Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

,hy eyes. lest on the other sida q, .ns
,sd might see her again Mo-
| here Is one thing of which I could
iAke my oath, and that il that I Ala
not mention this circumstance either
io my brother, or to our servant ~.
TO any one else. - ''''s' VI
| THE sPooK SEEN AGAIN.
Exactly Fortnight aftarwara
Nhen sitting at breakfast. / not;cad
'dlae my brother seemed out of sorts
.,uu ala not eat. On my asking il any
aline was the matter, he replied: NO.
2us We had a horrible nightmare
indeed, he went on, it was no
nightmare. saw it early this morn.
ng, Just as distinctly AS / ace ,,,,,, )
WhatF l asked. "A villainons-iook.
ing hae,' he answered, with her heal
anu arms wrapped IN a gray shawl.
soopihg over me and looking like
snls,--. hegotup folded his arms ana
guy himself IN the posture Remembered
70 Wei. de then described how the
sgure moved toward the door and
disappeared. Her maleyolent lace
ana her posture struck terror to nv
soul. he said. ny
year later, in the month OF Julv.
one evening about z o'clock. NV sec.
ond Oldest sister and her two httie
cniidren, who were visiting us. were
tne only folks at home. The eldest
enid, a boy OF 8 years, wanted drink
on water, and on leaving the dining.
room TO fetch it my sister desired the
children to remain there till her re-
turn she leaving the door open. Com
ing back as quickly as possible, she
met the boy, pale and trembling. on
ms way to her, and asked why he had
lett the room. oh he said. who Is
that woman Where?' she asked
The old woman who went upstairs
he answered. She tried to eonvince
MIN that there was no one else ir the
mouse, out he was so aeitated and so
eager 20 prove 1T that she took his
trembling hand in hers and brought
MIN upstairs, and went from one
room to another, he searching behind
curtains and under beds, still man.
tanning that u women did go up the
stairs. My sister rightly thought that
the mere fact of a woman ecing M
stairs in house where she was a
stranger would not account for the
child's terror.
"A neiehbor OF ours started when
We first told him what we had seen.
and asked il We had never heard that
u woman had been murdered in that
house many years previous to our
purchase of it. He said it had the
reputation of being haunted. This
was the first intimation we had of the
fact. Nothing more was heard OF the
ghost OF the murdered woman. how
ever. for two years.
ION the night of July Z, 1886, Twas
Weakened from a sound sleep by some.
one speaking close to me. | turned
round, saying: Emily, what is it?'
thinking that my sister. who slept in
the room next to mine, had come in.
] saw plainly the figure OF q woman
who deliberately and silently moved
away toward the door, which re-
manned shut, as had lett it.
Two days after this occurrence |
was wakened about 6 O'Clock in the
morning by a presentiment or APP
preaching evil. opened my eyes and
distinctly saw the form OF darby
clad, elderly female bending over me
with folded arms, and glaring at me
with the most intense malignity. /
tried to scream, and struggled to
withdraw myself from her, when she
slowly and silently receded backward
and seemed to vanish through the
bedroom door. "-Philadelphia Press.