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A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST $TORY. 31
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y ¦ running fco him . the The merits gentleman of tlie j was olly therefore pond a littl in e a further measure on , obli set ged off
obs to walk ervations with upon us . the We weather began our which conversatio Harriet n , remarked of course , was
bymild for the season . , u After India it appears very cold / ' said he .
order u Are to exp you lain from my India brusquerie ? " I exclaimed I added ci , hastil my Uncl y ; e and Georg then e in is
in India . " , "Oh Emil ! " said Harrietwith a reproving look U I
wonder you should y mention that , . " , The looks and the speech had the effect of keeping me silent
there going together the rest all to , leav of and our the e I lives our heard wal farm k He , Harriet , but and walked the how telling other with much him two us we that felt chatted to we it the , were tfiaving two pleasantl shortl gates lived y y
and house was when going Harriet to . open pointed the one out leading to him up up the to the right back one of ; the he ,
bowed , ,, looked at nie and smiled , that same curious smilewhat could It mean ?
The next morning I was with mamma in the store-room , when " M my dear father a gentlem put in his an . head from to Grange say : — House is coining this
morning y to look , over the farm ; he thinks it may suit a friend of Of his . course I shal I l bring knew him who in the to lunch " gentleman at one . " " wasand I felt
curious as to what mamma would think of his , appearance . When she first saw him she changed coionrand I thought I
hear leasant d her manners sigh ; . but After she the welcomed gentlemen him had with eaten , her their usual lunch easy
p and departed , we sat down to make our dinner off the remains not of cold think meat she , had and seen I venture MrMorland d to ask ( that mamma was his wheth name er ) she before did
. . _" No , " said she , but he reminded me just at first of my dear brother George . " determine whether too
had Ha been ! that struck was so with , and the I had likeness now to between Mr . Morland I and uncle ' s hostor whether Mr . Morland himself was the
my g , g opportunity host ! I decided offered upon I woul the d enquire latter , and of the that gentlem as soon an as him ever self an .
than The opportunity sistersand soon consequentl came . I was generally stronger did and the more errands active to
the village my street , , which took me y there almost every day in fine weatherThere I met MrMorland oncetwicethrice ; oh I
don thither 't know . and how lie alway often s , found for he . my too , way it seemed his , way , was althoug , always h bound they
led in opposite , directions . Still I coald not get , up inj courage
A Well-Authenticated Ghost $Tory. 31
A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST _$ TORY . 31
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 31, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/31/
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