The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
AN ENGLISH GHOST STORY.
A Wicked Woman who Came Back to Earth
After Hundred Years.

AFTER hundred Years.
Lucy Hooper, in Philadelphia Telegraph
have just heard a very curious story which is
now going the rounds of London society, and
which forms one Of the sensational social topics
of the day. 1t is certainly one of the best au-
thenticated stories of the supernatural that |
ever heard, and is one of the strangest. Sup
pressing, as is usual under the circumstances
the names of the parties concerned and that of
the exact locality wherein the incidents tran
spired, the narrative runs as follows:
A few months ago young English artist,
whom we will call Mr.. B, went down to the
man visit. The house was very full but he
was accorded comfortable and handsome
chamber, apparently one of the best in the
house. He remained for three days. the only
noticeable feature about his visit being that
each night he was troubled by horrible
dream. He dreamed that he was suddenly
awakened by the entrance of some person into
his room, and that, on looking around he saw
the apartment brightly Illuminated, while at the
window stood an old lady richly dressed, in the
act of throwing something out Her task &C.
complished, she turned her face towards the
amazed spectator, showing countenance so
distorted with evil passions, hideous in its ex
preston of wickedness, that it thrilled his soul
with horror. Then the light and the dreadful
old woman disappeared together, leaving the
artist to imagine that he had been tormented BY
frightful nightmare But on returning to Lon
don his imagination was so haunted by that
I6drIul COuuJ0uduC6t CufIC6 seen anna Inc
watches of the night, that he made sketch of
it which so conveyed the evil expression and re-
voting aspect of the midnight bag as to horrify
everybody to whom he showed it One
day the artist went to pay a call
took him into his picture gallery to show him
some remarkable family portraits. Amongst
these what was the painters surprise to recog-
nize in the likeness of well dressed and stately
old lady the features of his dream visitant mi
ffo raur1fin0 md oIyod
have seen that lady" was his Involuntary ex-
clamation as his eyes rested on the portrait.
'IndeedT said Lord x, smiling. THAT is
hardly possible, since she died something over
hundred years ago. She was the second wife of
my great grandfather, and was anything but a
credit to the family, for she was strongly sus-
pected Of having murdered her husbands son by
his first marriage in order to make her own son
the heir to the property. The unfortunate boy
broke his neck in fall from one of the win
dows Of our country seat and there is
but little doubt of his having been precipitated
from the window by his step-mother.p The
artist then related the circumstances of his
thrice-repeated dream and sent for his sketch,
which, so far as features went, was identical
with the portrait in Lord ks gallery. He
afterwards caused the sketch to be photographed,
and the lady who told me the story said that she
had herself seen the photograph, and that the
wicked face had haunted her afterwards for
days
have also recently heard in England the fol-
lowing strange and undoubtedly true story: A
year ago an American gentleman died suddenly
and his remains were deposited in a receiving
vault to await the approach Of cold weather
before they were transported to the
United States Some time before the
body arrived in America one of the
deceased's business agents had very vivid
dream, in which he saw his defunct employer
standing by his bedside II am GOMEZ said the
vision Ito tell you that the coffin in which my