The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-29

set the lamp in the hall till you get
tucked in and sound asleep"
II wouldn't humor the boy that way,
If I were you, sister," said Buddy's
mother.
"Oh, boys have their nervous whims,
just like us older Ones" replied toler-
ant and indulgent Aunt Cordelia.
The good soul was right, and Buddy
made confdant of her as they went
up the stairs.
Aunt Cordelia, they'd all tease me
but you, and laugh at me, but l saw
ghost out of the window in the yard"
"Oh, Buddyp' rallied his aunt.
eyes, sir, twictl" asserted Buddy in
an awesome way.
Nonsense, Buddy! What particular
shape did this wandering spirit of
yours take?"
"He was an Esquimaux," asserted
Buddy, solemnly. "He had big bear
skin robe all over him. First he was
lodging behind the ice hut we built
yesterday. Next time / saw him ar
the window. He had his face close to
the pane and he was looking in. He
was looking straight at you, oh, sure
he vast"
"Dear mel" fluttered Aunt Cordelia,
with little shiver. She had no belief
in ghosts, but Buddy's grewsomeness'
had begun to affect her. at was prob
ably some of your playmates dressed
up in the old buffalo robe your father
loaned you," she said. "Come, Buddy,
pop into bed now" and she placed the
lamp at the head of the stairs so that
it shed its rays into Buddy's room.
Then Miss COrdelia went down the
hall and entered an old storeroom and
went to the window and looked out at
the snowhouse, and swept the garden
space with her glance.
"What foolish notions children
get" she murmured. "Oh, coming in
here reminds me 1 must get another
hank of yarn" added this indefatiga-
BILE knitter.
She fumbled around on the shelf
where she supposed certain box con-
tanning the yarn was located, and
could not find it in the dark. Going
to the door she took a match out of
box tackled to its inside frame, kept
always full. Aunt Cordelia flared the
match, found the yarn and dropped the
match as Buddy called out, in a tone
muffied because he probably was hid
ing his head under the bedclothes:
"Ail right, Aunty--Pm in"
AS the last member of the family
went upstairs to bed there crept out
through the small semicircLlar door
If the snowhOuse a human figure. It
that of man who was enveloped
in the buffalo robe and resembled sons
rugged Laplander He edged to the
shelter of some trees and stood there
motionless. His eyes were fixed on the
window of the only one of the
upper rooms which had a light in it.
1t was that of Aunt Cordelia. She
came to the window in full view and
pulled down the shade. The watcher
uttered deep sigh. Now he retreated
towards the hut and sat down on a
snow hummock.
''They have all gone to bed" he
soliloquiZed. ITS safe for me to ven
ture. She has left the window up from
the bottom a few inches for ventila-
ton, and the space is big enough to
pass the letter through"
The man now removed the robe from
his shoulders, thrust it out of view in
side the snow hut and took from his
pocket a sealed envelope. This he
placed between his teeth, approached
the house and began a hand-over-hand,
careful and poiseless ascent of broad
| trellis which very nearly traversed the
entire side of the house. Inch by inch
he clambcred, until his face was oppo-
| site the open window space. He freed
| one hand to remove the letter from his
teeth and slipped it through the aper-
ture.
The stranger was about to descend
when a sudden glow crossed his face.
/ 1t died down, then suddenly it flared
up more brilliantly than before. Curl
Gus, and at the same time somewhat
/ startled the man threw back his head
to obtain a clearer range of vision. 1t
was to discover a heap of rubbish In
the storeroom which Aunt Cordelia had
visited two hours previous bursting In
! to a blaze.
The man was dcft and agile. He
rapidly marked course sideways to-