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

| cOulu possibly nave entered tnelr room IN the
middle of Che night, describing the strange
dress and appearance of the visitor. Mrs. s.
r. started and turned pale. She remembered
that very night was the date of the
! yearly appearance of Lady T., which, in
the sudden arrival of her friends, she had
! forgotten.
The following incident occurred in Rut-
landshire about twenty years ago, and was
related to the writer by the wife of one of
our bishops:-
Mr.. and Mrs Z. were then young people,
and the future episcopus was glad to accept
country curacy near his fathers residence
A small house was taken in the parish on
a four years lease After six months resi-
dence, Mrs. e. one Sunday morning ac-
cidentally remained at home during church
hours, and was sitting in her bedroom. All
the household had gone to church save the
! cook who was in distant part of the house,
cooking. Under Mrs, e. IS bedroom was
drawing-room, which was only partially fur
nished, and therefore rarely used 1t was at
! that time locked up, the windows fastened,
the shutters shut, and the blinds drawn down.
| Suddenly Mrs. E. was disturbed by hearing a
confusion of noises in the room below; the
door slammed repeatedly, the windows
thrown up and down, the blinds noisily
pulled, the furniture drawn about the room,
in fact every evidence of the presence of a
large and noisy party. Mrs. E. at once rang
the bell, which was duly answered by the
cook.
''Who on earth is in the room below? Who
has unlocked the door?" she inquired
''No one, maam," replied the'cook; ''no
one is in the house but myself, and 1 am
busy in the kitchen"
Impossible, go down and see; there is
large party in the drawIng-room."
The cook went and returned.
''The door, ma am, was locked; unfastened
it; the windows and shutters are shut, the
blinds down, the furniture unmoved."
Mrs. e. dismissed the cook, and pondered.
Some time after this she sat more in the
drawing-room, the season being summer.
When alone there she heard the same noises
in the room overhead, that is, in her bed
room; chairs were dragged about, the fire
(when there were no Goals in the grate) vio-
lently poked, and the sound of feet was
plainly audible walking in and about the
room. Mrs. E. had not the courage to in
vestigate these noises as the cook had done,
but when she did go to her room everything
was in its accustomed place.
At first these noises were of rare occur
renee; as time went on hardly week elapsed
without their occurrence, and Mrs. E.,
though by no means nervous woman, felt
really uncomfortable. Noises, too, came to
be heard in other parts of the house, and the
servants became alarmed. There was
small room, intended for q school-room near
the offices, where the servants sat; at one end
was window and on the left side a door;
along the window side of the wall curtain,
drawn at night, covered both window
and wall. The servants were sitting
in the room one evening by esudle-light,
when the curtain rustled in a manner to
draw their attention, and as they looked,
behind it was distinctly seen by all the i'm
press of form, passing between the curtain
and the wall, and holding off the curtain by
the left arm. AS this unseen form passed the
opening of the curtains hand appeared for
an instant on the dark stuff, and moment
after all those present were conscious that a
something which rustled in moving had
passed out of the room by the door from the
curtain, and that the room on that side be-
came intensely cold. The servants all saw
and heard this visitation. The lease of the
house being nearly ended, the Els left it.
Mrs. E. says that nothing would have induced
her to remain there any longer, for that both
her husband and herself believed that the
house was haunted.
The writer cannot of course guarantee
what the servants saw; but, as forming a Sc
quel to Mrs. E. S story, it has been related.
What follows is given in the words of the
lady herself, Miss Jones, now Mrs. Hartford,
of Stapleton Manor-house, near BRISTOL
nNo III d AhISo, Olu uOuS0 III
| the country, built some time in the fourteenth
century, according to date found on an old
! beam in the roof some years ago by a work
man who was employed to repair it. The
two lower floors are wainscoted, and blow
on the walls causes a hollow sound, sugges-
tive of places of concealment, which doubt
less would be discovered if the panels were
removed. The house has the character of
being haunted. Indeed, strange and unac-
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rious parts of it. Singular lights have also
been seen, not only by the domestics, but
by visitors. l shall, however, confne my
self to one instance, of which / was
spectator. The bedroom, which still oc-
cupy, where this circumstance took place,
is on the third floor. 1t is large room with
bow windows, and at that time contained two
beds. An invalid sister and 1 shared the
larger and another sister occupied the smaller
bed. We always burned a night-light in the
room. At the end of October in the year
1854, was one night awakened suddenly
by some noise, and being perfectly awake, L
saw female figure pass slowly across the foot
of the bed, going towards the windows. 1t
moved so deliberately that had time to con-
slider who it could be, while it was before my
eyes. A slight figure, and a fair sad face,
dressed in a white cap, and apparently a
white night-dress. 1t was sufficiently like
the sister in my bed to make me think it was
she, as / had no idea of its being anything
supernatural, and 1 only thought she was
taken ill. But checked the intention felt
at first to speak to her, as she had great
dislike to being watched, and turned round,
not to have the appearance of doing So when
to my surprise and alarm 1 saw her calualy
sleeping by my side. / then got immedi-
ately out of bed, and carefully searched the
room. The door was bolted, and L looked be-
hind the curtains. This room is papered,