Chapter 16: The Ghost Alarm

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Mrs. Ellsworth turned from her task of chafing Dainty's cold hands, and glared scornfully at the black mammy, exclaiming:

"How can you listen to such silly lies, Love? The old woman is in her dotage!"

Love gave her a cold glance of rebuke and made no reply, motioning the old woman to continue.

With her big eyes rolling in her ashy-pale face, and her toil-worn black hands nervously clasping and unclas