Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-03

seen it. She also proved that she had
| not been IL the sitting room since the after
noon of the day before. Mywife and ! then
went into the front room and removed
everything from the table trying TO find the
cigarette paper. but without success. There
arc four facts which we established: First,
that the cigarette paper had disappeared
between 10 o'clock on Sunday night and
O'Clock on Monday morning; second, that
the coin had made its appearance in the
interval; third, that we had never seen the
! coin before and did not know what it was;
and fourth, that no person so far as we
knew had been in that sitting room during
that time. The folding doors between the
| sitting room and the bedroom were wide
open during the night, and it would be i'm
possible for any one to move about that
room without being heard.
took the coin to u numismRtist, who
told me it was an Egyptian five para piece.
It's value is about one cent. l have the
coin still, and | am no nearer knowing how
j got it now than was the morning found
it resting on the white tablecloth alongside
OF the empty covers of the cigarette book.
Now for n story OF one of the greatest
scares l ever got. Between the villages Of
Tadousa and Louise L'Eau, at the mouth
of the Saguenay river, in Canada, there
is hill at the base OF which is ravine,
and over this is q bridge
II happened one night when l was in
my fifteenth year that / was detained in
Tadousac until 12 o'clock, and the people
was with talked of the ghost of a Canadian
hahitant who had committed suicide in
the ravine, which was supposed to haunt
the scene Of the self slaughter. About ten
minutes past midnight | left the house
and started to walk home in the moon
light When reached the bridge I looked
down into the rarine, and my heart seemed
to stand still Tuere outlined against the
bushes in the shadow of the bridge. was
tail, white, misty sort of figure, dressed
apparently in long and flowing robes and
having one arm raised. 1t seemed to me
the fingers beckoned to me-
l rubbed my eyes and pinched myself,
but it was no use, the figure was therel
Then picked up some stones and threw
them down. They went through it, yet
still it beckoned TO me to come! l took to
my heels and made the quickest time !
ever made to the top of the hill.
Being somewhat blown by my fright and
my run l stopped, and, thinking for mo-
ment, went back. There was the figure
still reckoning with that horrid hand 1t
seemed to me | could see eyes that glared
at me. | threw more stones, but they had
no effect whatever, and | made up my
mind ! would go down and see what that
thing was, no matter what happened.
can give Won no idea in words of how real
it looked to me from whatever point /
gazed, and how my blood seemed to be
cold when l watched that internal hand
beckon TO me.
At the end Of the bridge there was
fence which climbed and began to work
my way down the bank. The thing was
there still, and l cannot say with truth
that went very fast Threw stones at it,
which had no effect whatever, and l was
all ready if it moved toward meas really
half believed it would if | stoned it long
enough-to get up that bank in short
order At last was close to it and put
out my hand very cautiously, for it was
still plsinly before me, to touch it. only
touched the bushes!
For a moment or two was confused;
lmy mind had become convinced there was
something there. Then l searched for the
cause or the appearance, as that hud not
| vaushed, and speedily found it Under
| the bridge there was little pool Of water,
| which, acting as a mirror, reflected the
moonlight upon the bushes, and the shape
the light assumed made my ghost. The
! explanation was so simple, that, coming as
it did after my great fright and struggle
| with myself before / could make Up my
| mind TO examine il, it made me very
| angry. Had | been able 70 connect it
] VITA any persons should have wished to