Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-08-31

possessed natural horror that | wanted,
II possible, to forget The remainder Of
my journey was taken without anything
happening worthy Of mention, and At
last | Was left at my unele's door, thank
fui 10 DO thera under any circumstances,
found tbs family kind aud tender IN
their reception Of me, aud while | lay
for week afterward, thoroughly worn
out by tho fatigue Of tho journey, and
the excitement Of tho night At tile Oak
Tree Inn, they nursed ms with all deyO'
ton, and l found had truly gained q
home IN every sense Of the word, Az
the time Of my arrival my unels lad TO-
Gently been made widower, ani ~ my
cousins We're young aud inexperienced,
the care Of them and Of tho house fell
upon my shoulders, responsibility !
gladly assumed however thankful TO be
able TO repay IN any way the kindness !
received at their hands, Nothing occur
red during my stay IN England TO make
me regret in tbs least being tied down
by such family cares while still 80 young,
Three years passed IN this way, quiet
~ and happily, and although during the
first period Of my residence among
my relatives my sleeping and waking
thoughts had been disturbed by the 49,
membranee OF my night At the Oak Tree
Inn, the many ties aud interests which
had since sprung NJ around me had en-
tirely obliterated from my mind all TO-
collection OF the event and my slum'
beers had long ceased to DO haunted by
the vision OF the white, CHASTITY face fis'
Ing up before me,
One morning, while scanning Lon
don paper, my eyes were arrested by the
heading ofone OF the columns, In great
staring letters II stood out distinctly
"lhe Mystery OF tho Oak Tree Inn"
The simple words brought back TO me
all that had forgotten, and once more
l lived through the horror OF that night,
Az soon ~ l recovered myself ! eagerly
perused the narrative IN II was related by
the newspaper, II was TO tho effect that
on the latli OF the current month Ia date
corresponding exactly with that OF the
day three years before whom | had passed
q night ut the inn) lady, young and al,
tractiye In her appearance, Ind stopped
at the same house for night,
She had expressed herself a. very
tired, and needing no refreshmcnt eS'
ccpt rest, aud had accordingly been
shown ut once 10 her room which, from
its description, was clearly the one had
occupied. In the morning, her non
appearance occasioning comment, she
had been called by the servant Az To-
pcated attempts brought no response,
the door had been forced open, the room
entered, and the occupant found reclin'
ing in q large chair in tho center OF the
room, quite dead
Further investigation had revealed the
fact that, clcnched in one OF her hands,
she held IN instrument resembling
needle and worked by spring, Exam
nation showed that the location OF the
heart had been exactly found, the needle
sprung, one of the points entering that
organ, when instant death had followed,
Tho case had since been followed NJ
carefully, but no Glow to tho suicides
identity had been discovered, A feeling
of awe thrilled me, and ! perceived
clearly that what I had apparently wit
messed. three years before had been now
| actually seen by many eyes.
Everything correspondent with my
own observation, and il simply remains
II fact, that the spectral appearance Of
the unfortunate woman, who thus ended
her life so suddenly ana mysteriously,
had visited the scene Of tho occurrence
even 80 long before the act was actually
committed. Why or for what purpose
it so happened, / know not, and it be
comes only another wonderful physcho
logical incident. Soon after this strange
sequel to strange experience l was
married, and it remained the first ant
only extraordinary episode in my other
wise prosaic history.