Daily gazette and comet., 1860-11-22
The Bishop Of CIouccsicr's Ghost
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story.
Having lately had the honor to
hear relation of an apparition
from the Lord Bishop of Gloucester
aud il being too late Tor me- to IN
acrt it IN It's proper place IN this
hook, | give il you here 10y way OF
pus,script, ~ follows
"Sir Charles Lee. by his first la
ly. had ouly one daughter. oi which
4he died ~ childbirth aud. when
abe was dead. her sister. the Lady
Evcrard, desired to have the edu
cation of the child and she was
10y her very well educated TILL SHE
was marrlsgrable aud - match
was concluded for her with Sir
Williams Perkins. but was then
prevented in au extraordinary man
npr.
Upon n Thursday night, she,
thinking she saw light IN her
chamber after ale was IN bed.
knocked for her maid. who presen
tly came to her aud she asked
why she left n candle lurning IN
her chamber. The maid said she
left none aud there was one hut
what she brought with her nj that
time. Then she said it was the fte
tut that, her maid told her. was
quite out. aud said she believed u
was only dream whcreupon Hhc
said IL might bc 80. aud composed
herself again To- sleep. But about
two O'Clock she was awakened
again, and saw the appnrlii'n OF "A
little woman between her curtain
aud her pillow, who told her she
was her mother, that she was hap
py, and that 10y IL O'Clock that day
sho should he with her.
Wheicup"n shc knocked again
for her maid. called for her clothes
aud. when she was dressed, went
into her closet. aud came not out
again ill q. aud then brought ont
with her u letter scaled to her faith
or, brought 1t TO her aunt, the Lady
Everard-told her what had hap
pcned, aud desired that, ~ soon ns
she was dead. it might ho sent to
him. But the lady thought she
was suddenly fallen mad. aud
thercupon sent presently away to
Chelmsford for n physician and
surgeon. who both caHe immediate
ly; but the physician could discern
no indication of what the lady inn
aginrd, or os any Indisposltlun of
her body. Notwithstanding. the
lady would needs have let her
blood. which was done accordingly.
Aud when the young woman had
patiently let them do what they
would with her, she desired that The
chaplain might bc called to read
prayers; aud when the prayers
were ended she took her guitar
and psalm book, aud sat down up
Oh chair without arms, aud play
ed and sung 40 melodiuurly ~ and ad'
mirably that her music-mastcr, who
was then there, admired at IT.
And near the stroke Of IL, she
rose, and safe herself down in n
great chair with arms, aud pre-.
senily, fetching a strong breathing
or two, Immediately expired and
was SO suddenly cold AS was much
wondered at 10y a'e physician and
surgeon. She died at Waltham
in Essex, three miles from Chelms
r ford and the letter was sent tC
Sir Charles at his house in War
wickshile but he was 50 afflicted
with the Heath of his daughter
, that he came not till she was buri-
ed but when he came, caused her
to be taken up and to be buried 10y
her mother at Edmington, as she
, desired in her letter. This was
about the year 1862 or 1868 And
that relation the Lord Bishop oI
: Gloucester had from Sir Charl s
Lee himself."- Fooifalls on the Boun.
ddry Of Another World.