Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-09

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and retired to the dining room, which, Of
ter dinner, was devoted to our use for the
preparation of our lessons. This evening
{ the severe exercise of the afternoon told
9 on US so much that Charles, after a vain
4 attempt on a piece of French composition,
{ threw himself on the sofa and in a few
minutes was fast asleep. A quarter of an
hour more of Euclid made me follow his
t example in the arm chair by the fire. The
room was well lighted with four candles
and a tolerably bright fire. Charles sofa
Z was at the end of the room furthest from
the door, and l was sitting in the arm
chair, which had its back toward the door.
After being asleep about an hour, and a
little before ten o'clock, as / afterwards
found by my watch, l was aroused by a
sudden cry from Charles. On awaking I
distinctly saw DR.. Marlborough, dressed
in his morning gown, walk across the
room from the end nearest Charles to the
door, where he disappeared, either through
the door or By opehihs it and closing it
after him, in my surprise L could not see
which.
"a few minutes suficed to completely
awakeme, and l rushed out of the door tc
perceive something more of the extraor-
binary vision; but all was still and undis-
turbed in every part of the house.
Charles and | discussed the matter very
seriously. He informed me that he had
awoke and seen the doctor standing look
ing at him, the sight caused him to call
out and then thus awake me. We neither
of us believed in ghosts but were much
depressed and puzzled by this strange
appearance, which we resolved to confde
to no one in case it might reach Mrs.
Warnborough's ears and give her pain.
Often and often we talked to each other,
however, on the subject, and ultimately
made a compact that if it were possible,
whichever ono of us died first should APP
pear to the other after death.
"In a few months after this l was re-
moved from Mr.. Warnborough's, and at
the same time Granger went abroad to
look after his fathers business in Austria.
For six or seven years l was quartered
with my regiment ~ several parts of the
United Kingdom; l occasionally saw
Granger when We both happened to come
to London together, which was not often;
but IN the excitement of early military
life, l thought no more of optical delul
sions, and almost forgot my compact with
Granger, and the vision of DIR. Warn
borough. l was afterwards sent to India,
where | still received occasional letters
from Granger; but different tastes and
pursuits rendered our correspondence I'M
frequent and uncertain.
when the expedition to Pekin was de-
termined on in 1860, the cavalry regiment
TO which l was attached was ordered to
China, and we arrived without incident
at fallen Bay, where the English army
were disembarked in order to wait for the
French, previous to a common descent on
China, at the month of Peiho. The shores
of fallen Bay did not afford facilities for
encamping the whole army together, on
account of the small space between the
beach and a high rocky range of noun
talns, which ran along from the sea in
some places, but which ran close down to
the water in others. The cavalry were,
encamped at an open part of the shore
where there was room for their camp be-
tween the hills and high-water mark.
Another portion of the army occupied a
similar encampment; about six miles
further up the bay.
"On account of the rocks running down
the sea between the two camps, there
was no road or means of communication
along the shore; the only way to go from
one CAM to the other was to pass through
a gap in the hills behind our camp, where
always had a picket, ride about five
miles across the plain, and re-enter the
hills by another gap behind the infantry
camp, where pickets were also regularly
established. l had many friends in the
aeighboring camp, and used often to ride
over there, not unfrequently stopping to
line, and riding back at night. These ex-
were not, l believe, known to
,he superior authorities, who would prob
IDLY have stopped my evening rides be-
Tond the sentries, as it was not certain
whether the country was infested with [
~rartars, who might have carried off any
tragglersi but trusting to a revolver and
ny Arab horse, l had Individually no fear
# being taken even if attacked.
"One night I had been over to the in
antry, and had stayed till about eleven
''clock, when 1 started to ride home.
was a tolerably bright moon shining,
1 trotted quickly through the hills, :
the infantry picket, and into the I
lain, where l drew my horse into a walk
smoked a cheroot while he walked
uietly along on the smooth turf. About o
alf way across the plain l was aroused
iOAA q OOCP ICNCllC III Which, n 6IbdlH luuH
4 England, who is now my wife, took a
rOmlnent place, by my usually quiet k
orse manifesting an inclination to bolt. :
attributed his r~estiveness to a desire to
home, but was astonished, after l had :
uieted him, to find that he burst
ito a cold sweat and trembled
iolently. Fearing he was i'll, 1 was
bout to dismount, when a noise behind
lie struck upon my ear. 1 looked around
nd saw a human figure walking behind
le at a distance of a hundred yards. My
rst impression was that / was about to
attacked at last by some Tartars, so
OF my revolver out and urged my horse
18th difficulty into a trot. In a few min
ties 1 again looked behind, expecting to
ave left my pursuer far in the distance,
ut to my great surprise he had walked
lster than my horse could trot, and had
aimed upon me. / was more astonished
i'll when, as he continued to gain on me,
perceived he was dressed in ordinary
nglish evening costume, especially as |
id not think q dress of that kind could
been found in the whole army, for
e always all wore a uniform adapted to
lie climate, and had little enough baggage
lowed US without carrying any super
lities,
"My follower still continued to gain on
and 1 was so much astonished that |
ntinued to gaze on him as, coming near !
and nearer, he became more distinctly 4
When he was within a few
rds l saw that the front of his shirt was ,
tirely covered with something red,
nich looked to. me as if a bottle of port
d been spilled over it. Nearer and
arer he came; slowly and steadily the
BON, high up in the sky but directly on
E way l was gong, came from behind "a
ght cloud, just as he reached my girths. e.
e shone on a very pale face, which was
nod M to mine, on a mouth from which =
was slowly issuing, and OF a pair of AZ
which, although now they appeared W
rec and startling, l well knew. 1t was
iarles Granger. Still he walked stead
but quickly he passed my horses
than his head. The poor brute u
ook as if he were going to fall.
Il was so surprised that 1 could not
eak, nor remember that 1 held a pistol
my right hand. When the spectre flor
1 then thought it, had passed on, l
I'D distinctly see it in front of me walk
, away from me, but straight along the
tn l was pursuing. Then 1 recovered
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