The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-22

Weevll was at once in the grip OF the
officer. She was absolutely thunder
struck, and quite lost her presence of
mind. Without telling her anything OF
what had happened, Mr.. Burrows asked
for her son, the steward. At first she
bestated, then said he was Ill In bed.
NO." said Mr.. Burrows, she is not
in bed, but he is safe enough by this
time In the Police office; so you had
better just tell us all about It."
At this Mrs. Weevi entirely broke
down and confessed all. It Is unneces-
sary to repeat at length what the reader
can guess In great measure for himself;
but the sum Of her story was this
The mother, equally with her son,
hated Miss Roupel for despising his
addresses, and took the means we have
seen In order to drive each successive
tenant out Of her house. She also adj
mitted that after the sudden death of
Mrs. Roupel II was they who had spread
the stories charging foul play against
the daughter. In answer to question
from Mr.. Burrows, she confessed that IL
was she who had played the ghost on
the previous evenings but she had
never before shown herself to any one
who did not at once flee and quit the
house. My attempt to get hold of her,
therefore, had so alarmed her that she
had great difficulty in escaping and
next morning had gone to her son, and
told him she burst not play the part of
ghost any longer, as the present tenant
was likely to stand her ground, and they
would in that way be found out. They
were both enraged at thus being at last
bafIled in their long cherished course of
malicious practices against Mrs. Roupel
and her son determined to take out his
revenge upon me that night by first
frightening me and then robblng the
house, after which they were resolved to
take the first opportunity of quitting
that part of the country. Their cupidlty
had been aroused by the sight of some
trinkets in Indian jewelry which /
possessed hence the design to rob me.
In order to cover their purpose, the
old hag was sent to me with the story of
her son being ill; and as he had secret
means of access to the house, he readily
affected an entrance after he supposed
the family asleep. 1t was her son who
had first put her upon these evil prac-
tices-had brought the old surplice from
Lord B-'s house, in which either of
them as occasion offered, was in the
habit of terrifying the inmates, and thus
depriving the object of their hatred of
her chief means of livelihood.
Mr.. Burrows did not trouble to appre-
hend the old woman at that time; but
he took care that she should not leave
the country till after the trial of her son
for house breaking and felony, when
she had to appear against him as a
witness. He was found guilty and sent
to penal settlement. Mrs. Weevil
ashamed to show her face in the neigh
borhood, departed, no one knew whittier.
AS for the ghost story, as soon as its
salient points were known in the neigh
borhood, the house not only lost its bad
character, but L became for the time
quite kind of heroine, everybody prais-
ing my courage and sagacity. had the
pleasure, some weeks later, of entertain
ing in the house Mrs. Richard Egerton,
the former Miss Roupel, whom the
neighborhood, conscious of unjust con-
demnation, received with open arms.
After the term of my tenancy expired
the charming house let for a more suita-
BILE rent, and ever since believe it has
formed an adequate source of income to
its worthy owners.