The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
AN ENGLISH GHOST STORY.
A Wicked Woman Who Came Back to
Earth After n Hundred Years.

n wicked woman VINO Came Back TO
Earth After Hundred Years.
A few months ago q young English
artist, whom we will call Mr.. B,
went down to the country seat of Lord
Y to pay that gentleman 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 awak-
ened 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
accomplished, she turned her face to-
ward the amazed spectator, showing a
countenance SO distorted with evil pas
sions, so hideous in it's expression of
wickedness, that it thrilled his soul
with horror. Then the light and the
dreadful odd woman disappeared to-
gether, leaving the artist to imagine
that he had been tormented by fright
full nightmare. But on returning to
London, his imagination was so haunt
ed by that fearful countenace, thrice
seen by the watches of the night, that
he made a sketch of it, which so con-
veyed the evil expression and revolving
aspect of the midnight bag as to horrify
everybody to whom he showed it. One
day the artist went to pay call on
Lord Y, and that gentleman took
him into his picture gallery to show
him some remarkable family portraits.
Among these what was the painters
surprise to recognize in the likeness of
q well-dressed and stately old lady
the features of his dream visitant,
minus the revolving and wicked ex-
preston. Il have seen that lady,"
was his involuntary exclamation as
his eyes rested on the portrait.
"Indeed?" said Lord Y, 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 suspected 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 windows of our country seat, and
there is but little doubt of his having
been precipitated from the window by
his stepmother." The artist tEen re-
lated 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 afterward caused
the sketch TO be photographed, and the
lady who told me the story said that
she had herself seen the photograph,
her afterward for days.
/ have also recently heard in England
the following strange and undoubtedly
true story: A year ago an American
gentleman died suddenly while travel
ing in Europe during the summer, and
his remains were deposited in receiv-
ing vault to await the approach of cold
weather before they were transported
to the United States. Some time be-
fore the body arrived in America, one
of the deceased's business agents had
a very vivid dream, in which he saw
his defunct employer standing by his
bedside. Il am come, i" said the vision,
ito tell you that the coffin in which my
corpse has been inclosed is entirely
too large to be gotten through the
door of our family vault. You must
have part of the doorway taken down
before the funeral, else very vexa-
tious delay in the ceremonies will en-
sue." OF course the gentleman was
far too strong-minded to take so ex-
treme step as that of causing the
doorway of the vault to be partly de-
molished in obedience to the command
of a dream. But when the body ar
rived, the coffin was found to be far too
large for the entrance, and all the an
noying incidents that had been pre-
dicte d in the dream did really take
place. For the truth of the above
story L can myself vouch, as L know
all the parties. Lucy Hooper, in
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph.