The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-18
NUMBER "A.
UncRnny Occupants.

The majority Of people inclined TO
make sport of the supernatural and to
cough at stories of ghostly visitsnts, ac-
counting for such phenomena was mar
rated by one who has been there as the
phantoms Of disordered imagination
or are caused by natural means Which
are not known at the time. Now and
then, however, a skeptic can be found
whose belief In the falsennes Of ghosts
is badly shaken by experience. swat"
Reynolds, who lives near Laclede Sta
tien on the Missouri Pacific, has here
tofore been a skeptlc in matters super
natural, but he came to the city Satur-
day, with a story which made the hair
on the friends heads stand on end and
opened their eyes as wide as saucers.
He narrated it to Captain Brown and a
group of friends at the Hotel Brown,
"Wat's" ghost has been the topic OF
conversation since among them. The
house where the uncanny occupants
are SAID to be is the old Charlie Rey-
nolds' residence, which, although
furnished throughout, has not been
regularly tenanted for some time. Mr..
Reynolds, with Mr.. and Mrs. Darby,
spent last week in the house, and 1t
was during this time that the occur
rences he tells about were noted.
Mr.. Reynolds says he was sleeping In
a large room In the house one night and
lad retired, leaving lamp burning
dimly. He had fallen into doze and
was awakened by rapplng at one of
the windows. He called out, but re-
ceived no answer, although the rapping
ceased. Presently he heard it again,
and while he was watching the window
he saw a mans hand slowly passing
inside the window, and following the
wall and ceiling come over toward the
bed, where he sat upright. The hand
was open, with the palm toward him
self, and he saw it distinctly. He was
naturally In some trepidation, but
when the hand had nearly reached him
he jumped out of bed and rushed to
the window to Intercept 1t and solve
the mystery, but before he could close
the window the hand glided rapidly
back and out into the darkness. Mr..
Reynolds made careful search, but
nothing could be found in the room and
he retired again only to be aroused by
: repetition of the same noise and
vision. This time he left the room to
its singular occupant and made his bed
in another part of the house among
pleasant companions.
Mr.. Reynolds does not drink, does
! not believe in ghosts and never saw
anything of the kind before, but he
might have passed this over as an
Imagination of his own, but on the
following night while the whole party
i were having social game Of cards In
I another room the rapping and the hand
3 returned again. This time they were
/ considerably excited over the matter,
s and sent over to gardener, who lives a
{ short distance away, to borrow a
: revolver. When the gardener was told
1 about the occurrence he showed more
fright than the others. because he said his
v little boy, who had gone to the cistern
!, of the Reynolds place to get bucket
9 of water, had returned and said he
n wondered what the people in the house
: were doing, as he saw lights dancing
8 about In the cellar and garrett at all Of
0 the windows. The gardener also said
n that he had noticed the same thing
before when there was no one In the
house. Nothing further was noticed
that night and no explanation Of the
affair could be discovered. Not caring
to be scalped by supernatural hand
" the party moved out of the house, anc
Il it is now left deserted for the hand ant
!, its companions to hold high carnival II
: the rooms, uninterrupted by human
~ inhabitants.