The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-12


Burn ssas's fsssss q happy bloom. oe
yor .Psns Rae see iSs sSs cssias, hear blue.
And Usses tho echo of her voice in rippl,ns
-Masuarse Esfsnos.
some GHOST STORIES UNVEILED.
1t ID undeniable that there are many
sober-minded people. not In general
disposed to be cfeduloua or supersti-
tious, who yet. entertain . hrm convio-
ton that they have come across the
supernatural In some shape or other,
and that under circumstances in which
they had as little reason to doubt the
evidence of their senses - in the most
A weli.known witty English divine
oncS remarked that tho best and most
easonAblo-because most Convincing
way Of combating the foolish fancy
commonly known a. s.ss6111ut tnYAooe44
is to make public AL well-authenticated
instances where such stories have been
unveiled" The following narratives,
communicated by various contributors.
may serve - turthee eillustrstions s-pl Nhe
truth, that nokhiuR q the appak SGkly
supernatural should be received which
has not been submitted to tho test OF
Ono splendid afternoon OF . glorious
summer eet out on walk from
Eythorne to Deal, . distance OF Sosne
ak miles. ] took particular note ~ I
strange 70 smsEoi al tSs isnl lmari;,
such - churches, farmhouses, the
bendings Of the road, etc.. thinking
that should probably havs t1uaAks g
least part OF my return walk after dark,
though sure Of . suliiciency Of light II
the moon were only shining. ] reached
beauty OF III afssrSoon md stsns
intended. Sea and land lay bathed
In the warm, golden sunshine, the sky
Of the brightest blue, unneokod, by .
cloud. and the sea almost equally blue.
I fingered by the shore until the
lengt6ening shadows began to warn me
thai should ind the niSht dyswing on
oissss q Nsi &sstsnise sieSf. ssss,
without any douhf OF my way. and
mounting the r. land at the back OF
the town. found tie moon wAs already
shedding It. light over the scsue. and ]
looked forward TO . delightful walk
homo; whom suddenly . dense sea-foG
rolled In from the bay. which soon On,
yeloped the land. obsouring every OBJ
ject and even obliterating the light OF
The moon, sAve for OCCASIONAL riits In
the iog - Il rolled rapidly inland. I
soon became very doubtful OF my way.
- the notes had carefully taken Of
landmArb were now pseless. 8pt
tradgod along. knowing I wa pursuing
At least IN onward course. till emerged
upon much higher ground. and was
thankful to ind that the fog was losing
its density and tha moon recovering iSs
light. lnqulring q . cottage whore I
saw light h the bedroom, found that
had come right, Andshould soon strike
the hlgh-guad hon Sandwich % Dover.
Aller thls the tog seemed 10 IN. the
moon shoue out Mighty, . light hase
only remaining over the loWeySlyipg
country. and I oooa found mysele ooln-
fortnbly nearing Eythorue. -
The road Into Eythorne from the
Dover Road turns at right angles. and
- straight and rather descendinS. %
that duriugs the day, OF On q fne moon
light night, objecls can Sbs 3ssn for .
lo1g, distanoe. The moon, he'd. now
risin !, oonildc and the whole
country 1ay. clearly revealed-she road
to Eythorne, INTO when I had now
turned. especially %. being eAalky. I
had not gone many PAGES when i saw,
some diGtance on before me. . gleAntic
figure IN white, apparently at least tan
tssts high. I eould 80. too. that ie was
moving. not towards mo, but from me.
! watched Il narrowly for . few min
utes. to satisfy myself that Il was NO
momantary impreseion; but theFe -
sursdly Il was, white. spectral, gieaatlc
-and moving. ~ Sss ~
Ny first thought was to beat . re-
treat, take the Dover Road again and
return into Eythorne through Walder-
share Park; but - this would have
greatly Heightened the time ct which I
wished 70 Be home, and - I had al
ready proved the park ct night to be .
ditI3Cult route, and bad had some un-
pleasant experiences therein. made up
my mind rapidly hatthere was nothing
for it but 70 face the specter or what
ever Il might be, f" Tor better, for
worse.". Now, / thought b al my
Wanted unbelief in the supernatural to
be put 70 the test and perhaps to be
shaken down in some dreadfully un-
pleasant manner. confess felt many
. qualm - the tall figure stalked on
bolore me; but - 1 had now fully ms4e
up my mind TO fnd out Whist It was, II
I could, I quickened MY pece. almost
running under the exoitemenk A !
neared and waaevidentiy overtaking Il,
/ noticed that IL seemed rather 20
lessen in its propoit tions, and this
continued - got nearer and
nearer. II was stsll. however, out
OF al human proportion; bat at
this point - I more leisurely
looked about me, began to observe
that the moro familiar objects known 70
me-, the cottages by the roadside. the
park gates. eto., looked unusually large
also. and - passed them. ,resumed
their natural size. This at once bes
came clue 70 me. and I determined
not to lose the chance OF unraveling
the mystery Of the white figure, still
some distance before me. A I got
rapidly near Il. It - rapidly dscreased
in size, till st lsngth-l must say much
to my rsiisf-l found Il 10 b nothing
more than . country girl Ia . light
dress quietly pursuing her way home
Thus. then. I discovered that the g.
gantlc ePocter OF my wax Wa IN onect
due in some way 70 the combined &C.
tion Of the mooobeams and the haze
in nagnifying al objects looked a., at
. certain distance or angle. and n this
resembling the mist Spectsrs o1 the
Brocken and other mountains.
Now, u 4 evident. II ! had not been
compelled 70 face and investigate the
matter. / should have continued 70 be-
lieve to this dAy-despite my unwilling
ness to do so-that 1 had certainly seen
. specter upon such evidence Of my
own senses q I could not doubt. The
occurrences has served me in good
stead ever since. q . useful lesson, in
ducing me TO pause in accepting appar-
entity Inexplicsble phenomena without
the most rigid Investigations. s,.i 80 81
Iwss passing the Christmas HOLIDAYS