Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 22, 1914, Page 7

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It was a rendez- vous of ghosts by moonlight, a place , Of creeping things by the light of the sun | The children ran fearsomely past It on their way home from the village | sehool, while the adults refused to go | within the tumbledown gates for fear | of the ghosts that tradition had placed within the spacious grounds. | And yet, the gardens were most al- luring with their assortment of old gnarled trees, low shrubbery, and riot- ous vines that scrambled indiscrimi- nately over roof top or garden wall When a slim wedge of moon cast trail- Ing lghts down from the starry heavens the old haunted house as- sumed the splendors of a midnight fairyland That ghosts were seen there was af- firmed vigorously by most of the vil- lagers, including the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker. They, one and all, spoke in whispers of the spectral figures that seemed | l | * | to float in the very air about the old | gardens. Of late there had been ru- mors of weird music coming from be- | b*ad the barred windows and the monotonous rhythmic chanting of voices The story of noises had only of late penetrated the village intellect. It was the young minister himself who first whispered to his good wife a tale of dull music having reached his ears as he passed by the haunted house on his way to the parish church She in turn spread the story, and more than ever the place was given a wide berth It was the two strangers who were stopping at the guaint village inn who first expressed skepticism as to the actual existence of the ghosts. They doubted most emphatically the nightly appearance of the wraiths, but were far too tactful to express their opin- ions save to one another However, when the moon was high in the heavens and the village had gone to sleep, Calvin Blake and Jimmy Rogers went out for a stroll | They did not want to disturb the peace of the scene by getting out their great touring car from the garage at the inn. They went out on foot They were not discussing ghosts nor even romance and tradition when clutched Calvin's arm and | turned white under the beams of the midnight moon Look! Blake -1 had no intoxicant for dinner, but I swear | see a couple of spooks there behind that | limmy By Jove, clumyp of bushe ke laughed pped suddenly Two appalling spectacles arose from the shrubbery, emitted weird, sepul-| and vanished into the | very air, or so it seemed to the men who beheld the flight The two men, petrified for the mo ment with something akin to fear, | stood still and gazed blankly at each other Are we sober?” Blake was the first uproariously, then chral groans | 5 the question,” launghed Rog ers, quickly recovering and feeling the normal warmth of his blood rush | ing back in his veins. “I seem to| coubt our condition. Most certainly ! we saw something moving in the | haunted garden and from my childhood | | visions of ghosts I take it that what we have seen resembled spooks.” “Very closely. If 1 ever see any thing like a phantom again it will be me for the pledge'! Let's go back | to the inn ‘ Iu the broad sunlight of the next | | day the two skeptics viewed the appari- | ! tion of the preceding night as a freak | of imagination. They decided, never- | thelegs, to watch again at midnight. | There was sufficient of adventure in | the situation to appeal to them into the o'd Blake sug- We will go straight garden tonight and wait, gested, and glipped his revolver into Spooks may not possess but I'll bet we can his pocket anything shootable glve them a scare.” Aecordingly they emerged from the o'clock and made their way the haunted Even ghosts have a way of up- getting the and ft not without quickly hearts that Blake and Rogers entered the garden and took seats on the ancient l'rnnl‘ porch. They were hidden by masses | of vines from the garden paths | The night was dark and cloudy and | | inn at 1 | toward house imaginary nerves, was beating enhanced the fearsome silence }‘ muttered Blake | etings are I feel groggy softly not exactly warned Rogers 1 heard a| noise!” His voice was a trifle husky 1 =My spine feels as if cold water were dripping from it Bott men held their breath. A wraith, making wild passes with its arms, came silently around the corner of the veranda A moment later it was jolned by a second ghostly appari tion, and the two moaning and walling eircled the house When they reached the veranda a third time Blake put his hand on the revolver in his pocket Nefther man had been able to make a | d was the beating of his pound, so loud heart, 80 tense his breath | When the ghosts linked arms and went slowly, stealthily down the gar- den path toward the shrubbery walk, | | =until the opera is finished | glass.” I Blake raised his hand swiftly and a | loud report echoed through the si- lence, . | 4 The ghosts screamed and would have darted into the darkness, but Blake and Rogers, their courage fully returned, ran swiftly after them. | A hot pursuit followed, in which one ghost tripped on a gnarled branch and went headlong to the ground, while the other fled with a degree of speed that made the athletic Rogers | pant. Blake stooped over the fallen wraith and pi(knd it up in his arms. He breathed heavily when an inert but warm, living girl and not a phantom | was revealed to his touch. The head | fell back against his shoulder and | blake became tangled in the masses | of white chiffon that hid the face. Rogers in hot relief captured his ghost when she would have slipped beneath a lifted door that led to the cellar of the old house. “No you don't—Ilittle wraith!" he, slip like that." The second ghost did the only sat- {stactory thing and fainted in Rogers’ arms. He carried her out to a small patch of moss green garden, where the moon ] emerging from a bank of fog, revealed Blake trying vainly to lift the vell | from the face of the ghost he had cap tured. “Don’t dare take off my veil!” com- manded the {ndignant voice of the ghost. sand years if you do.” “I am not in the least sure I would | ¥ mind being haunted—In this case,” | Rogers heard Blake reply. The § wraith in his own arms was stirring ¥ [faimly, with signs of returning con- sciousness. He heaved a sigh of re- lief “My ghost!" he cried trlumphantly, “is a woman." “You've got nothing on laughed Blake; “so {8 mine!" “When you two are finished discuss- ing us,” came a muffled voice, “we will be glad to return to our haunts.” Rogers and Blake held fast to their prey ‘You will return to no haunt-—until :g} get a good look at you both,” |4 Jimmy sald. Indignant sniffs came from two £hosts | “And tell us what all this monkey | business means! Frightening all the village out of its wits with your moan- fngs and weird flights in this old gar- den.” Calvin Blake laughed. The phosts liked the langhter. They sighed roegignedly | “If," said one of them, “you breathe ‘¢ tot a word to any one we will tell you all about—us."” “Not a word,” promised Rogers. “Wa are writing and composing an | operetta- for a contest said the | & s host | : i me,” & we 3 | | q | | 4 nec 'y 80 we conceived the idea of | taking possession of unele's old home- | stead and playing the part of haunts while we accomplish our work.” | “Wea are supposed to be in Europe,” !¢ confided the second ghost. “This se- 13, clusion was absolutely necessary if we | @ were to accomplish anything. The ‘:~; old house i3 cozy inside, but we had to | & stop up all the cracks and muffle all !:g: sounds. The only air we get I8 at!:;i: night. when we come ont to haunt the | g garden.” :g: Both ghosts laughgd softly. Both | g mortals joined them. “The only promise we are going to a8k in return for keeping your secret is that | & »ou permit us to add two more ghosts | 3 fo village tradition-—just sometimes— | & when you are taking your airing.” | “We have been just a trifle—lone- | some," admitted one phantom, i:§ Some months later, when the | operetta had taken the prize, the |3 money had to be divided between Mrs, :g; James Rogers and Mrs. Calvin Blake. (ihosts and Cupids and mortals seemed happily mingled, and if the village lost its traditional haunt, what did it mat- * ter? & (Copyright, 1914, by the McClure Newspa- :' per Syndicate.) & & Quite True. % “Yes, my friends,” exclaimed a lec- turer, ‘there are many excuses for the «lass. The sick man says he must have his glass to make him well. The shiv- ering taximan must have his glass to make him warm. The sweating me- chanic must have his glass to make | him cool “But they lie, friends. 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