OH HARK PART 8

With an intense fear he shuddered

 Quaking with the thought of being murdered

.On the table the hatted one his fingers drummed

An old tune he merrily hummed. 

The woman in white appeared with a newspaper in hand

 Sheathed in an indescribable aura she looked grand 

.Eyes fixed at a crossword puzzle, she looked around for the woman with a parasol

.some distance away, who sat , on a grassy knoll.

" There is an anagram hidden here

"Rewrite article for narration",can you tell me what it is dear?"

".RECITAL", madam, why fear when I am here?"

Said the woman with the parasol, who  looked sad, but her voice was clear.

Then out of the blue in a trance she mumbled ," the dead carry lanterns , did you know?"
What are you saying," I can only see a glow worm and its glow
" I have one foot in a puddle  and the other in the gutter."
Under his breath the lost one did mutter.

There was a spiral of ash on the table, and the mosquitoes viciously cackled
. Oh , how are these challenges to be tackled.
 The lost man wrung his hands in absolute fright.
 Everything was dark, even the glowworms seemed to have turned in for the night.