Girls High School - Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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fl LITEIIAIIY I Alt! Vi gfnfia D4 QS'-.-5 ,,f7Z-'-I-'I X fa: The Mystery of Elsworth Manor KA FHRYIN A DIENER There is an old fashioned homeste td III the south which had been un occupied for tears because It xi 1s supposed to be h1unted The colored folk round about claimed that 1t midnight as the old town clock struck the hour through the sleep5 old village ot a II ht suddenly appeared In the little room ofthe east wma for 1 Tell brief minutes tnd 1lI then vt ould be 'IQHIII darkness Although not ever5bodx h1d seen It or granted llS truth neverthe less everwbodw had 1 horror of the place and 1fter dark no one ventured on the premises This old house Elsworth Manor as II w 1s c1lIed held 1 great fascmatton for me as 1 child Its r1ttlmg windows sque1leIne st1Irvt1xs and sqealmg rats appe1led to th1t tdventuresome n Iture of mme 1nd sent me on tours through the dIlapId1ted building Often l would tind seeret doors moving walls and the like XX It tt IIIl.CI'eQled me th most however it 1s the room it Ith the locked door In the east wing VV ti e I tound Qrett delight III exploring the Manor Ill the dai time I would not h1we thought of going th re at night although I laughed at the Idea of Its bem htunted 'Ih thine I w as afraid of w1s that locked room In the east wma I knew as exeribodi tround there d d the stoix ot mx ere1t grtndfather f brother M1rse Henri 1s he it ts c1lled nl o h1d been the last to Ill'1lk6 Elsw orth Manor his home VN hell he it 1s 1l out twentx eight 1 handsome xoung man of good mor1Is 1nd the faxorite of 1ll the colored people he brought home to Elsworth Manor of which he w1s then master a prettt little wite People said these two were wond rfully hftppy to tether during lll'lI tirst ye1r of their wedded life. M'Irse H nry Seellldd to 1dore 'Ind worship his little wife. 1d ' v' cust ring' e church bells when there was a de1th, I5I'OCl'llI'IlIIlg llle lI'e'tdtuI tidings through the whole vill1,e th1t 1n0ther 1 son h1d fillett out of the r'tnks. S it w1s th1t, one ni 'ht the bells rang welve o clock. Pe'lllII e t th ir pitiful e ttrouyrh Ille sil nt town. e ext morninp' t x 5' o yi 'Irwri:e it Q trned th1t the new ntistress of swortlt Vl lIIllI' w1s de1t. X I ti e e 'nown th1t st lt1 exen been s' ' I ' ' 'Q ' 1th 'lllel it h1s I'LIll'1lIILd 'I secre this day. Dr. Johnson, llle old pltytician and advisor ofthe family for years. would say nothing. I arse- Henry from that time Att ns ll cltanged I1 at . He suddenly rew i er and morose. He- s ilt the furniture, licked the room in the east w'ng, 10 'N 1 'WN r N f I-A A 1.1! :I e f- , ,I -Q I- K V ' g ' A ' 'I X ' 1 , 4, N , e LA , fi . 'MA at 5' tl ffl wk .1 4 5 '. fill' , O- .., , .i if 1 -. , f . -.- '- . xl 4- ' f - X 'XA SL,-rig ' 0 s 's 1l: L'f K - 1 Nl: I' -- .- -. it . ffg, A h e 'tF'P':w 'LYL If ' -,Q ., 'I AAA ei 4 I -V . Q, I ,I - ' ', . . -, 41 'b . . It . s 1 K y I it Y re x 1 . . L . . A f 1 I - 7 r 1 1 ' - ye 1 ' - ' e , 9 Y . I 'X ' - e , -' , . 'c I. 1 , 4 ' l . . K, . K' N I 5' . K y , i I IM , 3 ' ,I .' , I l Q' ez U ' - 1 . ' .I t, V ' ' e, e I C I Y ty gk 2 . e 1' ' , ,V - , , -, -.1 , I V . .'. h, ,K k,2 1- X , l bv, K V 'VZ K , 7.1 K I l V Y , ' . X. Y x 'c 4 ls , 'V' 'K' , 1 7' L ' ' A J 1 R 1 ,K t , , K V. - ' -t L: 1 1 1 - ' - 1 It h. .Ili .tis been the ont to K tht ' ' 1 A U x L 1 1 A 0, C A ter . . X 1 . o . . g , att ' ' 1. Q PU e tal I e - e ' Th nf Q If e fer li d s st 1 se, was le: . El I. . he I nehalk . lc .def 1' tck. no one' eot ld tind out the Ieztsoit ot the dc. . . e . 1 . t to X N VI e ei w 1 n g b I x I I

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xhtch had been th Led chamber or hrs xx1te and nt to Indla Reports then after 1x fexx hrret ar eame bacle th tt he had dxecl there ot 11 fexer Nou can then lITl'l'lII n1x dehght and xet I1orror xx I1 n one dax xxhlle 1 XXIII t1ro1' th I1all III th etst xxrnf I suddenlx stumbled and loo ln dv XII found tI11I l I11d tlele d up 1 loose Ioard and tl1er 1n the openmg xx as at old ru tx lee II e th le x to the loclee ro I ask d mxs lf t 111 tear l ot what l mlaht s e there I slowlx placed the Ieex lt mox ed and sloxxlx I pushed the door open on 1ts e tlex f I 1 l1e 1 l ox rcame me h tl xentx d To n1x amaze ent I x tu Phe I11 four posted I d had tI1e cox ers xelloxx xxlth we Ext en x 1t Ile We n ett just as 1t was a er 1111 tre I I t Upon a cl1a1r xx ts carel sslx throxxn 1 pretty ace ou1t earelesl 1te1 d t1ere IX II wearer I1e dresser xxas strewn wrtx rnhbons and trrnleets of all sorts md at erther end xx as 1 candle strcle xx1th the candle burned do x n to IIIL Vel x end From thls roon1 I found 1 1arroxx passage and, tremhlntg I erept through 1t unttl suddenlx I fou11d mxs lf tn a large room queerlx furnxshed At one end there was a larq hookcase w 1th rows and roxxs of bool-es At anoth r end I found a bed a tahle and a httle cupboard xx1tI1 cookmg ut IIQIIS It all looked xerx ch erful and homehlee and 1t too had tI1e mustx smell thtt tI1e h chamher had so the mxst rx rs NO x It IS quxte plann now that Marse Henr after tr1cle1n1 the p ople1ntoI1el1ex1n that h had gon to Indra hnd hrmself In thus room aw ax from IIIC xx orld I suppose Ur Johnson xx as the onlx one wI1o II xx about lt 1nd he good fellow l1a kept I11s secret Lndouhtedlx ever Ill ht tt txxelx o clock M trse Henrx poor den1e11t d htlt ertzed soul as he had Ulllle Cre trou 1 1 ntrrow 11s axe XIIII IIQ ean Ind x1s1ted hls xx1 e s chamher at the tune sh I1ad dned there And thus the hght rn the east xvmg has le n explamed and Elsworth Manor IS no lonqer haunted VOICLS agam rmq through the roomx halls and Ilqhts shme forth from ex erx xxrndoxx ' 'vi f'z5 f2'6'f ll xl, ' -, C 5 ' '- , , 1 .NYC ' - 1 A y K 1 3 1 k ' A :H-SL S, 1 A r I A ' 1 A 1 v ' , 1 Ax . lgc -' K U. 7 ,C K' V. IIIQQ' Q I .QI1 'e 1 ' e ze 44' Q 1 P' e . , k' g M, Q Z 2 ., 1.6 I U , C 4 . . 11 s ,' ' j. tIf1x1l1I' I1 e 'cj ' d om? I' 1- e ,pe Hal A 1 , 11111 it1 iixftvtt' ' 1 1 ec 1, e ' ' I1 the lock :ual I . ' , 1 e 3 ' CIA1f 1leIi111 . 'I' 1 111.1 I ll' js 'Q 1 , u ' ITC in. r' 1 1 - III' fo11z1.I + I Hopsp- Ivy. ' - ' 1 IC 1 ' , U' ' .qw JI11-11111: lc. fd tl! Izltee l1 ': ' , ft the 's 155 l1:11 wen i11 I. 1' 'I Q 1 ep -' ' 1 1 1 I wrapper, and under the hed and in the middle of the tloor were slippers, no d I 1 1,isx'p'1Ie I11I-' Ie 1. I 11,1 '1 . 1' I . . ,G Q K M, I I . q x ,lx 2 K L 1 , -. .V I YL V 1 4. KA, x i 7 . l . I V, ,VC . 1 1 K X y 'Y .w ' '1 1 pd . 1 1 ' 1- ':. 1 e 1 , A. 3 1 1 ', 1' ' K 1, --. Q 1 I 1 Cd K i l 1 And 5 1 Ve Q V' 3 led. ' ' ' 1 1 1 y, A 3 . ,. 2 3 C . .1 7. gt I C 1 K. C p .ty . . . R , . K ' ' I v ,- ,Y 1 d , ' , . I , -,y , 'Q 1 ' fe ' ' 1 11 ' , 1 1 Q , 1 1 1 1 l1e1 1, IPI tl QI tI e 1 911951511 I I 'e 11 dlez ' 1 f ' Q x, .Y k H 7 .I I V' Q1 :lf Iwi' 'I' IV' - -- IG N ..1,f 1 5 'V ff M , D 5