The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-26

she tired to persuade her that sue mad seen
one of the servants coming out of the room;
but she persistently declared it did not re-
semble any one in the house. have not
heard of the same apparition having been
seen by any person since that time, though
noises still continue to disturb at times the
members of our household"
@. Abbey, in Cheshire, the ancestral seat
of the Q. Family, is the next scene to which
the writer will invite the readers attention.
The old part of this fine old mansion has
been made into bedrooms and offices, not
being in keeping with the splendor of modern
requiem ents. Thus, what used to be called
the "coved saloon" was first degraded into
nursery, and is now used as
bedroom. When the late Lord @. grew
old, this room, in which he had played as a
child, was occupied by his niece, Miss P,
who before her marriage resided in the
house. Lady c.. dressing-room was only
divided from the 'coved saloon" by short
corridor.
One evening Miss P. was alone dressing
for a very late dinner, and as she rose fro n
her toilet-glass to get some article of dress,
she saw standing near her bed-a little iron
one, placed out in the room away from the
wall-the figure of q child dressed in a very
quaint frock, with an odd little ruff round its
neck. For some moments Miss p. stood aud
stared, wondering how this strange little cres-
ture could have entered her room. The full
glare of the candles was upon its face and
figure. AS she stood looking at it, the child
began running round and round the bed in
wild distressed way, with a look of suffering
in its little face.
Miss p, still more and more surprised,
walked up to the bed and stretched out her
hand, when the child suddenly vanished, how
or where she did not see, but apparently into
the floor. She went at once to Lady @.
room, and inquired of her to whom the lit
tie girl could belong whom she had just seen
In her room, expressing her belief that it was
supernatural, and describing her odd dress
and troubled face.
The ladies went down to dinner, for many
guests were staying In the house. Lady
Q. thought and thought over this strange
appearance. At last she remembered that
Lord O. hadtold her that one of his earliest
recollections was the grief he felt at the
sudden death of a little sister of whom he
was very fond, fourteen years old. The
two children had been playing together in the
nursery-the same ''coved saloon," running
around and around the bed-over-night. In
the morning when he woke he was told she
had died in the night, and he was taken 10y
one OF the nursery-maids to see her laid out
on her little bed in the ''coved saloon" The
sheet placed over her was removed to show
him her face. The horror he had felt at the
first sight of death made so vivid an impress
recalled it. The dress and face of the child,
as described by Miss p, agreed precisely with
his remembrance of his sister. Both Lady @.
and Miss z. related this to the writer.
DIR. Gason, physician resident at Rome
very old and esteemed friend, told the writer
what follows
81 was called to attend an English girl
in Rome, Miss p, living with her aunt, Mrs.
Evans. From the first saw it was case that
L pfa fal
in my patient, and attended her more as a
friend, at last than as a doctor. When she
became worse my wife and took turns to sit
up during part of the night, SO as to allow
Mrs. Evans to have some hours rest.
II was sitting, about in the morning. in
the salon of the apartments occupied by
these ladies. Like many small apartments
abroad the bedrooms opened from this CEN
tral room. On my left was Mrs. Evans
room, where she then lay asleep. On
the right was my poor patients room.
Both doors were open to enable me to hear
the one and call the other. 1 was sitting
in the furthest part of the salon, which
was lighted by lamp. I was as wide awake
as I am now. l had just turned up the lamp,
thinking that it grew dim, when L
saw figure dressed in white pass out from
Mrs. Evans door into Miss p 8 room. As it
slowly moved along the other end of the
salon from where L sat, did not distinctly
see the face or features, but the unusual
dress, and shadowy look about the figure,
which glided rather than walked surprised
me. 1 concluded, however, as 1 sat looking
at it in the somewhat dim light, that it must
be Mrs. Evans who had gone to lcok at her
poor niece, dressed in some bedroom toilet
new to me.
''But, as she did not return, 1 rose and
looked into her door. Mrs. Evans was fast
asleep in her bed. L then went into Miss
p. s room, who lay in troubled doze.
II was shocked at the sudden change in
her appearance since 1 saw her an hour
before. Death was in her face, which had
from white turned now to an ashy grey color.
About o'clock called up her aunt to take
my place,
ing, i could not help questioning Mrs. Evans
as to whether she had gone late into her
nieees room. 1T was not L, she replied. Il
never moved from the time lay down until
! you called me-.
''When went into Miss p. 'sroom, she was
sinking rapidly. She clasped my hand with
all her remaining strength, and began speak
ing quickly, but very indistinctly. 1 under
stood her to say, oh, DIR. CASTOR, am so
glad you are come-I can die now-I have
something to tell you-a white figure
in the night-the figure Of. Oh,
! figure These words were repeated
many times; but the poer girl spoke so low,
and she breathed with such difficulty, that it
was impossible for me to catch her meaning
Most painful was the struggle to tell me what
was on her mind. To the last she held nv
hand, and her lips moved, but no sound came
from them, and in half an hour she was dead"
Mrs. p. is family cOnnexion. She was
living with her husband at their country