The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-01
Ono Ghost Explained.

In famous haunted house on the road De
tween Yeltc.y Springs aud Xe4i;a, o., super
s.i,,ous exhibitions were NoecisIly noted.
The people throughout that rc9a0n hcSsta1ed
TO sIeak about the place, and Ills peeil'iari-
ties were mentioned in whispers. HeH&ci
nv curiosity was aiOiI>ctL aud a!tri prepaf-
ing nlNSca 10 resist any da,Eser tEst 'hlt"h1
occur nom the prcscuee oil desperate chafac-
tiers, psoccrdcd TO the eolsc2 ;sDd provid@l
IN excellent I.oiDt tor riewin" the premises.
/, would have been iellons tuslness 10
wait until midnight, the time when CHESTS
are said 10 appeal. Bot i CA not nave 10
wait so long About eleven O'Clock warm
stream Of ar blew up from tise South'f|cr a
Gle / and quarter Of mile or mere OIL
rich. black, warm Bottom land. As the
yapor struck the hillside ut CONDENSED, and
little fl, Ing balloons OF mist flew hitter and
fli;her. The warm air lin@crcd OYER and
frmcnted an old pUc Of C lmpost, decay ing
stIaW. ard few old boards that were lying
about. Thcn there aro-c Il vapornuS, lum!-
nous body, which, with its !'tSc on the
ground, AID coniciI or round, 1cry, cloud
like head in the ai:, took the <hapc oil Il
woman. Crimson lnd HvlG bood'uke spots
and freaks were about her neck ana seal
tered over her dress. She waved her hands.
and ncr hair iloaicd about in clouds oil li@ht,
while her EYES FILTERED like the cold moon.
Rising slnw!y iIDm her hdeous bed. tie
spectre moved hithcr and th;ther is II the
wind ioycd With her, and she cared not
viii her she was iaben. At last she starlt
AZ II to visit me in my retreat. Then, turning
Il corner Of HE Stlhle she nearly disappear
ed, there bcif z nothing lett visible but long
.dirtv.wuitc tlail. In moment the PHANTOM
turned again, and crept into the broken door
way. STOPPING - she retired
Several minutes elapsed, and concluding
that She bad collapsed or worn ont her Va
porous strcL 9Th. was in the act of leaving
the place when she came through the open
in" of the duorwaY and eroS'iCcS between the
log. Then, after walking or lloalng about
awhile. Ter light vent oArt and she became
thinner, and fnalr disappeared. The shape
OF the appal tiou Was such that II was easy
for an i'm l.iua'ye person to ste in it the
form of sadtaccd or argry-cycd, restless
woman. Then how easy TO create i Legend
filled with details Of Il mysterious murder,
and make this The unhappy victim, whose
shadow must haunt the place OF her taxing
off until her mancS are appca>cd III some
lryal and effective uanncr. But my tVl-
deuce makes this basclesS fabric OF VISION
the mere result OF the yaporUus CIVILIZATIONS
o; cutfipu>t-pc. l had Il very fine pair oil
field. glasses, aud could sec clearly the effects
produ' cd by the stream OF air when II came
in cont2c, with the compost. The vapor hc-
gan at that moment To arise, and ihls result
woulI occur in all seasons. Then the luml-
nous jets and yaricgatcd colol> sprang up
from The warm laboratory wherein nature ;
chemistry was al work, and finally the TIM,
>aporou> cloud, which really had not any
definite >lrip., naS carried al the caprice OF
tue soft zephyr wind which fitted about,
but did not blow sufficiently strong to carry
this heavier body out OF tbcIc@uar dratiglitS
through the openings OF the diIapidaied
hou>c.-FrDm " SnptrSh!iOuS L'ed"htY,"
hy L. f. N0gic, IN L,ppt"cotfS N0ga2t"cJW'
July.