Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-24
THE GHOST LAID
BY MILDRED WHITE


The coupe came 10 stop at the
top of tile hin. THE driver turned
smiling resi- -uedIy 10 Ceeily.
"No gasoline" lac explained. THAT
is tile resul, of leaving The entire care
Of the car TO my chauffeur. am
serry. VIII you Sit in the car while
l 50 in search Of gas, or would you
prefer to wait ON Tie yeranda of that
deserted house3 l can promise you
that no ghost viii trouble you-tAe
place has not that interesting reputa-
tion. / remember, however, when its
inmates were prominent ana happy res
idents long line of successive Web
STEERS. May / take you over Jberc-the
garden is beautiful In tile moonlight;
ana ! VIII be back shortly"
Il Will wait AT the house. Cecily
said.
Wouderinsly she gazed after the
tail figure.
why, she asked herself, Edo l not
love stephen Wuret What does he
find to care for in me? or is there
after an, no love-~such AS tite poets
and writer's have prated ot through
out the centmies2 Father is right; /
must keep Mr., Ware waiting NO longer
fer his answer, and by all that is
reasonable, it should be the answer
OF his desire The girl sighed. ~ ej'
if one might only have some sign by
which To know
Her little slippers tapped the We
randa floor of the cid house sweet
honeysucIe vine sent shosuS suaoo"S
across It, Through long ren'n VIII
doWs she gIllhpsed deSolalou tooi'S'
at a farther end n White marble mum
Tel also cleaned out ghostiy' Se'llE
pictured the rooms gay win Young
iolk OF "a former tiliie-'''''e n4i'i'E
children grouped ABOUT theif h"','eI :
knee; Young women these moihefs'
IKE herself no" gone on I" 'i'''t ',9''
or dreaming perhaps over some ia.
ireSide, of this same ola nome anu
days long past.
Something warm e0resslhs, pressed
against her. Ceciiy bent down 70 leu'n
dogs furry mead. why sue SUD
YOU might nave peen saN'Ee' ','''''l-
eIshs ; ana y"h ate eoi'l''l'''''a,''e' M =.
stead. W mere 81" you o'','e nun
MadlY the DOG "aSseu nus '''i'
lie Is lonely for woman pres
cnce,' remarked pleasing voice n'a'
by. Don has httd 70 camp WIN me
for few days, ana misses tne No''.eu
at our apartment, VINO Spoh nun WIN
petiing
Il see Cecily spoke doubtiu'ly.
Then, as the stranger remained she
added Il am waiting mere 10 ne e"i'e"
for our car ran out Of gasoline, ana
it was necessary to 80 for more,
Calmly the man sank down on we
step, while the friendly dog rested
his head on Cectly's lap.
You like TINS old homer lfe''S'
tangled garden, isn't II
Il was trying to people the houSt
in fancy with those VINO nave lNea
here Cecily answered dreaInllE- me
mothers and little children ms
man leaned toward her
Il was one OF those niue chllut'h'
he said, land mine was happy chtid-
hood 50 happy that the years have
brought nothing to compensate. There
was . fishing pond down by the mn
side-we used 10 spend hours there
and a leafy grotto, where my mother
used = give picnic suppers To us '''i''
dren'
why he demanded am } pouring
/ this MI OUT TO you "a '''''''Ne ''''''''
He laughed shorty. =.
Ceciiy touched heF lace l" IN" -
wet Niln lr'FS' ,., do
w ly'. sle asked sl'''''iiy' ''''' -
ing about IL
Down the ROAD came 'il cree ,'- -
Il must r., she soid DTe"1''.'.ss -,
l,he man III i'eI sue s'1e' ''''''
tently into her syinph'ntug i"'e.
as that your husband ne "SA'i'
CeciIy shook heF mead
= an nor inafFl'u' Si'e "i,a'' 80 ~.
e1avely Dir. " are WIN "i''", .i,
driving Is my tatheF $ i' I,.,. -@ al my
own. ] am stopping NJ "il'e ] 9" ei7
for the summer
y have heafd OF NleP'ieu N''te' ~