large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb_15
large/2093/ghost_stories_005_librivox_64kb_mp3/old_womans_tale_hawthorne_rkw_64kb
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2093
"O Esther! I have had such a dream!" cried David, starting up, and rubbing his eyes. "And I such another!" OH ESTHER I HAVE HAD SUCH A DREAM CRIED DAVID STARTING UP RUBBING HIS EYES AND AY SUCH ANOTHER
 remnant of the blush of morning,--and that they both were two unrealities of colored air. But now there was a sudden movement throughout the multitude. The Squire drew forth a watch as large as the dial on the famous steeple, looked at the warning hands and got him gone, nor could his lady tarry; the party at the tavern door took to their heels, headed by the fat man in the flaming breeches; the tall deacon stalked away immediately, and the short deacon waddled after, making four steps to the yard; the mothers called their children about them and set forth, with a gentle and sad glance behind. Like cloudy fantasies that hurry by a viewless impulse from the sky, they all were fled, and the wind rose up and followed them with a strange moaning down the lonely street. Now whither these people went, is more than may be told; only David and Esther seemed to see the shadowy splendor of the ancient dame, as she lingered in the moonshine at the graveyard gate, gazing backward to the fountain. SCARLET PETTICOAT A REMNANT OF THE BLUSH OF MOURNING AND THAT THEY BOTH WERE TWO UNREALITIES OF COLORED AIR BUT NOW THERE WAS A SUDDEN MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE MULTITUDE THE SQUIRE DREW FORTH A WATCH AS LARGE AS THE DIAL ON THE FAMOUS STEEPLE LOOKED AT THE WARNING HANDS AND GOT HIM GONE NOR COULD HIS LADY TARRY THE PARTY AT THE TAVERN DOOR TOOK TO THEIR HEELS HEADED BY THE FAT MAN IN THE FLAMING BREECHES THE TALL DEACON STALKED AWAY IMMEDIATELY AND THE SHORT DEACON WADDLED AFTER MAKING FOUR STEPS TO THE YARD THE MOTHERS CALLED THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT THEM AND SET FORTH WITH A GENTLE AND SAD GLANCE BEHIND LIKE CLOUDY FANTASIES THAT HURRIED BY A VIEWLESS IMPULSE FROM THE SKY THEY ALL WERE FLED AND THE WIND ROSE UP AND FOLLOWED THEM WITH A STRANGE MOANING DOWN THE LONELY STREET NOW WHITHER THESE PEOPLE WENT IS MORE THAN MAY BE TOLD ONLY DAVID AND ESTHER SEEMED TO SEE THE SHADOWY SPLENDOR OF THE ANCIENT DAME AS SHE LINGERED IN THE MOONSHINE AT THE GRAVEYARD GATE GAZING BACKWARD TO THE FOUNTAIN
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