Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
An Imperial ApparitiOn.

A correspondent of tho Boston Adver-
tiser, writing from Heidelburg, tells this
marrow-freezing tale Of ghost in the
Queens bel.cbamber:
l lately heard story, which is good
enough to repeat, if it has not got to
Anne RIGA already. The Emperor Of Aus.
tria 10 81 man with whom one can talk"
80 j. was said to me; no: great ,nan pro-
bsbly, but neither fool nor o fanatic.
His neither, however, wae..a Jesuit to the
core she, while she lived, ruled the
Empire, in fact, though not in name, and
did 50 with the strictest submission to her
" holy" advisers. But q while ago she
died, Us even good people will do, and her
pious counsellors began to 500 clouds
rising in the, sky which had been fair for
them so long. They meditated upon the
matter, and this is what came Of It: Ono
night the sentinel who was stationed at
the door Of tho deceased lacy's apartments
had !. surprise. just ut midnight the door
opened, rs if Of itself, and there appeared
veri,able ghost-an imposing, majestic,
terrible woman ghost! Angels and min.
listers Of grace defend US! The poor fol.
low was unequal to the occasion. He
flung his gun aside and fled for dear life
rushed to his immediate superior with
pale face staring eyes, shaking knees and
chattering teeth, and told his story. This
ono the mex. morning repeated to the next
above him, and this to the next, and ~ il
reached the chief officer of tho court
The last PANIED called the sentinel before
him aud said: "Tell me now the exact
truth about that affair"
Tho other told his story AZ before.
"Tell me the TRUTH cried the officer
with the sternest tone and look; "truth il
you love your life."
"Were you to cut my head of, could
say nothing different" answered tho SOL
dicr.
Another watch was placed before the
door, and gems: Parmes Stationed in the ad
jacent passages. On tho third night fol-
lowing that supernatural appearance, the
fearful phenomenon recu1ed. Again the
door seemed to open of itself; the sentinel
saw his appalling visitor issuing through
it and advancing slowly upon him, spectral
stately, severe. Like trne soldier he
kept bis post; but the duty that command
ed his will could not commaud the cul
rents Of his blood, and he went off in q
dead swoon. The ghost was . second
time left in possession Of the field, but con.
siderately spared the gems darmes, and
did not visit them. A few nights sfter
ward her ghostship appeared quite uuex.
pectedly ir quite different part of the
palace. a young sentinel, one or two
and twenty years OF ago, saw her snper.
naturalness approach he slipped quietly
behind pillar and waited; when tht
dread vision was within some ton PAGES
out dared the young fellow from behind
the pillar, aud made . bayonet chare,
full upon it! Who could have anticipated
such heathenish procedure in . Chris
tan land? The imperial ghostess turnet
and fled! Fidelity to truth compels on,
to add that in flying the spectre struck tn
floor with hard steps, and, moreover
mado = display Of log not altogethe
womanly. The young soldier pursued
gained uponi,, came up with it, thrust hi
bayoEet straight through it without q
much as saying, by your leave when 10
q cry in no feminine voice, a fall upon tn
ground, and the rush of red blood! tn
affair was hushed up; and when next it
desired to produce On impression on tb
mind Of the Kaiser by evoking bis mother
ghost, that Jesuit father will not a,,pea
| as her DrOxv.