The national leader., 1889-05-04
the very air was filed with uneasy

pastures new, when one morning
Mr.. Bremen and one of his sons, being
in the yard, were startled by a strange
roaring noise, which seemed to proceed
from the ground at their feet. AS he
described it, it appeared to be small
''whirlwind of noise," and something
seemed to impel them to follow it. Ii
gradually drifted over into corn field,
and at the further corner seemed tC
sink into the ground, at the roots of an
old dead peach tree. They went to the
house, procured implements, returned,
dug, and found, no one knows just how
much, but that it was great deal OF
money, and the boarded wealth of a
lifetime of the old couple that died, is
well known. The Brennens have de-
cided to still remain on the old farm,
and it is quiet and serene there now,
where all was chaos short time ago.
The uneasy spirits have accomplished
their mission and are at rest
There is in Parkville, L. l., an old
house whose timbers once formed part
of the notorious "Houses of Blazes, u
the scene of many murders and affrays
of lesser import on Thirteenth street,
New York. When the "House of
Blazes'' was demolished, many years
ago, its material was taken to the Flat
lands road and made into another
house. The house was occupied for
the past seven years by John Moran,
his wife and three children. During
their tenancy there were queer rumors
about the house, believed to be mainly
because of its timbers About year
ago Mr.. Moran moved out, and Mr..
Reisner, his wife and an 1S-year~old
son moved in.
Two nights after the son was awaken
ed and saw ball of fire flying about
the room. It vanished as it came, and
he thought it was an optical delusion.
The next night he saw a ring of fire
and then grew frightened. A few
nights after this he was treated to a
much more startling appearance.
Shortly after retiring he was awakened
by the presence in the room of man
whom he described as very dark in COM
pleXion and wearing dark pea jacket
as his principal article of clothing.
This figure danced around the room
and grinned and gloated over the terri
fed boy until the latter screamed out
in terror and brought his mother into
the room just in time to see the figure
vanish, as they both declare, into thin
air Next night Mrs Reisner saw the
figure in her room, but Mr.. Reisner,
who was with her, did not and laughed
at her fears.
Saturday night he was convinced
that there was something wrong, for on
approaching the, house after dark he
saw figure dancing in front of MIN,
which vanished when he hurried to-
ward it, and rising, about midnight, he
was struck across the face with a hand
so hard that the prints of four fingers
were left there.
This settled the question. The Refs
ners left the house incontinently, carry
ing their clothes with them, and dress
ing in the open air. They refused to
re-enter the house and moved Monday
The house is now vacant, except as to
balls of fire and mysterious figures
which the neighbors declare can be seen
there nightly. No one has yet been
brave enough to solve the mystery.
An English gentleman now in the
United States relates the following
weird story:
Some years ago l was playing in
amateur theatricals at Boscombe Man
or, near Bournemouth, the country seat
of hospitable Sir Percy Shelley. Being
bachelor, l was given sleeping quart
ers in what is known as "Theatre
street." This was dormitory, divided
into cubicles, and extending right over
the stage and auditorium of the pretty
little private theatre. Each cubicle re-
sembled the state cabin of an ocean
liner, with this difference, viz, that
there was only one berth in each, and
that the doors, instead of opening, slid
ed into the wooden wall of the com
partments When opening or shutting
they made a noise which echoed through
Theatre street with as much effect as
stage thunder. [ mention this fact for
reasons which will be apparent here
after
Well, I had played my part in "The
Gentleman Over the Way" with some
success, 1 had had supper and pipe
and glass in the green room with Sir
Percy, and had retired to rest with a
sense of having done my duty by a
neighbor Suddenly [ awoke with a
start. All! my God! shall L ever forget
what I saw standing by the side of my
bed! 1t was the figure of woman,
headless and luminously white.
She pointed towards me. am no
coward, but [ buried my head under
the clothes, filled with fright, which L
cannot describe. After about five min
utes of this terror L sang out to my
neighbor in the next cubicle, and asked
him to throw over box of matches.
He did so. The figure disappeared;
but we kept our candles burning till
daybreak, when we discovered that the
windows in the corridor outside, which