Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-11-27
MEEFLLNTOWN IUNIATA COUNTY PENE'A, NOVEMBER 81.


extremely mystifed.
Surely if the gIrl had never seen her
uncle iiram-which was NOT likely, con.-
sideIng that he had been dead nearly her
whole life time-shc must have seen
something in the ghost line; aud if in
deed it were her uncle Lliram's spirit, Why |
should he not come to aid them in their |
trouble? Mrs. Culver:on had always had |
little superstition hidden in her soul,
and she soon began to believe this version !
of the case
The next morning she went into TIE
kitchen, aud shutting the door, said to
Jessie:
My good girl, DO not intend to dis
miss you, SO be quite irauk with me. |
DO not believe that these forms are optical
illusions. feel sure that they are actual
spirits. What DO you thiaA'?'
81 think as you DO. ina am, said the
girl. Our folks have always seen ghosts,
and grand-!athe. had the second sight for
ten years before he died"
"If you should see the o'd gentleman
you told Of again" said Mrs. Culyerton,
be sure and tell me. II keep the story
from the young folks, and Mr.. Culgerton
would only laugh at it; but you describe
my dear old grand-uncle, and my belief
is you saw hia"
The girl promised to mention anything
that might happen, to her mistress and
from ,hat day an interchange CT glaGces
betwecn them and subsequent confer
/ cuce in the kitchen vas of frequent oc-
clrrence.
The girl saw her arParition seated on
the sofa IN The parlcr, seated an the din
ner table, walking 10 the garden, and so
! i.e-lae was it that she found il iupossi-
bic to refrain from passing plates and cups
! aut SdeCEls - -, ~ tir ibi-u'|S "'4- ~S~
lnent Of people who saw only empty All
in the same spot.
BY and by she invariably spoke Of her
,host Us the old gentleman, and was no
more effected BY lis presence than BY that
u. living being. Ii it was an optical
Illusion il vas the most singular .on re-
cord
But all this wLiie-gLost or TO ghost
the figure never spoke, and never did
anything to help the Culycrtons in their
dilemma, aud he lawsuit was nearly te.-
.niaa,ca, without the shadow I: doubt,
in Jabaz Hardy's favor.
Ia three Gays all would be over, ard
tie CaIeertons who have earned their
property, il ever mortals did, by Kindness
and attention to their aged relative
whom they truly loved and honorei-
would probably be homeless.
One mora,ag Mrs. Culverton sat over
her breakfast after the others had left the
room, thinking Of this, wien Jessie came
in.
"i've something TO tell you, IRA am, ;"
she said "Ttcre's change in the old
gentleman
"What do ycu mean ?" asked Mrs.
.Cu!verton.
I've seen him twice at the foot Of my
bed in the night" said the girl, "and
though hc always, before me, has been
kind and pleasant locking, now he frowns
and looks angry. He beckons me to go
somewhere, and | don't dare, il the night
time"
you must" said Mrs. CulVerton. Il
know he will come again, aud Il sit with
you all night and SO where you go. It
may he of great use to US all, Jessie"
y shaa's be afraid, ma am, if I have
company" said Jessie, in the most mat
ter-ot-fact manner, and carried Out the
breakfast things.
All day they never spoke on the sub
ject, but on reEiring, Jessie found her
mistress in her bedroom wrapped In a
shawl
I'm ready, you see, she said. Ard
Jessie merely loosened some buttons and
hooks aud lay down, dressed.
Ten o'clock pss5ed-eleven-twelve.-
Mrs. Cuyerton began to doubt, when sud
denly she saw Jessie's eyes dilatc in
mos; peculiar manner, and, in an instant
more, the girl said ::
.Why here he is, ma'Gm y
There's no one there, said Mrs. Cul-
vorton.
"Oh, yes. ma am l sec him." said the
girl