The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-10-25
AFlorentine
 Episode
By ELINOR MARSH

Europe He sailed from New York to Naples, thence proceeded to Rome and later to Florence.
 It is supposed by persons who have not been in Italy that one sees every where relics of the ancient Romans. There are comparatively few such relics, but there are many of mediaeya' Italy The most costly dwellings are 'palazzos," built several centuries ago. Hemstreet took a fancy to Florence and concluded to spend some time there. so lie rented q palazzo. or. rather, half q one, and, hiring servants, settled himself down. as it were, in the middle of the sixteenth century.
 The building had been divided into two parts, the part that Hemstreet did not occupy being occupied for a small family hotel, or rather what in Flu rope is called pension, which is mid way between a hotel and a boarding house.
 One rainy afternoon Hemstreet, who had spent most of the day in the pie ture galleries for which Florence is noted came to his ralazzo. It was so dark that his servants had lighted the lamps, and, going upstairs, as he en- tered the hall on which his bedroom was located, he was astonished to see that the hall was double the length he had supposed it to be. At any rate, he saw double the lights, but they were dim. as were the objects they lighted
 Hemstreet was very much puzzled
 Going into his room he threw off his wet overcoat and rubber shoes, then went out with the intention of . exploring the hall He was surprised to see that 1t ended as he had under stood ii 10 end wirh q picture, 1 uemstreet was frightened Surely something had broken loose in his brain. He went to the picture, exam ined it, saw that it was what he had supposed it was and went away resolv- ed to watch himself closely for other symptoms of a disordered mind. But he felt as well as he bad ever felt. l and after awhile he ceased to worry about any supposed disorder.
 
 his room without looking ;ts soon as he turned into the hallway 10 see if it had i been doubled us before. But the fig ures of the picture were always there. and the hallway was of Its usual length
 One night when Iemstreet was in bed he heard, or fancied he heard a gigele ill the hall. There were no wom- en in the house except a couple of housemaids who knew their place and were iii bed when Henstreet had come in. Curious to know what the sound meant he arose and. cautiously open ing his door enough to see through the aperture. saw a sight that amazed hiln more than his previous uneXp.ainee one 4 young girl stood ill the hal facing the picture. laughing and beck oning. She was all aquiyer with ex citement. though she did not speak except i'll pantomime.
 ThHnderstruck. Hemstreet turned from the door, felt in closet for a dressing gown, then hunted for a pair of slippers beside his bed. for he dare iiol oti iiNC q 'iS1 Tt ioi iCti oi S' sAA Aiit1 the apparition without, then returned to the door, threw it open and went out intending, if 1t were flesh aud blood. to capture 1t.
 The hall was empty.
 He looked to the end toward which the girl had beckoned. There Was the picture. its figures imnorabc as ever.
 Lock t,, ja,1 in, der. Somehow it did not seem to him that he had seen ghost. He felt no terror. though he began to worry anew lest there was bitch in his brain. He lay awake most of the night trying to solve the problem, but finally went to sleep thinking of it.
 lie arose the next inornin.; shortly before time for luncheon and stood looking cut on to the street. A cab dloTe up to tue pension. next door. and party alighted. which included sev- eral girls. Uenstreet was thunder struck to recognize in one of these girls the one who had stood in his hall way the night before.
 It was BOW evident that the appari- ton was flesh and blood and doubtless on a lark. uemStreet went next door and asked If there was any passage way between the pension and his domi- cile, but the landlady answered him that the two wings had been thorough 1 ly cut off from each other. She had motive in this since she suspected that Hemstreet had lost property. which would be laid to some one in her wing
 Hemstreet kept an eye out for the apparition in the galleries and finally came upon her. She Was an American with party of Americans. After se- curing an introduction to her he ac- cused her of having trespassed on his premises. She colored and after some hesitation confessed.
 hallway extending from one end to the other of the original paiaZzo had been cut in two parts by door swing ing on central pivot. On one side of the door was a mural painting. on | th< bA,, v,,t,.p