Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-04

Iflend, telnng MIN That also had eeen
Miss Tottenham, in the tapestry room.
The years wore on, and once again was
guest at Lotus Hall. The Marquis of
Ely and his large family, with a great re.
tinue of servants, filled the house to over
flowing. As passed the housekeeper's
room, l heard the valet, Shannon, say to
her, "What ! to sleep in the tapestry
room Never l will leave my lords
service before l sleep there -
At cnce my former experience in that
room flashed upon my mind. had never
thought of it during the interval, and was
still utterly ignorant Of Anne Tottenham !;
80, when the housekeeper had gone, en-.
tered the room, and saiG, "Shannon, do
tell me why you will not sleep in the
tapestry.room, as l have particular rsa-
son for asking you that question" He
looked at me for moment and then said,
" Is it possible that you do not know l
said, " really know nothing, but l have q
particular reason for asking why you will
not sleep in that room" Again he said,
" Is it possible that you do not know that
Miss Tottenham passes through that room
every night, and, dressed in a stiff lowered
silk dress, enters the closet in the corner ?"
l replied that had never heard word of
her till now, but that, when was here g
few years ago, l saw twice figure exactly
like what he had described, and passed my
arm through her body, and that the sec.
ond time had distinctly seen the flowers
on her gown, as from her haste it had
turned up in triangular lap on my cur.
tain. "Yes," said he, "that was Miss
Tottenham, and. as is well known, she was
confined-mad-:n that room and died
there, and, they say, was buried in that
Closet"
Upon my visit at that time the tapestry.
room was allotted to a married couple, and
then l learned nothing further.
Again time wore on. l had entered my
profession and was immersed in hard and
constant work in the north of Ireland, ana
had too much to do even to think of Anne
Tettenham.
Another generation arose, another owner
possessed the property-the grandson of nay
friend. In the year 1858 ne, being then a
child, came with his mother, the present
dowager Marchioness of Ely. and his tutor,
the Rev. Mr.. Dale, to the hall for the bath
ing season. Mr.. Dale was no imaginative
persona solid, steady, highly educated
English clergyman, who had never heard
the name even of Miss Tottenham. The
tapestry room was mis- bed chamber. One
day in that year, when autumn was fast
fading into winter, / received letter from
Lord Henry Lotus, the uncle of the young
Marquis of Ely, saying, "Do tell me what
1t was you saw long ago IN the tapestry
chamber, for something strange must have
happened there to the Rev. Charles Dale,
as he came TO breakfast quite mystifed.
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pened to him in that room, but he will not
tell us, seems quite nervous, and, in short,
is determined to give mp his tutorship and
go at once to England. Every year some
thing my sserious has happened to any per-
son who slept in that room. but they
always keep it close. Mr.. Deriugey, a
Wexford gentleman, slept there short
time ago. He had splendid dressing.
case, fitted with gold and silver articles,
which he left carefully locked on his table
at night, and in the morning found every
article scattered about the room"
The dowager Marchioness told me tina!
now Miss Tottenham had regularly
turned them out of the house," and orders
had been given to convert the tapestry
chamber into billiard broom.
Upon hearing this determined to write
to the Rev. Charles Dale, ths an incumbent
OF parish near Dovor, telling him what
| had occurred to myself in that room, and
that the evidences of supernatural appear
ances there were so strong and continued
for several generations that was anxiou.
to put them together, and should consider
it great favor if he would tell me whether
anything had happened to him in thai
room, and of what nature. He then fol
! the first time mentioned the matter, anC
| from his letter now before me | make tht
| following extract
" For three weeks / experienced no in
convenience from the lady, but one night
| just before we were to leave, had sat III
| late. 1t was just / O'clock " hen / retired
to my bedroom 1.-THE tapestry ronm) very
beautiful moonlight rigat. l locked my
door, and saw that the shutters were Prop
erly fastened, as l did every night. l had
nos laid myself down more Ghan five min.
utes before something jumped on the bed
making growing noise, and the bed
clothes were pulled off, though / strongly
resisted the pull. l Immediately jumped
out of bed, lighted my candle, looked into
the closet and under the bed, but saw
nothing"
Mr.. Dale goes on to say that he en-
deavored to account for it in some such
way as | had formerly done, having never
up to that time heard one word of the lady
or her doings in that room. He adds az
did not see the lady or hear any noise hu
the growing" Mr. Dale had shut the
windows closely, whereas had them fully
open, and brilliant full moon shining in
as also had Shannon, the valet, who nae
seen her many years before me.
| Here, then, is the written testimony of
benefited English clergyman, Occupying
the responsible position of tutor to tn,
yodng Marquis of Ely, most sober
minded and unimpressionable man. III
repeats, in 1867, almost the very words o
my father when detailing his experience il
that room in 1900 man of whose exist
ence he had never been cognizant, ant
therefore utterly ignorant of his knowledg,
| of Miss Tottenham's doings in that room
nearly eighty years ago.
In the autumn of 1868 was again in the
locality, at Dunmore, the opposite side o.
the Waterford estuary. / went across Il
see the old place and what alterations Mist
Tottenham had forced the proprietors tc
make in my tapestry chamber. found
that the dark closet into which the poor
lady had always vanished was taken away
the room enlarged, and two additional win
dows put in, the old tapestry and it,
mimic chase " had all gone, and q billiard
table occupied the place of poor Anne's bed
| took aside the old housekeeper, who had
been in those l0ng-past days a servant o.
my father, and who looked upon me as if ]
also had been . ghost from the tomb, and
asked her to tell me how Miss Tottenhau
bore these changes in her apartment. she
looked quite frightened and most anxious
to avoid the question, but at length hur.
riedly replied, "Oh Master George, don't
talk about her last night she made hor.
rid noise, knocking the billiard balls
about y
have traced with strict truth this most
real aud true tale. from the days OF " Tot
tenham and his Boots " to those of his
great great grandson
Ir considering the very interesting ques-
ton whether there is spiritual interference
III the atfairs OF this world, which so very
large number of educated people posi-
lively assert, and which a greater number
as positively contradict, one or two re-
marks may nelp to simplify the matter
Ia the first place, the great preponderance
IN the number OF disbelievers il at once &C.
counted for by thefac that the larger proper
tIoa OF educated and thinking meG-and it
Is to such alone that | refer-have never
seriously turned their attention to the sub
ject, aud having never experienced any
thing OF the kind. deny the existence of
that which not only has never come to their