The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-24
A Montreal Ghost Story.
An incident Of a rather peculiar mai

An incident of rather peculiar nature
occurred in the city on last Halloween,
which has given rise to considerable
CON lecture and surmise. The facts, as
obtained from one of the participants
by a representative of the Gazette,
briefly stated, are to the effect that
seven young ladies, all of Montreal, at
a Hallowe' en- gathering ten years ago
agreed to meet again on the same even
ing ten years after, the stipulation was
''dead or alive the young lady who
made use Of that expression reminding
the other six of the agreement short
time after by sending them each an
invitation for October 81, 1888. This
lady was evidently the originator of the
little reunion, and laughingly promised
to be present, even if dead, and it were
at all possible for her to do so. About
four years ago this young lady died
very suddenly. She is described as
having been of quiet, religious DISPOSE
ton, and very tall.
The remainder of the ten years rolled
oy and the time for the reunion came.
Accordingly, on All Hallow Eve the six
met at the house of two of their num-
ber, who were sisters, for tea; but, ac-
cording to the original arrangement, a
chair was left vacant for the missing
one. This chair was draped in black,
while in front of it on the table were
some withered flowers gathered from,
the grave of the deceased. Nothing
remarkable occurred during the re-
past, save that the young lady next to
the empty chair spoke of strange
nervous sensation, but this was not
thought of at the time. After tea they
started to- move to the parlor, immedi-
ately adjoining, the young lady last
mentioned leading the way and carry
ing in her hand the bunch of withered
flowers. The parlor was quite dark,
saving the light which streamed in
from the dining-room when she opened
the door. At that moment she cried:
''Look! look!' and pointed to the par
lor, where three or four of them saw
distinctly tall white figure standing
at the door from the parlor to the hall.
She who had first seen it -retreated
quickly, and was just leaving the
dining-room by the side door from that
room to the hall when she again saw
the figure and her cry brought three of
the others to the door, and all saw it
glide quickly along the hall from the
parlor door to the door leading to the
street, which seemed to open of itself
and close after the. figure had passed
through.
Only one of the six failed to see the
figure at all, she having in both cases
been too late, consequently she was very
dubious, and believed the arparition to
| be merely some kind of a practical joke,
and at once went and inspected the
door of exit, but this was always kept
locked and latched from within, and
was found to be still secure, so the
trick theory was apparently out Of the
! question as solution of the mystery.
Our informant saw the figure twice,
and describes it as being ''justt the ri ght
| height"-that is to say, very tall and
wholly draped in white; no hands nor
feet were to be seen, and the face was
concealed; it seemed to glide rather
than walk, and moved very quickly; it
did not touch the door at all and did
not appear to pass through it, but the
door seemed to open of6tself and close
behind the figure. The sensation pro-
duced by the figure was as if it were
chuckling to itself on having kept the
| promise to be present, and laughing at
the scare produced-at least our young
lady informant states such to have been
her sensation in so far as she had any
apart from the dominant sense of fear.
Such is the story, and we give it for
what it is worth without attempting to
offer either explanation or comment. =
Montreal (CGn. Gazette.