, 1863-03-05
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In an ages persons Of weak intellect have Be:
lieved in apparitions; yet vemay confidently aalmi
that stories Of ghosts are mistakea or impostions
and that they may always be detected bya proper
exercise Of the mental faculty. In an relations Of
this kind thsfe = fnEhif6tly IN endeaEor to makq
the events Is supernatural As poiiible, To tsesnt
the suspicion Of trick md to silence al objections
that might be AnAde % their efedibiity. N CON:
pliance with this custom, We win recount story
Of ghost which seems 10 POsssls all the desired
At town in the WeSt Of England thhehty.ioaf
persons were accustomed 70 assemble once aWesk;
to drink. smoke tobacco, and tan pOliiics Lik6
the academy Of Rubens at antwerp, each mem:
Der had his peculiar chair, and the presidents unS
more elevated than the rest. As one Of the t1ain-
beTs had been In dying state for cone time, hd
chair, whilst he Ms &bseht, remained SAckht
When the club met o. the u5ala hieht, inquiries
were naturally made after their associate. As 10
lived IN the adjoining house, particular hisnd
went to inquire after him, and returned with Tho
melancholy intelligence that be could not survive
the night This threw gloom On the company.
and oil efforts to turn the conversation from tie
sad subject before them was ineaeeiual. About
midnight the door opened, and The form, IN white;
Of the dying OF the dead man, walked into thG
room and took his seat in his accustomed chair:
There he remained ID silence, and IN silence wnsh6
gazed Of. The Apparition continued sullcienl
time in the chair 10 assure IN Who we're ppessntof
the reality Of the vision. At lrhkth he arose and
stalked towards the door, which R obehed g II
living; went t6t and shut The door after him. y
After pause, some one at last had he fssolue
ton to say, "H only one d, u bad IN thii. ~
would not have been believed but i impossible
so many Of Us ceh have been decei3ed.s
The company BY degrees recovered their sposch,
af1 fhn ffnrl saAS ~
was upon Tie dfegdfA Object Which had eugaEBa
theiE attention. They broke up and went home,
ID the morning, inquiry was made afef their 1lek
friend. Il was answered BY an account Of hi3
death, which happened nearly abo1t the time n
his a1pearnnce n the club room, There could Be
little doubt belbte bti how nothing could Be more
certain than the reality Of tie ip1irition, which
had been simultaneously seen By 90 many persons.
II Is unnecessary to say that such : story splead
over the country, and found credit even among
inHdels; fOf IN this caze al reasoning became ~
Ierauou. when opposed to glaia iAet, stlssted By
Of The fixed laws of nature was fidiedIous, uhed
there were 90 many people Of credit 70 prove that
they might be unixed. YeaF rolled On, and tie
story Nas dlhiost forgotten lsri4e adst
One Of the club was an fpotheearys; IN th6
eourse Of bis practice be was called 70 an od wo;
man, Whose business it wm 70 atienl 1iok borsons.
She told him int ne could leise lie kofld with
Z quiet conscience, but fOr one ting, Which hid
upon her mind ..iaslsTgg ags -.
ado YOu DOT Remember Mr.---. whose gh6it
his been 80 much talked Oft i was bis nuras;
On the night Ol his death len his room lor some
thing Wanted: Ian sure had rot heeh 1lse1t
long; but, st my return, ] found In bed without
my patientl He was deliFious. AID ! feared ~
had thrown himself ont Of The window. IWnsp9
ffiRhfened TINT Nd no mower Is nfif Init alIoI
the room shiVerinE and his testh chsttusing, hid
himself down on he hed, and died CoibidHing
my negligence " the cause Of bis dtAth, kept
this secret iof fear Of what might b done 10
me- ThodEh could have coniIdd dictid az he story
Of the ghost, dared not do q. knew, BY whit
had happened, that Il Was be himself who bad bonR
In the club room, (pelhapp lesolectilg that i wl
The night Of meeting); bit hdfs God and III
poor gentlemaRs ifiend win forgive NJ, dA I fhlf
die contentedn