Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-10

way early this morning. sitting upon
a stone. with sundry Items of hand
baggage reposing beside him have
rarely seen any one SO depressed. Now
that the little matter of the servants
care lest the newly arrived phalanx.
which Providence so kindly SEM to
you today. Is not ~stampeded by any fur
Their manifestations Of the troubled
spirit Of the unfortunate Briton who
was hanged on the site Of this house"
"Mr. Ames." replied Miss Octa via
lmpressively. that matter Is entirely
In your hands"
But II | could see the plnns OF this
house | should he better able to Crap
pie with bis g~hestship."
I had thrown this out In the hope
Of eiiciting some remark from her
touching the Swedish maids visit to
Pepperton's etice. but Miss Octayia
met my gaze unfinchlngly.
You are q clever a Mr.. Ames,
and | have every confidence that you
Will not only solve the mystery OF the
library chimney, but and the ghost
that switched off the lights on the stair
last night. ! prefer that you should nc
compiish these feats without any help
from the plans. ! myself have no sug-
| gestiens. ! am gratifed that you are
meeting the emergencies that have arts
en- here with so much determination.
but 1t Is what | should expect Of the
sos OF Arnold Ames of Hartford OPP
%portunity Is all that any of US need to
find ourselves truly great, and II In the
ordinary course of our lives the gate
does not open freely we are justified In
picking the lock. When | determined
10 seek adventures in my old nge. l re-
solved that / should miss no chance
and that ] should be prepared for any
reckoning of the hand of fate. An
odd fancy struck me at the beginning
Of my new life that Boston would some
day be the starting point of some in
teresting experience. This has not yet
developed. but In order that | may be
prepared for anything that may occur
| keep Il blue silk umbrella constantly
checked at the Parker House. The
DiCoSh1NC "a tHt mug w dSp CbS' Il All my
purse is q constant reminder that Bos-
ton may one day call me"
A discussion of the Parker House
umbrella followed. Cecilia and | Join.
Ing. and it proved 80 fruitful! u topic
that it carried us to our coffee.
Three suitors were announced n little
later. and / Slipped away without ex-
| cuses, while Miss Octav via and Cecilia
adjourned to the library. e
Tho ghost. l had sworn, should not
battle me another night. <A.' .
As ! crossed the second fioor hall !
passed the Swedish maid walking to-
ward Miss Oeta Was room. ! was
somewhat annoyed to find on looking
over my shoulder to make sure Of her
destination that she. too, had paused
her hand on Miss Octavia's door. nnd
was watching me with interest. She
vanished Immediately. but to throw
her OF the truck | wen to my own
room. closed the doc noislly md ther
came out quickly and ran UP TO the
third floor.
Bassford HOLSTERS mysterious exit
had fingered In my mind AS the most
curious incident OF the ~eventfui Friday
night Having beer baiiied In my ef
fort to get hold Of the architects
plans. my thought now was to await
In the upper part of the house a repe
tition OF the various phenomena thai
had SO puzzled me. BY the process of
exclusion ! had eliminated nearly ev-
cry plausible theory. but If the ghost
manifested himself with any sort OF
~pertodicity land the hour of the chin.
ney's queer behavior had been mine) !
was now prepared to meet him In the
regions he had chosen for his exploits
! had a pretty knowledge
by this time OF the position and func-
ton Of all the electric switches be
tween the lower hall and the fourth
floor. but tested them as | assembled,
CHANGING down now and then to make
SIRE ! was not observed From the
sound Of voices In the library ! Judged
that most Of CeciliaTs suftors nus now
have arrived, and 50 much the better.
! argued. for. with Miss Octayia md
pci hltNS iuIt OCtulHel, L touiu Iut
better carry IN my CHEST hunt above
stairs. .- -
At n quarter before 0 | switched of
the lights on the third and fourth
doors and established myself at the
head OF the stairway oand quite near
the trunk room door. This door ] had
opened, as | fancied that II Bassford
Hollister were at the bottom Of the
business be would probably wish to
fnd his way to the o again. So far
as ! was able to manage it the stage
was In readiness for the entrance Of
the goblin.
The cleck below struck 0, and al
most upon the last stroke l heard a
sound that set my nerves tingling. ]
crouched In the dark. waiting. Some
sne was coming toward me. but from
Nhere1 The bottom Of a well at mid
Night was not biacker than the fourth
door. but the switch lay ready to my
hand and my pockets were stuffed with
matches Of the sort that light any
where. The stairways we're all carpet
ed. as l hare said. and yet soma one
WAS ascending bare treads. lightly and
with DELAYS that suggested a furtivc