthstone In his room. asked be
3 II any one was with him at that tim'
. and she said there was no one. Il
: had gone up to bed ut 10 o'clock, II
10 house had been carefully locked-sf
- was fearful OF burglars-and no or
had been in during the night. In Il
morning when her lodger didn't con
down she went to his room. 1t WI
empty. the bed had not been slept !
and drop of blood was on the heart
I Lois Beverly grew frail and live
only about six months after Ellison
] going.
ii I got It into my head that the fello
was some sort of spook. At al
rate, I could never trace his antece
ents or his identity after he left 7
| One day, having nothing better to q
HI wrote out an account of the case al
sent 1t to society for psychical I
search. F
Ill After some weeks I received rep
! from the secretary. 1t stated that I
society had discussed the matter
| Ebert Ellison. but that there W
nothing in II that any one could gras