Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-11-01

conduct had not one or Two Other circumstan
cos occurred which caused me considerabl,
annoyance. One evening, on returning, about
ten o'clock from Hollowood, perceived a
bngh, light burning in one Of the upper
rooms. | concluded il came from the fire
and candles 10 my own apartment, bat on en-.
tering the house found tha, the shutter,
were closed aud when | asked the nurse at
what hour she closed them, shc said she had
done So at eight o'clock. ltwas then about
half past ten. asked Il any one had been IN
the upper rooms with light She said no.
/ Al the servants were IN bcd with the cNccp-
ton of herself, and that shr hsd told them .hc
would sit up aud let mc in uook the lirh,
Lady II. and telling her - allow NE, ! ~en,
up stairs. confess | was suspicious then oi
,omc ulek passed the mead Of the narrow
stairs We were walking very gently Tor
tear Of disturbing the children. Now Ius, a.
| passed lhc olrniur Of the passag. To the tur-
ret stair, most dlslially heard lhc words
bring me a light" I,was said in tam,
but clear tone
Lady H. rose suddenly, and going To The
window, threw II open hurncIIy saying,
~ de- not feel well"
She put her head oct, aud the fresh air
seemed tn revive her. She returned To her
seat IN a minute OF two, and begged Mn. d.
ro prccccd She did 80.
Goa hearing tho words I turned to nv
companion saying in whIsPeL"
What that
"Thr woman muucr,d--"
God knows"
"hnd slw ,ha, she ~. about to faint.
returned with her To the bcd.room. She
was - N, that for ten minute. ! could no,
leave her did no, wish to alarm any one
else. Ibid no, wish any on, else N know Of
It, even ! said to her,"
Elizabeth YOU are woman of good sound
,.use. II is some absurd nonsense never
,reak Of j, either to inc or any Il the others.
Silence j, the bc,, plan"
when she had recovered herself little,
she promised me iha, she woui tell no one,
and believe she ksp, her prOu,ise Well,
nothing hsrreact tor .om, 'tde time. Ire.
solved not even to examine the rooms rariic.
ularly. le, everything go as usual, until q
irrinrgh, ago when GA passiar much later
than usual along this passage u had been en-.
ployed IN writing to my sister 10 lndia) again
heard the voice, iain, clear voice, 'ay,
bring me- light.
What kind of ,oins N-Sur
a vomau's voice, crrainly," replied
Mr. u
"Oh. heaven ."
I.ady II. covered her face with her hsnd',
aud wa silent. NJ, D procrcdsd
- confess to YOU tia, on hearing III. word
rrca, Tear took hold Of me ior lew moments
remained quite still, and ior short time
was unconscious how To act. but 'coa raj
lied turned and proceeded uP stairs
What, alone :" SAID Lady II
Yes, quite alone. | am not y nervous
person - have sald before. ] Wcut up,
reached the landing and stopped listened
aucni,cly, heard nothing beat the Wind, aud
the humping Of NV oSp heart, Sill Own.
Then advanced, aud went into one ruom ,
the one you may remember that has ,hc blue
hanging ltwas cmp,y-dark l"cnt out
| then Stopped for an lnslaut a, She door ol
,hc white room. You know It i, ,hc ooc-- =
II know, know, said l.ldy II noN.
ou,ly
Itis, ! believe, ' continued ur. D. "lhc
one called the bride. rror,'
"Yc,, yc,, =" s1rd lajy II cit t' called
,o-ha, bsrn ~ for ycar, Paw -u co..
- ,,ocd q, tie door, and l,ad land my hand
un the handle lVas ln the act oi entering
when heard a sound. ,hr c,ircmc horror
and ,,raurrucss ~ vhlch | cannot describe.
| opened the d"or, and Tor halt scclgd ihr
noise continued. Therr appeared to be- an-
other ligh, IN the ppm bc-ldcs NY own q
lamc culorcd ligh, filtered flr a second on
the pale walls Of the white roum, aud ,hen ]
saw nothing, heard nothing more. Then la
DIV n the idea Of supernatural agency came
in,c nv mind iot a iew moments, ielt no
fear. only mingled curiosity aRd awe. re-
manned with my candle In my hand for,
suppose, nearly ten minutes. At the end N
iha, time LEFT the room and went down
stairs.
/ II is strange ,ha, !, was only as ] drew
near the inhabited par, oflhe building, tia,
began to feel the common effects Of fright
The joints Of my limbs seemed loosened and
] could hardly &c, to my own room. So des-
pera,e fear is solemn thing to experience
when you are unaccustomed 10 the neryou'
iremors cormon to many women, sensible
and well educated, too, perhaps. Mex, day
hardly knew whether to speak Of what
had seen or not. resolved, however, not ,C
do so, and two DAYS and nights passed IL
peace On the Thursday after my midnlgh,
adventure, was sitting IN the evening alone
after the children were in bed, when heard
heavy fall preceded by scream. lett III,
room, hurried along the passage and met the
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