Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-04

c,ve,S off me and shuck the mattress. on
don't tell me 1t was dream
Early in the forenc on she packed up her
belonging aud left, declaring to tue 'as'
that oh Lucy cam, ani beat ON her be''
and that she wouldn't see her again TOT
house aS big a. the Capitol
Knowing how superstit,cnis colored peo'
ple are. We made an effort 10 get servant
who had never heard OF Lucy. we sent
into a remote part Of the city that same
d,v and secure a capable colored girl She
was cheerful and efficient. aud as we sup
poscd she knew nothing of Lacy, living or
dead, we had no apprehcnSons OF fnrthor
trouble
In the night she came and raped on our
door. calling my wife. When the light
sbone on her It revealed face CHASTITY with
terror.
'Missus, | can't sleep In that room"
"whyr
."Caus, a mole colored woman comes anil
beats o my bed She isn't real. She's o
ghost"
There il no colorcd woman there, "
answered my wife "You know you are the
only person besides our family in the house.
You have been dreaming. TO back to bel
and think no more about it,
But sac wouldn't go back to b,d, nor &c
back up stairs She made bel on the
floor in a room adjoining ours and torture
herself with thinking about Lucy's ghost TIL
morning.
or course she gave warning. However,
she consented TO stay two or three days, on
condit on that she might sleep nea" US.
Darken the door of the room she formerly
occupied sha vowed she never would.
We talked this over and thought II a little
queer. SO far as we knew she hal not
hearI of Lucy. Still we concluded that by
some means she had heard, and her imagin
alton had been wrong bt upon.
Being determined to keep the next servan
from hearing anything about Luci, we sen
to Alexandria for one. She arrived within
twenty -four hours after her prelecessor ha'
departed, was particularly intelligent an;
progressing, and had the merit OF no
knowing soul in Washing ton. We felt a
ease ono, more.
She took posse ssion of Lucy's room in th
evening" and apparently slept soundlv til
morning. We were eating orr breakfast
feeling that all di,tu 'binc,s on Lucys ac
count were ended, when our new servan
said:
There are queer things in that room
slept in last niglt."
We discharged from our faces avery ex
preston that might betrav us, though "
were greatly astonishe l. for We were sur
she had heard nothing.
What do you meant said Mrs. C.
~ saw the ghost Of al oil / colored woma
there She came and b.at the b,i. an
said: They don t send me any more meal
now. for Tn only a shadow"
MY wife and l looked at each other in
| frightened kind OF way. That mention q
the meals being sent in chllei mo tn
| girl could not have known that hides
she knew nothing OF Lucy whatever. II
sure. finally askei her if she was frigh
ened at what she saw.
mo, sir" she answered. 'rve see
ghosts all my life. Idon't like to sc, then
that's certain, but m not afraid of then
They generally want sons hing done fo
them when they show themselves to M.
think that old woman wants something"
| "What can It bei' said musinglv. .
don't know, I'm sure sail the girl 'bu
think it's something on or about hat be
She ieat the bsd, pulled at the coverin
and iookei over it and around IL IA il 81
was buntin, for something
Nv wife says turned pale at that poin
AMI shouldn't he surprised If did. fe
pale. There was something blood-curdlir
in the thought Of that < ,ostly midnig
search Dead Lucv coming bac; to hul
for what couldn't find gave me chill
Under this spell told about Lucy's mi
ing pocketboo't. and that sh. ha said il W
in the bed. Ny wife wa' astonishe a. II
revelation. II gayo color of tru b 20 Il
experiences OF the three girls in Lac,
room. They all de- Jared that she "Deat u
bed"
That pock ,tbo,k Is th.re, I'll warrant
said our new servant. That explains
and we'll have no peace till it's founi"
We all went to Lucy's room at once, to
the bed to pieces, ripped open the mattres
and sure enough we founi tn, pocketboo
AM well filed ono it was. After tn
Lucy cams no more.
We all sat silent some seconds after 4
doctor finished his story. At length one
the ladies. with strong leaning to the VII
BILE and material, said: What doyou thin
it was, doctor-that apparition of Luz
which the three girls saw or thought tn
sawf'
The doctor was very composed as to fe
ture, but a shade Of contempt could be se
in his eyes As he answ rel with / ol te swe'
ness II think it was just what it seemed
be-Lucy's ghost"
GERTRUDE GARRISON.
New York Oct. !.
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