St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-12

plainly saw TWO Qdfk ana lQulSllDcG II e
ureS standing outside of the gate. ap-
parently looking at US. Joe hailed
them with ''HelloW. They remained
perfectly motiOnless for fully FIVE min
utes. when the gate swung entirely
open and two figures passed up the
walk with slow. undulating motion.
Joe and arose to greet them, but they
passed up the steps and by lis without
noticing us; their forms were indiStinct,
such an appearance as two per-
sons would have in passing through a
dense fog. No features were visible.
and as they passed into the darkness of
the hallway they seemed to melt away
into the gloom and disappear from
sight. One of the forms was evidently
that of a female. Joe looked at me in
wonder. saying, "Well, by JoYe, that
is cool; let us go in"
A PECULIAR THRILL
passed through me as | entered the
room, more that of horror than of fear
a creeping sensation. We closed the
house and sat down to await develop
ments-they came. Joe arose to open
the door leading into the bath room !;
it was locked, Nv hat did you do with
the key?" he asked. "There was no
key to it," | replied. ''and L left it open
this morning" "Well, it is locked
now." said Joe. While we were
talking the door Suddenly opened
with bang that resounded
through the house, and remained as
though fastened to the wall. Every
thing remained quiet and the solemn
stiffness of the place was oppressive,
broken only by our low-toned conversa-
ton. 1t was now IL 30 p. M, when we
heard footballs pass down the stairs into
the hallway, down the hallway to our
door, pause moment, enter, and make
a tour OF the room, pass through the
doorway into the bathroom and cease !;
then came agoniZed sObbing as from a
female in deep distress. We went to
the door of the bathroom, flashed our
lantern and looked in; the sobs, accom-
panied by low, heartrending means,
continued; still. nothing in sight. The
bathroom contained tub which re-
ceived its water through pipes running
from the cistern overhead rack for
towels, a rug near the tub, and two
chairs. As we looked, one of the chairs
which was against the wall moved as
though one had raised it with one hand,
catching it by the back, inclining it at
an angle forward. and passed as though
carried from the wall to the rug in
front of the bathtub, and was set down
on the rug with clearly distinct but
muffied sound. We closed the lantern
and looked and listened. An almost i'm
Derceptihle shade lowered about the
chair, and, slowly condensing. assumed
the form or outlines of woman seated
on the chair, the means and SobS grow
ing more and more distinct. To say
that my hair rose and my flesh
crept would but feebly portray my feel
lngS. l was more aWe-Stricken than
horrOr-stricken. Joe flashed the lantern
quickly: the chair was there, but the
figure had disappeared in the strong
light. Joe walked in. replaced the
chair against the wall and rejoined me
me at the door. In very short time
the chair moved forward as before. and
was again occupied by the spectral Wis
itor, still sobbing and moaning. We
left the door and walked into the bed
room and sat OH the side of the bed: it
was just 12:55 o'clock by my watch.
Suddenly asuccesSiOn of the most blood
curdling and unearthly yells resounded
through the house. bringing us both to
our feet. The yells stopped as suddenly
as they commenced.
Running to the bath room door we
looked in. The chair fell over on the
floor. and dark figure rushed quickly
by US, dark and impalpabie something
passed rapidly between us, emitting
damp, chilly, penetrating, horribly
freezing cold, which seemed to enter at
every pore and freeze my very marrow:
cold indeScribable, which penetrated
to my very heart, and deprived me of
breath and utterance. Shaking in every
limb, with chatterng teeth, we sat
down on the bed, completely Frustrated
and unable to speak. The "thing"
passed to the doorway, stood few sec
OndS-to US, hOurS-and then, with pat
tering footsteps passed up the stairs
into the room above. We heard the
door open and close above us, and then
a Earring sound. as though some one had
FALLEN on THE FLOOR.
We sat stunned and motionless; at
last, recovering speech, / said. "Joe,
II wish to see the end of all this, and |
do not propose to leave aud be laughed
at. No, whatever this is, shall fathom
it, if it is to be fathOmed. Wait" Our
lamp was burning with a faint, blush.
cold flame. 1 crossed the room and
turned up the lamp, went to the win
dow and looked out through the Stats;
the moon was shining brightly. Ali
was still--the stiffness of death. A
faint phoSphorescent light filled the
hallway, and gradually condensing at
the stairway assumed a round shape,
becoming brighter as it took tine shape,
and size of an ordinary base ball,
momentarily emitting sparks. 1t
renamed over the stair foot for short
time and then with an undulating mo-
ton gradually assembled the stairway
and stopped at the head. Joe, grasping
me by the arm, led the way up the
stairway. AS we assembled the s'Jack
o'Lantern," or whatever it might be,
stopped at doorway to the right of the
hall on the second floor, the room i'm
mediately over the one we had occupied
down stairs. As we followed it the
door slowly opened, and the ball of fire
quietly sailed across the room and re-
manned stationary in the furthermost
corner in the rear of the room, wavered
there for time, and then slowly died
out in a blue Pickering flame. Turning
the light of the lantern npon the corner,
there appeared to view dark heavy
stain half way between the cell
ing and the floor, covering a
space of three or four feet.
and from the dark mass heavy, irregu-
lar stains diverged. as though a large
body had been forcbly thrown against
the wall and its blood had trickled down
to the floor. which also seemed stained
by one large mass or Splotch. from
which small rivulets seemed to flow to-
ward the center of the room. The |
floor. as far as the doorway and out into
the hall, was stained by blotches, some
large, some small, to the head of the |
stairway. Would that could end this |
narrative here with the recollection of |
what we had already seen aud heard. |
The subsequent horrors of this ghostly |
and CHASTITY drama, the remembrance |
and horror of which will last us for a
now began. AS we gazed horror
and wondering the atmosphere |
of the room gradually grew damp
and chilly, and impregnated with |
an Odor Of wet earth. such as one |
inhales from swampy ground, the ex-
halatiOn from morass. The deadly |
cold and chill again seized us with an
suffocating feeling, as
though we were covered with tons of |
earth, and, to crown our CONSERVATION |
and alarm, we were standing with our
backs to the wall seemingly glued |
there, helpleSsly rooted to the spot, I'M
able to stir or move a limb with the |
weight of that indescribable |