The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-03-01

Imagination. Then the incident of the ghost
was revived. But none of us were seriously
alarmed. We become accustomed to the dis.
turb ince.
'One night, during the usual knockings,
IL occurred to me to say aloud, If you are
spirit, knock six times Immediately
heard six knocks, very distinctly given, and
no more.
AS time passed on, the noises became 80
familiar as to lose all terrifying, even all dis
agreeable effect; and 80 matters passed for
several weeks:
But tho most remarkable part OF my story
remains to be told. should hesitate to re-
peat it to you, were not all the members Of
my family witnesses Of its truth. My broth
er-thcn, it is true, boy only, now u man
in years, and high in his PROFESSIONALISM
confirm every particular.
Besides tho knockings in our bedroom,
we began to hear-usually in the parlor-
what seemed to be a human voice. The first
time this startling phenomenon occurred tho
voice was heard ID Join in one Of the domes-
tic songs Of the family, while my sister was
at the piano, You may imagine our aston
ishmcnt. But we wcrcnot long left in doubt
as to whether, in this instance, our imagina-
ton had deceived. After time, the voice
began to speak to us clearly and intelligibly,
joining from time to time in tho CONVERSE
tion. The tones were low, slow and solemn,
but quite distinct; the language was uni
formly French.
The spirit-for such We called it-gayc
his name us Casper, but remained silent
whenever we made inquiry touching his his.
tory and condition in life. Nor did he ever
assign any motive for his communication
with us. We received tho impression that
he was u Spaniard; but cannot recall rea.
son. even, for such belief. IIc always called
the family by their Christian names. 90.
he would repeat to us lines of
poetry. lle never spoke on subjects OF re-
ligious nature or tendency, but constantly
inculcatcd christian morality, seeming de-
sirous to impress upon us the wisdom Of vir-
tue and the beauty of harmony ut home.-|
Once, when my sister and myself had some
slight dispute, we heard the voice saying,
MIS- wrong; Sis right From the time
he first declared himself he was continually
giving us advice. and always for good.
'On one occasion my father was extreme
ly dcsirous to recover some valuable papers
which he feared might have been lost. Cas-
par told him exactly where they were, in our
old house in Suffolk; and there, sure enough,
in the very pla % he designated, they were
found.
The matter went on in this manner for |
more than three years. Every member of
the family, including the servants, had heard
the voice. The presence Of the spirit--Ior
We could not help regarding him as present
was always pleasure to us all. We came
10 regard him us our companion and protcc-
tor. One day he said, 81 shall not be with
you again for some months And, accor-
dinghy, for several months his visits inter-
nittcd. When one evening at the end of
that time, we again heard the well-known
voice, Il am with you again y We hailed his
return with joy.
AT the times the voice was heard, we
never saw any appearance; but one evening
my brother said, Casper, should like to
see you : to which he replied, You shall
SEQ me. will meet you If you 60 to the
larthercst side Of the square, He went, and
presently, saying, Il have seen Gas
per. lie is in large cloak, with a broad.
brmned hat. looked under the hat, and
he smiled upon me- YES said the voice,
Joining in, that was IT,
But the manner of his final departure was
more touching. even, than his kindness while
he stayed. We returned to Suffolk; and
there, as in France, for several weeks after
our arrival, Gaspar continued to converse
with us, US usual. One day, however, he
said, Il am about to leave you altogether
Harm would come to you if were to be
with you here in this country, where your
with me would bcnlisundcr-
stood and misinterpreted.'
From that tune, concluded tho lady, in
that tone of sadness with which one speaks
Of dear friend removed by dcatl,-'lrom
that time to this, we never heard tho voice
Of Gaspar again! =
These are the facts as had them. They
made me think; and they make your readers
think. Explanation or opinion | pretend
not to add, further than this: that of the
perfect good faith of the narrator entertain |
no doubt whatever. In attcstation Of the
story us she related it, l ailix my maine.
s. U. HALL.
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