Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-11-24
Was 1t an
Anniversary Ghost9
By WILLARD BRAKEMAN


at the top Of his head, he wore Il
beaver hat with large bell crown and
Il rim curlcd at the sides, His cont
was very high In the collar, his neck
tie was yolumlnous lace, the buttons
on his clothes were brass, his brooches
were what we call knickerbockers,
Coachy drove to the sidewalk, and
the gentleman, without asking permits
sion, opened the door ana stepped In
side.
ITO Greenwich" he called as he
closed the door behind him,
"Up Greenwich street, sir?"
Eyes"
That part Of New York which was
originally Greenwich Village Is several
miles from where the stranger entered
the coach, and the cabman would rath-
er have declined to make fare so
late In the evening. But there was
something about the stranger that was
compelling, When the cab reached
Greenwich and cabby asked for fur
Their Instructions the man inside only
said "Drlvo an - Cobhv eoorod ouod
nv the touo In whicb tho words yvoro
spoken and dared not ask another ques-
tion, so he drove on In the direction
no wos colnc rortbword i'm mo rooch.
ed the river bank, The man inside
stepped from the cab without calling
on coocbv in sion and whom ho torch.
oil tho ororrd t,oro soorod rot "a ho
tba eliobtn,t shocL Ae no v.oIkod
owov ho 0vod his ovos an tbo co,mor
wifi, 81 l,,l, thot ,noJo hin, ror,ot oil
ohopt ,hn oui.sron to INV ,ho faro
Indood 81 c,ll ,bm SON dn,., rho
mans Io.l coinc T., tho r,,,,,ir Of
tbo river his donro soomod to Aoo+
olopc crovino mora and moro indis-
tinct tnI II u,,. last g.. coI,I,,. ,horoh+
IN tbo v.otor pnt thi, oorI1 not ho
for thoro como from whore ho hod dc
onnoorod q sound ~ oors mia ..,,,1
noseo1 nm tbo ri,or cro1rolI,, d,..no,
ou.or +, tho di.t,,,oo
Nnu, ol,,,,,,,, ,ho ,.ro,,,,,,. n,, oi,.
ON ma ordor. tn tho oo,,,o,, ta a,,,,i.
his rotrrr tho ,ottor foIt ma ,or.o, -.
do othor,.i., ia .li1 ,ot uii,,i. ,,a.
nv ,.,iro, o,.o.,. ho ,.n,,,d ,,.,, ,I,a ,,,,,,,
ev bo hod olrcodv oornn1. ho ronaimnd
fxod who're no won. ~. tho Iaai. hi..
faro had ,,ivo, Mn, ,,.i,o,, H., ,,.,,,.a1
away with, tho, rnnar,h,,. .,ao1
II wos thn .no.nn v.hnn ,ho dave, oro
Iong and dawn honins aiont . ";aIaa,,
Coochv sot for norhoo" NV hann no,
bono two bo on,l1 ,'a,.a,. ,,,,r H.,
Iono T. ,ro., r.oitI,'. I,, ."'' Nv"
bank. with no human hein~ noor for
he saws that he was NOT conscious of
the surrounding traffic OF tho nrosont
day. He saw about him only tho
green bank Of fine river. behind him
fine villogo IN which oil y,oro u.rorno1
in slumber But he is not sure that
he was awake. NOT SIRE hut tbot ha
was dreaming At onv rota ho wos
oblivious 70 the STRANGERS return for
the first he knew Of If bo hoord n roioo
ordering him TO drive home Rousinc
himself and looking down from tha
box, he saw his fares face thrust
without the window. looking nm ot
him. The cabman will never forgot
that face. If was sinpulor,v hand.
some, though SO pale ms to no rathar
of the dead than of tbe living Tho
expression was that Of one who had
committed some dreadful crime one
who had killed some ono Rut IN ~
there was no remorse. If wos rotbor
triumph.
"Uomer said tbo ctrorcor
The cabmon did not ,,nov md Ala
not dare ask whore homo vos IT,
know that hn bod to,,or m his fauo ~,
Wall strao+ and for thot ,aaat,a. ~
beodod
Tn tbo +uiIiob+ +ho o,... a.,
cbonood An tho 1ondn,on,.s
tronolis woro ,,iesina -i''
Turniro an 90 Dmoo, W.,
stroo+ bo dro,.o da,,,., a., y, Va,
tho noin+ v.horo pnoaa ia,n T., o n,n,
,ros ,,.hana h., 49,, $50 1Oil' -. Ni'
uoro zoo r.o w.. INV up us az
o,root t,.,. 'Ne
br4 III ,,y,S,N -, 49, 10 ''iU,e'
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