The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-18
A 81 Ghost - Found Out.


human nerves originate in mystery. OBJ
jects are trembled at simply because
they are unknown or half known, and
causes are fancied in fear, with an
almost instructive leaning towards the
supernatural. Few cases of "haunted"
houses have been known where patient
INQUIRY ard search could not lay the
ghost :" and the following story, told OF
the old baronial castles in the north of
EneIand-the favorite abode eff ghosts
shows how extremely simple the SOLD
ton of most frightful mystery may
become.
Not many years ago the property de-
scended to branch of the female line
one of the heroes of WATERFOWL
nothing dauuted, was determined to
make this castle his place of residence.
As the noises were a subject of real ter
ror to his tenantry, he resolved to sleep
in the castle on the night he took pos
session, in order to do away with these
superstitious fears.
Not a habitable room could be found,
except the one occupied by the old gar
dener and his wife in the western turret,
and he ordered his campbell to be set
up in that apartment.
It was in the autumn. At night fall
he repaired to the gloomy room above,
leaving his servant, to Lis no sm all COM
fort, at the village inn. After having
found everything comfortably provided,
he turned the large old rusted key upon
the gardener and his wife, who took
leave of him to lodge at farm hard by.
It was one of those nights which are
checkered with occasional CLEANS OF
moonshine and darkness, when the
clouds are riding on a high wind. He
slept pretty well for the first two hours.
Then he was awakened by low, noun
full sound that ran through the apart
ments. This warned him to be up and
accoutred.
He descended the turret stairs with q
brilliant light, which, on coming to the
ground floor, cast gigantic shadow OF
himself upon the high embattled walls.
Here he stood and listened. Presently
q hollow moan ran through the long cor
ridor and died away. This was followed
by one of a higher key, sort of scream,
which directed his footsteps with more
certainty to the spot.
Pursuing the sounds, he found him
self in the great hall of his ancestors,
and vaulting upon the large oaken table,
set down his lamp, and, folding his cloak
about him, determined to wait for all
that was terrible. The night, which had
been stormy, suddenly became still. The
dark, fitting clouds had sunk beneath
the horizon, and the moon threw her
silvery light through the chinks of the
moldering pile. As our hero had spent
the morning in the chase, sleep came
unbidden, and he fell asleep upon the
table.
His dream was short, for near him
issued hoErid groan. Amazed. he
started up, and sprang OF the unseen
voice, thrusting with powerful blow
his sword in the arraa. The blade was
fast, and held him to the spot. Behind
the waving folds there lay the cause con-
cealed. He left his sword and retraced
his steps to the turret.
When morning came, a welcome crowd
greeting him, asked if lie had met the
ghost.
"Oh, yes," replied the knight, "dead
as door-nail behind the screen he lies,
where nay sword has pinned him fast.
Bring the wrenching- bar, and we'll Laul
the disturber out.
With such leader, and broad day to
boot, the valiant throng tore down. the
screen where the sword was fixed when
10 !! in the recess lay the fragments of a
chapel organ, and the square wooden
trunks, make for hallowed sounds, were
used as props to stay the work when the
hall was coated round with oak.
The wondering clowns laughed aloud
at the mysterious voice. 1t was tae
northern blast that found its way
through the orannies of the wall to the
grooming pipes, that had alarmed the
country around for q century past,