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silken dress. and the same light but rapid
football ascended the stairway. Swiftly it
swept by him, and was once more lost in
the silence of the deserted chamber.
Not an hour afterward :hc noisy carni-
val began again in the lower story. Again
the woodlIousc door was battered down.
the kitchen window broken in. the chairs
tossed about. and the stove thrown across
the room with crasl, that shook the
building. The man of the house listened
fora while, but he had begun to suspect
the character of his nocturnal disturbers.
and, with the philosophical reflection that
he could endure the racket as long as they
could, he closed his eyes and went sound
ly to sleep till morning.
The noises were continued with some
slight variations, till far into April. Then
they subsidized tor time, but only to
break ont again with greater Violence
Every night for a long time, the carriage
came to the door, the bell rang. and the
light football went up lhc stairway, and
every day heavy tread echoed in the IL,
brarv. Then these sounJs ceased and d
woman was heard weeping and lamcnting.
Then this went away aud there was n
shoyeing of earth in the cellar, the graf
ing of saw in the woodhonsc. the falling
of the door. ana the noise OF the axe. hcw-
ing it in pieces; and thea the general let
ting loose Of all the gliostly artillery -
There WAS method i'll these manifesto
tions Who knows but thcs were the
terrible refrain of some awful tr gedy
which, first enacted here, was being re-
pcatcd in eternity
Space would fail me if | were to recount
all the strange sights and sounds which
now fol four years have been seen and
heard in this pcrtnrbed dpmicie. Unless
my own senses have been deceived, and a
multitude of good men and women have
borne false witness, all the.laws which gov
ern wcll-regulated matter have here been
set at defiance aud some unknown agcn-
cr has demonstrated that there are more,
many more things III heaven and earth
than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
In broad day wood is split by an invisible
axe; doors are opened, and furniture dis
placed by invisible hands and at dead OF
night the house is shaken when there is nc
wind; earth is uptdrned and graves are
dng without shovel or spade; unnatural
means and laughter ISSUE frou unoccupied
apartments; and the whole building is at
times SO Illuminated by spectral lights
dancing from room to room that passcrs by
on the road rush to the door, thinking the
house on fire and the lives of Its inmate.
i'll danger.
Bat somewhat similar things arc related
of other houses tat have been haunted.
and therefore need detail only such Incl
dents as cast some light-it may be dim
un-rclyious one-thc unhappy history OF
the original tenants of the cnttase.
On one occasion. when the lady of tn,
house WAS sitting alone in her room in tn,
DAYTIME, she experienced an indescribabl,
sensation as of Il palpable but invisible hu
man presence. In II few minutes she dis
tincty saw the sha sowy figure of mar
glide along the wall and disappear through
the closed window. His form, features
and clothing were wildly Impressed on hcl
memory, and not long aitcrward she de-
scribcd them to the aged woman who form
erlv served in the family. She recognized
them at oace as those of her old master
Mary times since the same man has been
seen by her and by others emerging from
the guest chamber. or from the room whicl
was formerly the library. and passing slow
" through the hall and out at the from
doorway with his head down and Ills hand.
behind him.
One day the same lady was ironing n
the kitchen table when her attention wa,
arrested by a sound like the whctting Of =
knife ON flint stone in the pantry. Lay
ing the flat iron down softly she suddenly
opened the door of Tie pantry: hut no knife
aud no stone were there and the soun,
ceased suddenly. On another day. Will,
she was in the kitchen. she heard the graf
in@ OF IL SAN III the adjoining wood room
but ON opening the door she found the WOO,
untouched and the SAW hanging idly on it
pc. BY the window. Again, while in low
cr rooa Of IL summer afternoon, she hear,
loud sobS and moans issuing apparcntl,
frnm the empty upper chamber. which il
said to have been occupied by the Cover
ness Going softly up the stairs she open
ed the door, and in tia, moment all was 81
lence. After this time and again, she an,
her husband heard the same sounds comm,
from the same empty chamber; but the,
went aboat their work ana left the unquic
spirit alone with its sorrow. Many time,
at midnight the man of the house has beer
aroused by soaud like the shovrlling o
earth in the cellar; but going down ha'
found nothing but darkness.
Hundreds of curious people have visited
the house in the hope to explore the mys
tery OF the strange noises. and among thea
is respectable lady living in the neighhor.
hood who is said to have the gift of spirit
vision. Once she came with Il male frirnt
to watch tlrou.l the night, and her com
paniou relates that not far from midniSh
they heard the same shovelling Of earth il
the cellar. lie rose to ascertain the Origin
of the sounds, but she held him back. say,
iug. Don't go; it is the tall dark man; h,
murdered The same night they hear,
loo,steps in the Hall, aud sounds oi a wo II
an Weeping. As they opened the door th
sounds ceased, but the lady states that tn
spectre woman kept on III her walk, wing
ig her hands, and every now aud thcl
liung her eyes lnplorinSly to heaven -
She had Il qaeenly figure, n beautiful bu
paliid face, IA wealth OF dark brown aaii
and wore II flowing dress of black silk. wit
heavily frinsed black mantle. For ha
an hour she walked there; then slowly ST.
wrlnsims her hands, she went up the stair
ease. This was long before the old srrvm
had been discovered, or anything was def
nitcly known of tho history of the torme
/ tenants Of the haunted do ncilc.
Not long after this another lady, who
also said 10 have the gift of spirit sight
visited the house in the daytime. in conpa
ny with two female companions. She re
lates that she lna no sooner crossed th
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ttnl woman in a flowing gray rube. wh