The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-09-24
4 STRANGE TON.
What . German Lady Heard In . Roman
House.

In the summer Of 1875 there was staying
IN h2me NJ Paul Herlsson second secretary
to to tine French Lcgat9'n, very FASHIONABLE
secretary Of the, French Legation at Athens.
al the time living in Rome. with very hand :
some and very clever German lady, who had
for me "a sort OF flial regard, and kindly took
upon herself all the trouble of my house ar
rangemcnts She happened to hear Of NJ Paul
Htrlssnn's removal and that his suite OF rooms
were 20 be- disposed OF. went t. look mt them,
and. finding them very neat and in a capital
position, took them Mt once.
shortly before the middle OF June when we
went 10 the now house. not to be in the way Of
Mrs. G.. left for Florence. whence | re-
turned some days after. at about in the morn
ing. had hardly entered my bedroom when
fore 10 or 1 O'clock in the morning, Mrs. c.
came in looking pale and haggard. and. in n
haunted. riES spukt i'm IIause." said she:l
aback, and asked what had happened. when
she told me that the night before. tho first she
morning. She had hardly been in bed more
than two hours. and had not been able yet to
sleep wink, when ahe heard the furniture
Il loud gruan, followed by others weaker and
weaker as il somebody. had been. expiring in
the room that after hat she had fallen into Il
per,plratinn through terror, and not felt able
70 Put her hands from under the bed cover to
he tiad md III s"", Mr. in ' 80
cumstances, showing more courage han most
individuals OF the stronger seN.l She added
that rs soon as she caught Il glimpse Of day
IlEht she nag Ept up iina gone 10 NE craving
room. and when III" servant had told her OF my
arrival -he mad come 10 teIi me that most DC,
house any longer. received her statement not
In the best hunIor, and answered ratI Ter trullly,
that II she -uli"red from bad dreams could not
help 1t; that the house Wa, taken and paid for.
and for he moment felt tired, ana should bc
much obliged II she would allow M 10 ;akc some
I.atpl' in the InV than sln a.
turned 10 the subject. repeating all the crcum-
stances of the nights event without th" least
ing me That i certainly was not \ dream. q,
she had been the and during tho whole night
Jn-t nS desraWakn as at tht moment she was
looked into the NGiie OF that evening Ia French
Hewsraper pGbshe%d in homal' found few
received to-day telegram from Paris saying
that last night at about o'clock. NJ Paul
Hhrssont ebmmltted suicide by blowing ont h MS
been suffering lately from frequent attacks OF
nervous heai,q1ches; that made his existence In,
in Roman society. having resided here
some years rs second secretary to the
Fronrh legation, and will be- we have
Gus friends. Now. as between Paris and Rome
there is n difference o. forty-four minutes.
there is an exact coincidence between the mo.
mcnt when VI. Ii,'risson died and when Mrs,
C. heard the groans in her bedroom. which
was the very Same apartment whore NJ, Hcris,
showed Mrs. g = the telegram in the Hdbe; it
had the effect Of making her conside rnblycasi"r
ing do not know. sh" gave up her intention Of
leaving the house. Never anything similar was
heard IN !, again. ,, - l., -,.
health al the time had never. either before or
aitcrward. been subject To halluclnnlione or
anything Of that sort has since committed
matrimony. and Is now staying in Florence
with her husband. rcady Il requested, to con-
firm to the last word what have narrated.