, 1869-10-10
THE GHOST STORY OF pLlNY
THE YOUNGER.

Whom Va. lhH nfst 4bast story tal,ts Al what
tefnai ~ me ~ntlt'r t'!t4nry d!1 tAn anlnts VI
an ~, e ,s.Sr ~" s tsx -. sw s!,s;
la.. W caunoi ielI Ana ia.,sai II roi'a*,ias
translation u aosl s.ry, pnit'.i s,p, cunplnle.
~ ~" '"sneT:'shle aga bt' etuhloss. cAut,r,ns,
...wn 10 ttFr,dul Tho naltn philosopher lrlny, NJ
tihrlat1au.hA'tnx reputation. thai 10 wl0ta " h!a
fIlcsn BuFA, tha EoflanI to ask wttrthng Il soltn
i,a ttie+ M r1aelly dues thls story correspond
IN aIl lhb Rha,s''J elements tu authrnIit mar.
rsu'es which Ih'tht,Ata lho wssto. paper haskuta
cAuoot think I. the 1ssI attempt VI the inyeullon
~ Ibis direction. &t,ets Ipazt hAyo lived botofe
linner and dealers 10 the supernatural must have
Tort thb lime OF IlIny = Informant. We uett Ettn
Rlosts IN ths - ''ll!al," and Eschylus twtcs INTRO.
,iusea luce, them on he stage; Indeed: the belief In
thAt, lHtIl a man was deceDily hurei, old Cnaron
woui NOT convey hla soul Rcrohs tho Shiny Atyx,
hnt 1eft It 10 squeak aud xiuber on this side tue
stream. Hence IT was considered greater cr,ne
Al Athens TO leave parent uns'ut1td than To A.
low him 70 stazve TO death. And that beauufu!
death ra.ber Than leave her bro;hess corpss IN
buried, had lar greater charm 10 Pagan Athens
than II can have In chrtttian England but we IRE
the twenty y-rsventh eplste Of The seventh BOOK oi
There was, VI Athena house, largo aud sps-
light these was 10 be hesni IN 1t she rafting
of iron. snd II you listened mosr atteptlselr, the
clash Of chana. nrst at distance, then harsi-hy.
Presently there appeared q ghusL-an Old maa,
lean anu eqnalid, With long beard and rough nstr-
lie carried fettet1 on his legs And gJves on hts
every hight Vas spent in w.trfai terror BY
the lnbaGlfants. Sickness followed vtK1ls, and
death Sickness For even during the day time,
ion Il cinng 70 them, hen ssa the terror n l.ste,i
longer than that which c8uset IL AccordtnQly
the house was desert+d, condemned to solitude,
verified, nevertheless, to be let ur soli, III case
angone, not tRoElng The circumstances, should
Alhenodorus, the philosopher, came 10 Athens,
read The notice, ASKED the terms, and, hAviot his
susplcons rouaea " the low price, made Inquiries
as 20 es
When evening drew near, be oniern bis couch
to he placed 1n the ffoat room. calls Tor writing
dants, and desotes hla astention-eyea, head and
hauds-to writing, lest his mind, being unen.
ploycd. should oonjure up lancied sights aud
At ntst there was the silence Of night, deep a.
elsewhere then the clash Of Iton and the rattilnG
Of chalne. lie neither raised bis eyes nor relaxed
his style, but liked his attention upou aM VOTE.
The cltnk grew louder, came nearer. and so0aded,
now n the door, nowwllntn the Foon- He iootl
stood sc: | and T Sselonea with IL hand, a. calling
him. lie made sign with nts finger for u % ~ait
i..e md ,san IT, sestiea aorn 20 nts tablets ena
lie looked up aRAln, making tho same stgn ~ BE-
fore, and without further deiAy took the
| canIle md followed. Il walked with s;ow step,
rs II weighed win tie chalna After turning
into 1he courtyard o: the house. It suddenly
slipped into the earth and disappearei Lie p!lsa
some weeds and leaves to marx the spot, and. tne
uext day, going to The mAglAIa1es, airtsed them
| 10 order the place to be excavalel. a Skeleton
HaB found, lhe neah all waited RwAv ty patrefac.
| tion, aud the bare bones bound IN fetters and
chains. It Wa taken up and publicly buried; aud
after that the house Wa no more troubled
,ty,e was . substitute for a pen; II was u,ed Il
write OF wooden tablet, covered With thin coating u
wax. and therefore bad only one sharp point