The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-01

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A young English lady, who is said to
possess remarkable intelligence and he
reditary acumen, relates in Notes and
Queries the following strange personal
experience in an old Yorkshire man.
sion:
"What am going to relate" she
says. happened to myself while stay
ing with some North-country cousins,
last July, at their house in Yorkshire.
I had spent few days there in the
summer of the previous year, but with
out then hearing or seeing anything out
of the common. On my second visit,
arriving early in the afternoon, I went
out boating with some of the family.
spent very jolly evening, and finally
went to bed-a little tired, perhaps,
with the days work, but not the least
nervous. slept soundly until between
three and four, just when the day was
beginning to break. had been awake
for short time, when suddenly the
door of my bedroom opened and shut
again rather quickly. l fancied it might
be one of the servants. and called out,
Come in After short time the door
opened again, but no one came inst
least, no one that could see. Almost
at the same time that the door opened
for the second time, I WAS a little
startled by the rustling of some curtains
belonging to hanging wardrobe,
which stood by the side of the bed; the
rustling continued, and was seized
with most uncomfortable feeling, not
exactly of fright, but strange, un-
earthly sensation that was not
alolo. had had that feeling
for some minutes, when I saw at
the foot of the bed q child, about
seven or nine years old. The child
seemed as it it were on the bed, and
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night dress "a little girl with dark hair
and very white face. l tried to speak
to her, but could not. She came slowly
on to the top of the bed, and l then saw
her face clearly. She seemed in great
trouble; her hands were clasped, and
her eyes were turned up with look of
entreaty-an almost agonized look.
Then, slowly unclasping her hands, she
touched ME on tho shoulder. The hand
felt icy cold, and while 1 strove, to
speak she was gone. felt more fright
cned after the child was gone than be-
fore, and began to be very anxious for
the time when the servant would make
her appearance. Whether slept again
or not hardly know. But by the time
the servant did come had almost per-
suaded myself that the whole affair was
nothing but a very vivid nightmare.
However, when came down to break
fast there were many remarks made
about my not looking well; it was OBJ
served that was pale. In answer told
my cousins that had had very vivid
nightmare, and remarked, if l was a
believer in ghosts should imagine
had seen one. Nothing more was said
at the time upon this subject. except
that my host, who was doctor, OBJ
served that l had better not sleep in
the room again, at least not alone.
$50 the following night one of my
cousins slept in the same room with me.
Neither of us saw or heard anything
out of the way during that night or the
early morning. That being the case,
l persuaded myself that what 1 had
seen had been only imagination, and,
much against eyerybody's expressed
wish, l insisted the next night on Sleep
ing in the room again, and alone. Ac-
cordingly. having retired to the same
room, Twas kneeling down at the bedside
to say my prayers, when exactly the same
dread as before came over me. The
curtains of the wardrobe swayed about,
and l had the same sensation as
previously that was not alone. I felt
too frightened to stir, when luckily for
me, one of my cousins came in for some
thing which she had left. On looking
ut me she exclaimed, Have you seen
anythi.g?' said No. but told her
how felt; and, without much persua-
3An her; and fSSss7eF fe1hdffhtaH taoc i it:
When my hostess learned what had
happened Gas she did immediately she
told me l must not sleep in that room
again, as the nightmare had made such
an impression on me. should imag-
inc, she said, all sorts of things, and
make myself quite ill. went to an
other room, and during the rest of my
vista week--I was not troubled bv
any temperance of the little girl.
"On leaving, my cousin, the eldest
daughter of the doctor, went on visit
With me to the house of an uncle of
mine in the same county. We stayed
there for about fortnight, and during
that time the little girl was alluded to
only as my nightmare
"In this l afterward found there was
. little rcticencc, for, just before leav-
ing my uncle's, my cousin said to me:
must tell you something have been
longing to tell you ever since 1 left
home. But my father desired me not
to tell you, as, not being very strong.
you might be too frightened. Your
was not nightmare at all,
but the apparition of a little girl She
then went on to tell me that this little
girl had been seen three times before,
BY three different members of the fam
lily, but as this was some nine or ten
years since, they had almost ceased to
think anything about it until 1 related
my experiences on the morning after
the first night ofmy second visit.
my cousin went further on to tell
me that her younger sister whilst in bed
had one morning, about daybreak, to
her great surprise, seen little girl with
dark hair, standing with her back to
her. looking out Of the window. She
took this figure for her little sister, and
spoke to it. The child not replying or
moving from her position, she called
put to it, It's no use standing like that;
know you; you can't play tricks with
me- On looking round, however, she
raw that her little sister, the one she
thought she was addressing, and who
vas sleeping with her, had not moved
rom the bed. Almost at the same time
he child passed from the window into the
Dom of her (my cousin's) sister A.,
md the latter, as she afterward declared.
distinctly saw the figure of child with
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