The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-04-26
CHAPTER XIV.
I Discover Two Ghosts.


and now that was in a posi-.
ton to watch the ladder by
which he had entered | felt confident
that l had cut Off his retreat. was
surveying the cellar when heard faint
sounds In new direction. Far away
under the house and remote from the
secret steps some one was moving to-
ward me, and rapidly tool The CHEST
that I believed to have disappeared
into the fourth floor hall must then
have changed the line Of his retreat
and descended by one Of the regular
stairways.
blew out my candle and stood with
my back to the wall Of the long CORR.
dor on which opened the various store
rooms. the heating plant. laundry and
other accessories Of the modern house.
My ghost was coming In haste-a
haste that did not harmonize with the
stately tread Of the spooks OF popular
superstition. A slower pace and |
should doubtless have fed before him.
but quick. light steps echoed In the
dark corridor, and gathered courage
from the thought that ghosts create
echoes no more than they cast shad
ows.
As the steps drew nearer prepared
myself to spring upon him. must ul.
consciously have taken STEP for he
paused suddenly stood still for mo
ment, then turned and scampered back
the way he had come. After him
went as fast ms | could run. The ce.
ment paved corridor was four or five
feet wide. and plunged through the
dark at my best speed At the end OF
the corridor | was pretty certain Of my
quarry. and made ready to grapple
with him. Then as | plunged into the
wall my hands touched mans face
and for moment clutched the collar
of his coat He had been waiting for
me to strike the wall, and as he slip
ped out of my grasp he ran back to-
ward the coal cellar | had struck the
wall with force that knocked the
wind out of me, but | got myself to-
gether with the loss OF only an instant
and renewed pursuit had no fear
but that If he attempted to reach the
Dptn ny nltUHS VI TUE N'Ul l''lf l N'l''lllh
catch lin on the ladder ANA sprlnted
% &c.. | was worth to make sure OF
g.m.
My tleeting grasp of the mans col.
lar and the agility with which he had
slipped from my clasp had settled the
ghost question, and | had now resoiv-
ed the intruder into common thief.
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was mounting 1t two steps at a time,
as ! Judged from the sound. ! had
hoped to catch and dispose of him
without alarming the house. but II
seemed inevitable now that the chase
would end In such fashion as to
arouse the company assembled In the
library.
heard him stumble and fall head
long at the door above. Then he shot
when l had gained the top lost track
Of him for moment. paused and
was about to strike match when he
resumed his flight, and | was forced
to grapple with the fact that some one
else was pursuing him. | held my
match innsbruck upon this new dis
closure and stepped back within the
concealed doors and waited. Tip ana
down the hall two persons were run
ming. and when they reached the ends
of the corridor ! heard hands tnnrh
the wall aud the sound of dodgln-
and then almost instantly the two rul
ners flashed 10y me again, The hall
was so dark that ! saw nothing, bu
as the runners passed the door | felt
the rush of mir caused by their flight.
Three or four times this had hap.
pened. and then, still without having
made n light, thrust out my foot ut
the next return of the unseen run
ners. Some one tripped and fell head
long, and ! promptly flung myself
upon him
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