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Having everything in readiness, one
of the brothers went to the house of
merry-making to report the result.
After the crowd had arrived, and
the plays and games were at their
height, the dumb-bull was sounded.
Every one was startled. Again and
again that awful noise.
When it was discovered that the
sound came from the haunted house
the excitement was intense. The
bravest were mystified and felt ner
vous. The timid were sure it was
either a “hant” or Gabriel’s trumpet
and looked wildly about for a place
of refuge.
The brother who was to witness the
effect of the joke pretended to be as
much frightened as the rest, but said
“if two or three of the boys would go
with him they would go to the haunted
house and investigate.”
This no one seemed willing to do.
Finally, he proposed for “the entire
crowd to go.”
After much argument and persua
sion, all consented to go.
With blanched cheeks and faltering
steps they started. Pausing every
now and then to look about, almost
sure Mr. Ghost and his army would
pounce upon them from some direc
tion.
When within a, short distance of the
haunted house the coffin was slowly
raised at the same time the dumb
bull sounded some blood-curdling yells.
This proved too much for the crowd.
Boys and girls ran pell mell in every
direction. The small stumps in the
new road stood stubbornly to their
post, falls and groans were heard on
every side. One poor man fell and
knocked his knee-cap off, and was ever
afterwards a cripple. This the broth
ers always regretted, for nothing so
serious was thought of. Many limped
homeward with bruises and torn gar
ments.
The old house was ever afterwards
shunned, and to many remained a
mystery. Without a doubt they saw
the coffin rise and heard the strange,
horrible sounds.
But the three could only enjoy this
fun together. Had it ever leaked out
that they had planned this joke that
had caused so much fright and dis
turbance, a horse-whipping would
have been the penaltiy.
The two brothers moved to another
state and in after years when time
had placed a crown of snow on their
heads the older of the two liked to
tell this and other similar recollec
tions of his youthful days, laughing
as heartily over them as if they had
happened only yesterday.
CHARLEY.
WHILE. THE SAME OLD MOON WAS
SHINING.
The same moon was shining. Ev
erything else was changed. Here was
the trysting oak where we had often
met, but it had been storm stricken;
one-half of it was dead. A gray owl
sat on one of its branches. As I ap
proached, the bird sailed noiselessly
away.
The moon shone as of old over the
familiar landscape —the cottage at the
end of the lane half hidden by trees.
Was it still tenanted? The silence
and the appearance of neglect about
it would indicate that it was deserted.
Where was she? Had her married
life been happy? I had not dared
to ask about her in the village to
which I had returned after an absence
of ten years. I had not spoken her
name since I read of her marriage to
a former lover. She had rejected him
once, but since then he had inherited
money, was my bitter reflection.
Only a few weeks before I read of
her wedding we had parted under this
old tree. With her kiss warm on
my lips. I had gone away inspired to
do brave work in the west —the land
of promise.
After ten years I had returned to
day—a saddened, embittered man,
moved by an uncontrollable lingering
to look again on the old scene, the
old faces. I had not asked about her
of the few acquaintances I had seen.
I was anxious to know, but an unac
countable reluctance to speak her
name held me from inquiring.
Tonight I left the hotel and made
my way to the cottage on the out
skirts of town that had once been
her home. I sought out the old oak at
the foot of the lane leading to the
house. Here 1 had first told her of
my love; here we had met and said
good-bye on that last night.
Leaning against the tree, I gave my
self to bitter sweet memorie s as I
looked up the tree shaded lane, fleck
ed with moonbeams. How often had
I waited here and watched for her to
come to me down that lane!
Say, there was some one coming
now down the lane. A figure—now
in the shadow —now in the moonlight.
A woman’s figure, slender, graceful—
like hers.
Breathlessly I watched the approach
of the figure. She came near—the
moon shone on her face. It was she.
I was dazed. I doubted my senses.
She came close to me and as one in a
dream I said:
“You come late tonight, sweetheart.”
She started violently; her pale face
grew still paler. Then she said low:
“I was not sure you would come
tonight.”
Her voice recalled me to my senses.
In deep amazement I asked:
“Did you then look for me?” For
an instant she did not reply. Then
she said in a voice that seemed to
come from far away:
“I thought you would come —some-
time.”
My heart throbbed in a tumult of
emotion.
“Tell me why yoo should expect to
see me here?” I cried. “You —a wife.”
“A wife?” Amazement was in her
voice, hed look; then a light broke
over her still lovely face. “You thought
I was married?” she said.
“I read of your marriage in a pa
per Every detail was given.”
“One detail given was wrong: ‘Mar
ried at her father’s home,’ should have
been her uncle’s home. The girl who
was married was my cousin. Her name
and mine were the same —our grand
mother’s name. She was on a visit to
us when she married.”
“And you—you have not married?”
“Certainly not. I had given my
promise to one man and though he
seemed to have deserted me —.”
.Her voice broke. I put my arms
about her. “He did not desert you.
Words cannot tell how I have suffered
through this misunderstanding. But it
is all right now and perhaps this hard
trial has been for the best.”
The moon shone unclouded —the
same moon that had witnessed our
betrothal. The owl in the wood was
silent, but a mocking bird in the near
by tree broke into song.
W. D. AMACK.
Gainesville, Ga.
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People who keep their mouths closed
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Scientists say it is because they are
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Disease germs floating in the air find
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son who breathes through his mouth.
The Golden Age for May 29, 1913
They are arrested by the fine, sieve
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Keep your mouth shut and you may
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The teeth suffer from too much and
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many of its dangers. Keep your
mouth shut. —Healthy Home.
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