f’d.. bYD. Vf .'ltifoßß n ait'U> hr.Um.pLHkVi t -' , ':'’j' ■>''■■ one , &rft r VJijii '*}& IP Ndr JBbbTft. ) •i’» ittnft'Mit) IP BOT fAiP MISB MiiSirHS, ; . I « ip -hot E'iiVfe ' tibii*ns'. ’: ~’i » iVilPifi* irWi llbttnl miKm* 01-mViJH*' l£/T oOauWIMPbJ If ;tht)jt|i* 1 ,B»il Willl b» ewis;* I*-. 1 *-. ■ bsßJloi)»e.dnnUliil|W i ren'»l e 'H a ’(T ■ 6P •■; S^SaSS^asSaM*' ‘ o’vUitWu iWi&WWWi*#*!*?* yi«»: a ,d.ny . coldness of which will be long remepipcr: n ;y o no i/ e r recovered Tro ha the effects cd by-|ho?o, whoj experienced its, ngor* o f, httt^a y. Ho bepame nearly or quite Those who, -vyere.noLOMtioPppors, but liua biind ) ‘nnd ! continued thus as long as he lived. ‘ . retaining impressions ihei) received, huve l; 3oObVleS s, 'ft.Vreci»lieci»9l! ;of, occurrenpes, . i 'jiY OBAPMOTHER’S GHOST tokmgiplWwM* - The L eycnmg - ; my pitiliefljT. )V oTQvioUS''yaa , os''Xdld ns ifiose we,have, ui got'married when I was twenty, Len fovoredi^vith,- ip sMcb numbers this sfli(] Bll) Gull one de v. ’ T got married to winter; lht>.-flight tile .wind cluing- Phl! bu Chalk, nnddll these young Gulls etlrtuhd iho:n'iri sHdUtsnly-’becamii..cold, uua.> you, sec running round hero came the merp.wyin less thaft'io hours decent -- f ror n my lunip of Chd|k by Ghll . ’ ed lOilS degrees hqlqw zero.,- Aj -' Bill 6uil always swore by Gbll. It was ous whicl), trees and in, hia hnly onthV Bill Gull was always a some cases, houses were blown,down, and bashful, backward youtli—and some sur the dav becamo rhorfiornble in New Eng- (SQ w ,, a expressed that he over got mar tandiSf‘lThe ;Cold Friday.” ; Heroun -,1. :: , - Contjord'.stwiear as our recoUcption, serves, „ B y Gull!” said he,“my grandmothers thpra was very„}iltlo;going from place.to, ghbst ditl the job.” , , place Farulors piled on wood, and atten-;, , “Ghost—job—how a that 7 ded-tOitheircamo, and.that was all for ; that ..j,,, lel| y6uu H about it. You see, I dayt-’-iPi this-tillage, such n? went fo.M>P-.\» a a'-alk>Ul ! o9 gWfen as a spring gosling, neighborsorVoastorp-Mporterrandswhich, nijd I thbught 'Phebe was too. By gull! could notbedeferreciipped fivor tpe ground sh& wasn’t though—but'she knew l was. Jikef snuirreia;,hud wore, fortunate il .they WcH>> we bad n sneaking ndtion of each returned ,w,ith no ,flesh, frozen; by..the >R l i ot hcr for'about* tivo yenrs, but it would tensity pfithe frost., .i; -■ ,! -< T ;1 , • ! nevor-hlive'come'to anything if 'tliedn t - Fran) Yol. v. .pf :t.he, New > Hampshire b e en for the ghost.- I was too-bashful.— HistericAhSoeioty’s.Cpllection, tho follow, i n . lß d tvnv ’of making love, 1 cotildirt say inc account- ,i» taken, of nn, occu rrenco on ns lic j, ns |, oo r tb ii goosd. And I holm J thal dayriri tlie town qf Sanbornton; ~;i was jusl as bashful—that is I-thought so? 3 • “On-r Friday morning .ihp lbth of, Japu-., |j[,t -,-he wasn’t though—not by a Ion;. ; 4 arv» Mr. jerpibiab Eljpwprth of Sanborn-/ One night,tabout halfnftliour ul- J ton. findm'glytbe!?yld .very severe',. ipse 1 lay thinking o! M about np houribefore suAritie... It WA* .but p^be—for I had been sitting up with her jfl n short tidie bV.f«rc:soirie: pprtief s 'VV r | l, >:W | !! 1 1 shining fall'into tny and IcoUld 1 vpiinueatishild,* "ihoui! •tbp had ridf'Bb'mistokdin It-was nil .l edoWent |pt,o lh-t w!lu?i Ib‘i'ji.Uo ‘.hqJ o ’hqr rose-up in-my bed, mtteeth chatter bet ’trvns no go. At Inst a hus v I far-Mr/.:DaVidßf«)vn’s hopse, ~ y voict . sn jd— • " . IF innnotlterrdirecdion/iUti.thqvdisiunpo .of o| ü ßi |f GpU,. you most marry Phebe fe quirSpfn ( mileo)Hq W>PN.d * What was tlie matter/Bill l' 1 • 1 ! 'Jfcefore.shejencbed M.i’,;BroVVP , s,hoP s( !>.?!'- 0 ghosti ~JwM pplri*; M\at Ifhc oYou don’t sny-l - l 8u “t doiyu;.to,the,.greup,di. fihd>ng ;: it ‘taT ,i».Yesi and shU'Sald) that—-i— -lpossible;tp;walk ony .furiher , ; , Mwhat jßill? • '• . ’ t |cPnc|tid.ediehe must peilish* but;stiqiu)at(?4 f ;; ;; Ibvu hope offeacapey.she madonnplhur.cf . .“What else. BillT : 1 • ; irart himds nnd krte.es. ..“Thal l muiit pop the quostiott to-dfly , ■§in whichmnoPhr she,reached her husband, ghe avoutd cornu nmun; to-night. BO oUdrcd ip-bur tank? tlipt ho.dja-jjpt t i »BHU-tako; my udvice—pop the qiies ”® t - firj'trkttiw •tor i .«SB.W:-iflniiiq|y ; H}or ! his itan.'nnd tat the old' lady rest in peuce. Qhnctadp'rqigo-/,««i-doi,”-Baid l. • • ;• ifKSSfkBsi»tottc«3--bMt.lhP qarnest;impqrr :».Welli Bill, I’ll have you, just to keep. ■qfhia-.wiih, )V.hO sqpposqd heavopld , old lady quiet, provided,’ Bill, thftt-yo thaMbl:shmld ; .?uryiys,b.ut ; fi won Husk me 10-to-to-sleep with you, placfdl iho.chiidrep ,«I promised— for 'my gratidriiolher’s KuSrt£dnce.liK>»,'daid.'lb«Ul on .iho bed chalk bewimos Mrs. Gull. • •-• }j - ; ... CdSmdthe.ni; und Corhelp, : .fcompletoly V] - _ • vJ f w mirnodai jWying; >tba.^ith e ,d t «Yes, lifqund that out, and 1-11 tel you pnribh in,that:sUuatWH, ihotv.i- Oh the night of our marriage she f"f heart‘by■thiirrUentoffthhefiroom.and l Wont ,to (nine. to agreement, but .some- sbrimts, H c n r ry mci lcoMnX hc | p thinking-. deriPiitiwas ehdn blawndhwn, waBn l t i iist-fight,' ,and< the - m<»ro J ‘bought Hj^inglhAlliltai i.atbW;.wy» rdht '<>H und ; a ‘fljl Ifl. K :>}: I sa-J i*': icf bn. i ''“‘'"‘H. ,, l( |,/ i.aava 'wlT • • -Mil- nr.l-'fl O :»• PAPER: DEVOTED TO LITEUWBB. AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, AND I'ORBHIN AND DOMESTIC IXTKUiIGHXCt*. ; CleaiflieW, February 25,1853. The Death plate of Pontius Pilate. . \ GENERAL TAX LAW. | not do so?Antwsessor cannot ! accbW , A legend is popular among the people Under the general.power contained in P ,ish of Vienna concerning the,death of Pontius tbe resolution from which we derive our •«»« 8“ d » for d p ni' Piiate. The story M of-a character, and authority, we have attempted to remodel bat -he cannot Ao amount 0 throws a wild and pleasing interest oyer j ho mx/aws, so. os to render them equal *, d^ tholoyalty which commemorates the event. an d in their operation, and more cer- inibrmi. y P y • .* Not lar from Vienna is situate.a small tuin f pd expj.c.t in their terms. ! hen ’ should he be compelled to got,,-at lloma’n tower; its .wolis nrc built square, T(he „ b je C t of taxation is revenue, and « 1 evi dence should til wavs be'tat and rise to an unusual height I-s lattice, hence, by increasing the amount and va. k J h " pa “ V making inS"th»e,Ss work overlooks the waters bf the river; r iety of taxable property, you increase the k en * ...AmLnfhiiLiwnAnn S the lofty shadows of its interior en- revenue, and thus "as the" revenue is in- knows the exact amount he owns or con velop the shining flood Winding at its base crea sed, the rates of taxation may bo re- to n ien 'nodTpay more that* a perpetual gloom, and seem.to borrow an dua ed.. Tim immediate .effect of-the bill On of t „ e s, less' serif additional feature of melanchpty from tno WQ ’have tho honor to submit* will be* Ul y r . . -id,*™,.* ttm rmvmnr N > character of the .deed-which is. presumed Jargelv to increase tho and the j pulous cva P T( . ( . /Wirnhte tn to linvo been enneted there. This piece is j remote effect will be, largely to reduce the 6 • c t j„, oetled the -Tour d„ M.ncn.eul fl Affe,! „mrden. heretofore loosed, by eqe.fcing g££3^t'32sß duke his grief, and to conceal his lamcp* | ar ge portion of the taxes have been.dtri- ynformation mu p ... D o^v . Nations from the. eyes, of his unbelieving ! ved b rr ' om rcQ l estate. It is right, perhaps, Existing laws make it obhgaory upon ev people, Here, violently susceptible of the | t i mt ,ho realty, which is visible, tangible, ery man ® hjm the) oßSeisbr, great wrong and wickedness he felt him* j and cannot bo driven nwny, should be tax* b° f PfI°P 1 °P . ~ faibdsedTor'rel self to have participated in, in a paroxysm I cdßl a * r „u, beyond what could be safely Jut as here s none*tty unposed or re of despair he threw himself from the lofy.; impose d upon more volatile property.- f US ! f n “ ‘° d °re »nofnerS oSv windows of the tower, and perished in the ißut tho proportion between real estate “»£ b individu a| 3 owningror^bn waters of the Rhone. The Swiss have and phonal property is too largo. : £ offecWa i remedy tor ex 1 * likewise their traditionary account of the j Tho principal features of the bill have j™‘ 8 ’ The oath is the attestation death of Pilate. At the foot ol one of the, been lrume d with a view of getting a fair | «J ,n o relurn and no man will Alpine mountnina, culled by the natno of an( j e q ua l assessment. Ol all the real and j fi : n .u:' BO iA mn manner Pilate, stands a small lake ; its watersarc pers onul property in the Commonwealth, j 511 1 , of facls he may be requir'd constantly inn distu.bed state and often no State is more oeeplv interested .ini» j J E citjzen is^n , o in :he scene of violent storms. Gloom and 1L regulated sytrfom V revenue than . ‘ fair , y made, and solitude arc the lending characteristics of Pennsylvania ; and while her, public debt ; mi|ch his duly render every as'- this unfrequented plnee, which presents 13 | arge , b cc resources arc ample to mee 1 : ai3tanco in hls power, as it is the duty or but n wild and ill-boding place to t '' a 3»> u ° , every demand, .1 tho revenue laws nro - J tQ ( bo vigitan , nnd ra j thfu | -, n of tbo traveller. Enfeebled in justly and equally applied to the property j per r orinanc o of the - high : trust- oo'rte nnd his eye a prey to ceuseless rerriOTse, ■ o f her citizens. ' . 1 : mined to his charce, Pilate is said to have reached the margin The,proper imposition of taxes upon the j any citizen shall not make a nnion nKfOUBSE I ol ‘ that ,nke ’ ‘° K^ ve . 86a,ed h,rni j is one. of the highest duties devolv- j of his raonai property , the hssbss* BRIEF DISLULUSL. | sb irand drunk of its waters. ,mg upon the government. But in the ad-; required—after having ascertained nv TtiECUAPi-AiNOFTHB N.V. OOTCIIMA>. An . alien ftpm his country and race, j us[menl o f uur revenue system, we arc | , ncar j y a 3 he cUn—ld 'ttdd> Text I'lit- Devil's mn.t.n.,.1 lam glnU- wilhoot friend or solace, he resigned him- , n e, at the threshold with on almost insur- j' , ta the valuation.-'This ; He’s lniii iiic mnn no iiiougiu lie tiaJ. self lo the bitterness of his reflections, and mountable difficulty. We mean the elec- y l j , bo , mtur a penalty {for wiai'ii m« Devi i rouau n Hump, finnllv threw himself into tho waters at Ins (ion o( - us c es s o is in the wards and town- .imm will hot conform to the assess G.yeh.n. „ k.c-U u. every jump. / ' reel.' ‘ The tranquility ofthe scene is said Bhi|a by the popular voice. The assess- euftfer as in other . My Flock*— ' ' ■ .to have been changed from ihat time.— n ,ent ol property is the first stop in any • f About half the e'cclcsinsticnl world nave *p llt) waters aro often visited by T C !u L°u rcvunue s y ste T’ If a . m l i9U ‘M | We have provided for a county-l^rd devoted the time that might have been un |,ccountoblo agitations, which .the le- here it cannot be corsected. No one who f • rev |s| o h,'wlth enlarged pdwers and’du spent to advantage, ! iri splining shingles.: ls 3av n re the writhrags of the troubled, h|tB cxum ined the subject can fail to appre- u bg w fere'h6e' to to prove 'tk you 'the - -existence of on Ugly spirit of Pilate. iciato these remarks, or hesitate to adopt ho ’ biU lbat j f any person.wholias'ne rriscai Wh6m they ciill a Devil, and to warn. , The adjacent mountains nro showered , suc h measures as will control tins funda- t 0 return to tho assessor his pdr vbu tigainst his tnnehinatioris and devices; nl , , be year through, and the superstitious niento | „ r ror r . “ j pronertv, may make it fo tho bddrd 'while they stand with 80-h-Winds pointing j nhn ,,hunts of the district affirm that appa- ln Mary i an d tho assessors arc named m « such case> thb vWferi him out to you, like a Corporation lantern t r -„i,, nß nro frequently to bo seen in the an act 0 f Assembly, and each small coun- rent . added bv the assessor wilj bo hun<> out over a dangerous gulWy hole. - neighborhood, mid lamentations aro heard , y forms nn assessment district, white tho, y H but Bhoo f d no statement Bo're- MV heiirers, in the heginning was made upon wim |, waking the echoes or the I largo coun tiesnre divided into two or more | , hen tI)G h^ rd 0 f revision will add Heaven and earth,'hut when his Satanic mountain fastnesses. The subject llas > districts. This is* undoubtedly, un im ‘ | r. (ly Dar cen t. to the valuation ns returned Majesty was erented-, we can no more tell, tu , e n before referred to by English travel- j provemcnt up o n our system { but we “ I b / th V assessor. This last addition, like ! tlmn -we cah divine the' precise period ; | er3) :in d particular allusion is made to •* | nol deeme d it expedient to make so rndic-1 fira j s j nten( j ed U s a penalty for tho ! when 'the contents' : ofaTreshlaid goose-egg in ..[i U{ ,|,es’s Itinerary.” | a l a change. The people are accustomed j v * 0 j at j on o| * a known duty. Should there ! areconvctedintoan iihhatchedgosling,uiv : „ . . t [ e st owoiy Amcric- to elect assessors, nnd would not, perhaps, individual reckibss enough to dis less we first break'through tbit shell Ac- body-at leas. V A I if dep „ved of this ancient cus- J hf thu it ' cording to the character given of tins Mr. j nn-l,as hea dof ’ w , )ilo lonl . We have, however, provided add.- l b(s rng 'tlie Solan by many of mv coniemporar.es, he c« nine- uand ' n ulmostovefv tional machinery, by which the present even'with those large additions to ,is nn excebdihg vicious customer' comb,. hv.ng,.m veiled o“ u^^ |jc y be greatly ,reproved. ; f h(J val ’ ua{ion of his property. , J nihglhe ktck-iip-hehind-adive-ness of the but.e.and gi-Wm,, in |he forests, in i Pr > or ,0 lB4o ’ “ was . tl,e P rnc,ice " | \v e have continued the State Boa.H of jn’.ckass,' wiih the prowling propensities of lording T'vo r 9« J ce P w^vs t ‘ 1)0 plflces many, if not all tho iissws ho , ReV(?nue . Commissioners with .bxtended •the wharf rat, while Ins breaih is said to penis ° » np pointed to address the real estate one-fourth of one-hnll ess ; We rs, but confined their dufteslo; the be reoro odorous than a dozonbrinistone where * hisappuiptreont-had been its real value. This system, whilo i •. -aiteri-wre of asses,,rieats of real c'sWe. match ! factories in lull opernuon. We aie P eo P' e ’ f *'? ® or bo before. A i creased tho rate of taxation, did It* is bqlieved, that bv the provisions of tho told,'moreover, that he is omnipresent, mude, j eflii p. ■ JoleB are rc | aled 0 f the amount collected Iron! the P eo P le ' i bd | d ll personal proj*erty, or nearly, so, and that while he is whispering deviltry in , great numb , But when the Slate tax was imposed, ex-. a P ssesse d, and Consequently taxed the ear of some poor fellow at the North one of, tend.ng over the whole Conimonwealrh, U , y, O M the assessor not | Pole,- he is also inciting a citizen of Ballj - but lie lot J=’ j rm b it is believed, became necessary to adopt a un, * orm , ma Ue full returns, the error will'bo cor slougguthery to crack his Wife’s skull with ht.s odds up b(ic ’ AI unv ra te, 1 standard of value. Assessors were i ere-. fected t hc county boards of revision.-- S'a peal-shoVbl; nnd-nt the' same lime, on is less * ‘.| iu J o lcqtes is wellworlh | fore required to assess rea le;stagnt i » Horel ° r( i J . o , the Revenue Commissioners the omiosite side 1 of the ctlubnel, is urging a tho lci *“ n period when there is so much cash valun. How well this duty hash ep h nol had power to subppna vvitoessos, hungry Dutchman to purloin t< quati.ity heeding, at a period‘ performed, is kpowp tp thO r Legislature c^Bcd gre rasdfhem Sf n°eily maiio |the aud the public. . of and caBBB^*^ sliop wiridok,' He is sdid to bo very fond Noth - d ; Ba(Tre p m 'ents, and the ing real estate an, times past, is fe ' l - pr ivetl the Stato of the testimony cil Sk of tWfak sex also, which is about .J t %£ t Ss are requen.ly noV and nothing but a f £ Krtant witnesses; This power V‘=onlqti ly- hood trait his character columns ; and o SoSopd unyielding tern- by the Legislature can, elevate by bi |l submitted:: frequently brings them down where mpsttri- ardvalue by whtch .assessments pro to,ba , £ flf Ujo ait .rf [IBU. sorrow reigns cternalj atjd all is Jodmy P? f' n . ' y made, v ; the Revenue Copimissioners candpty 1 act as a black to#ri cat in wdark garret. »He -V»«! W.“ r bq |, Lorenzo>in the course By tho bill submitted, the 6pon the aggregate value'of ptb'porty jo is -feslleds and vagabond in Jus .habijs,add Btr^n „ elyHSo(fl| j ound id. djs. fhorized |o qqbpcena and n . #nd flg the ret uf n ar madd .hv ak undasv os'n porctipme with a chrtnic of « an exceedingiv happy and af- me them upoii oath in relation j“ If. J^ e :,j he county commissioners nrej in .tto Ag* diarrheeaC ! so'. that! il'lteemS; yttu are ul re- course*, but re- of real estate, and gregate, by wards and townships, 1 Uit little quirAd tb watch his motlqrts 'hs the schod feet S“^- j J J|l | !d . ha S[ B . kB - ep in j6 ' in nil ths tionpf title papew, which will .jatjnjk beobtained frotn them.— boy dbdges the forulfe of his Schoolmistress, cent y , veddedanda | eo tntplenty. aid him in the performance of 11- • The bill we. report requires the, eptpmis* ' 'fe|mv ! dear hbarers,hßt) l i?V;mybo Thq board ,of revision which,» of the'sLfal couples to rotw true, hut it reiilly is of little import to us, . h „ n^;n „ *h 3 little tender nothings of for. each, county, .has aujhori >, p ~r * { ra p B pjript 0 f each assqssor’s book; ,sb whether it be so oir nor, ‘for wo edrtairily J| GI 1 1 a gWk little nU>use subpmna witnesses and to examme th«mi, g. r e a | efl tkt2, together'with in ■JriVh muchhur oWn masters,> is . Utt 10 . .unJer oath, relative.to.the • Sgate valuation of ihe:sipie>y Wra. nway 'moHßeyV4 a f, elKe . b^ b f 1?? n ° de ,r ° trihe lady, ‘didyou see ty.- : . All discretion is “ken away fro nthe,, t f )W[lBhip3i including .personal proper -1 cohtfbl tid ! aguifist cjuf will; than' a la|mo - ‘ „ , , bqardf : When the value of . pro,^y : tv, un d6r^'pLc.Bo-'h^f.’wThiii.Ml* gander cap darice a °“ ,be '9®* * ba | saVv it.rhy dear; but it was a nit.’ is ascertained, U must *» fa ,to jn* ;If «-y6ii-fipd this • iridtyidual Nyfiisjierlng ( u *«?• , 6did ’S: wif6 :V lt . Wai(t mobse.’ creased froip.‘i»e value as. r W d >y « telligontiy tind eSiciently. •'. ~ ..• . damnhtiqn' iti your cars, all -you ‘liave to do - j ld n you that it was arUi/’ assessor. Thp same principal * _ “ j The property exempted from taxation - - «l.» Boafd of Kevenua ou , bill is uearly ilia auirio a. unde, postofidrs; and: with characteristic covHrd- rep d moust P Wsiterated-tho lodv;' mNioncrs.. ! existing laws. The policy, of relieving I ice he’ll Wake-himself ,absbdree as .R »“ a mo J lKfirlP ,iV and'l think I For the assessment pf personal proper- laxa tion tho property ofinstnutionsiof lin ; leaky B f uckelf thedeV* f.!T ty, we have, i( }e believed, introduced .be * tZSXcu.aUse-iswell settled ; also if consorti trot wilh tho just; bis influence should k i tna^om; and my eyes only efficient system Which car• be de-. church b > hospitals, and gonorally nil jee-. IS are aj good Ps but Sed^CTy 8 Z tubUshmentp for public charity orhenevp- Lcontact- is nip pollution, for it girds flip belt |“JJt,*rSldftea'the ludy. ofthe county, which they, rjq« ,red We have extended ffie, provisions of the > oTFaith .iyiii.ro| tightly around; . “the serve upon every taxable inhab Th 42(J aeclion of lbe reven up act passed m --Him brij-htei- Juiirels. lndepd / should not ~ An. » . £ | n cen'se'd form oftflp circular is-.prescribed J»y h e 1844 i f or the collection of tnxps pMba.W* were jma^y. ; c|evilp, to.the oilier bill. , .inhabitant must,Av.ffij tefest paid b y any .couniy:«r,cfty, l OD:Bny M bad:.::hrnrtdy ; ope, A : tired of 'glooming ip, tp.n days after having ft*,. py idqnce of indqUtednpss.ispped, S»J‘ 9 i- t( > bodco isj perhaps .another; , but gaijnblmg ..f a :,i - ihex-r becartie reconciled up .the planks eg, bis. property . y,,. i nc lpde all companies incorporated Ay sbSniiu|ferwUo» , :o^;w^. ; ]^ Wa is exclusjvqiy^n^ fiends ifat artists.iovo. tod} ntut'xmma Sether.nndex- opth.thb■ which is appended Jhejp- CQ 01 - rovonilQ , a ndwill produce a Jurge tbiilkjhlft if ycfqyoidtbeseMs, apd are »t ctatlgg and joymg 's>, Jb* amount of money:' unrT<*lit in vour intercourse with map, that pressing } u ( oi ,i. ■>.. ; b many respects it-jrasentWo B tpe j»roy ..Bat- it is unnecessarv' 1 to'pprttcularizo ib! mi‘ r corppejs every, pprson to dis Jose l 0 i nc roads'«MH| -ir'"" "° oi,h! t IH , is wlint I have been thinking about ever, since I came tp bed.; It is very, cpld too—yvon't you gej into h?d and warm y.oursejfi” < ■, ‘‘Bj iGull!. I had .a great mind to, but I was afraid.” . n , “No,” said Ij. “I must gp : bach to the grayeyarfi. Rcrpembor, that Bill, your husband, is shivering with cold a|l alone by himself.” “Well, grandmother, hadn’t you better go and keep Bill warm !” “No,* do ,it ypursqlf, or I shall appear to you again—lemember} “I growled out tho remember ! with a fearful emphasis, but do you think she was frightened 1 Not a bit of it. She burst out laughing with all her might, and kept it up too, so iongi white I stood tho re shiv ering and shuking with cold, like a paup er in an ngue-fit. “Now, Bill, said she, ns soon ns sho stopped laughing, Bill don’t you think know you l” • ... .“How do you know me t said h “ Well enough— besides, there ain’t any such things, as ghosts.” . ■ “0 yes there is, though. Didn t my ijrnndmother’s ghost tell mo to marry you 1”. ;. “Bill that was mel “You ! by Gull IV “Yes, Bdl —it was me, Bill' “Well, I’lu-bcl” . “How stupid you are, tp stand there shakier;, hall irozen.” “'Well, Bill, go on .witty the story. ‘By Gull! 1 have nothing more to say, 3 ' J ' J ftdr t Sn < thWner 'wH& Hfc’r W wbilld 1 taks fips*>el UiqUiiedTcddy. , !t 'fiTd-bo? suie ft ! ls'jHvhy.isiiVitl?”' J . ; " s ’‘• i riiddy. '‘“l oDcd hdd fih’fJrifcft'thiit’^ns 1 SSlTdd'Witl'i yjij|le-pl]xjr, nH'diigHk It be Bomothing of the same sort.” t\W b'inoi'a iwuo bsuxqtfaj »'■ ,T.'Vil ( ,l!0 “'•■i' ~ rVuiubci' 9. Trias' •si r ■ A HtofabrMlotlob *|u'ba mad* toMMoMnl* »ad otbti* W &a?li»!I|r”l£i | ooqnty—«■ nVcKani. ni*ch«nto,nod all oibe>*-to MJOn .the knowied/jolllft'ir lecauoa nod bnuMu VV* •HoaW like.to IniatWf ACaid”- for nrery Meohaolo. Mktohfnl.ottd LproiMimnarWfaiifl'ti" oonolr. 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