The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-03
SOME GHOST STORIES.
a CURIOUS SUPERNATURAL TALE.
The slumbers of an Epklish Lords Guest
Broken by Frightful Apparition-
A Story of n Dead American
Gentleman.
[cor. Philadelphia Telegraph.l

[Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph
have just heard very curious story
which is now going the rounds of London
society, and which forms one of the SEN
sational topics of the day. 1t is certainly
one Of the best authenticated stories of the
supernatural that / have ever heard, and
is one of the strangest. Suppressing, as
is usual under the circumstances, the
names of the parties concerned, and that
OF the exact locality wherein the Incl
dents transpired, the narrative runs as
follows:
A few months ago young English ar.
tist, whom we will call Mr.. H.. went
down to the country-seat of Lord Y
to pay that gentleman a visit TLo
house was very full, but he was accord'd d
a comfortable and handsome chamber, mp.
parently one of the best in the house. He
remained for three days, the only no
ticeable feature about his visit being that
each night he was troubled by a horrible
dream. He dreamed that he was sudden.
ly awakened by the entrance of some per-
son into his room, and tha5 on looking
around he saw the apartment brightly II.
Illuminated, while Mt the window stood an
old lady richly dressed, in the act of throw.
ing something ut. Her task accom-.
-lished, she turned her face toward
10 amaz,d spectator, showing n coun-
nance so distorted with evil passions, so
ldeous In its expression Of wickedness,
nat il thrilled his soul with horror. Then
he light and the dreadful old woman
disappeared together, leaving the artist
70 imagine that q had been tormented by
frightful nightmare. But on re urning TO
London his imagination was so haunted by
;hat fenrtul countenance, thrice seen amid
the wa ches OF the night, that he made o
sketch OF il, which so conveyed the evil cx.
oress!on and revolving aspect OF the mid.
night bag as to horrify everybody to whom
he showed il. One day the artist went to
pay call OH Lord x, and that gen,lo-
man took him into his picture gallery TO
show him some remarkable family por.
traits. Among these, what was the paint
er's surprise to recognize in the likeness Of
4 well. dressed and ately old lady the
features Of his dream visitant, minus the
revolving and wicked expression. 81 have
seen that lady," was his involuntary ex.
rlamation as his eyes rested on the por-
Srait. "Indeed," said Lord X, smil-
ing, that Is hardly possible, since she diel
something over a hundred years ago. She
was the second wife of my greatgrand.
father, and was anything but credit to
The family, for she was strongly su uspected
of having murdered her husbands son by
his first marriage in order to make her
own son the heir to the property. The un.
fortunate boy broke his neck in fall from
one OF the windows of our country seat,
and there Is but little doubt OF his having
been precipitated from the window by the
step-mother." The artist then related the
circumstances Of his thrice-repeated dream
and sent for his sketch, which, as far as
features went, was identical with the por.
trait in Lord Ks gallery. He after.
ward caused the sketch TO be photo
graphed, and the lady who told me the
story said that she had herself seen the
photograph, and that the wicked face had
hauntsd her afterward for days.
Ihave also recently heard in England
the following strange and undoubtedly
true story: A year ago an American gen.
tleman died suddenly while travelling in
Europe during the summer, and his re.
mains were deposited in receiving vault
TO await the approach Of cold weather be.
fore they were tr ansported 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. 81 am come" said the Wis.
itor, ITO tell you that the coffin In which
my corpse has been inclosed is entirelytoo
large TO be gotten through tho door of our
family vault. You must have part Of the
doorway taken down before the funeral,
else very yexatious delay in the cere.
mony will ensue." OF course the gentle.
man was far too strong.mlnded to take so
extreme a step as that Of causing the door.
way Of the vault to be partly demolished
in obedience to the promptings OF dream.
But when the body arrived the coffin was
found to be far too large for the entrance,
and all the annoying incidents that had
been predicted in the dream did really
take place. For the truth OF the above
story can myself vouch, as 1 know all
che parties.