The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-07-11
UNEXPLAINED.
A chost story.

scornfully, and adore sing largo cir
Gle of friends and neighbors who. one
Christmas evening. were seated round
her hospitablo hearth.
''Ahl sou think SOP Pardon me. II
cannot agree with YOU said MIR.
Henniker well-known Dublin barris-
ter. OF burly frame and jovial counte-
nance, famed for his wit and flow OF
anecdote.
You say all ghost stories may be
explained. Mrs. Marchmont. So would
have said year ago; but since we
last met at your hospitible freside.
my wife and ! have gone through
very astonishing experience. We can
a tale unfold. No man was better in
clined 10 laugh at ghost stories than l.
Well 10 begin 10 my true tale. We
wished for complete change OF scene
last February. and Angela thought. she
would like 10 reside in the same county
as her sisters and cousins and aunts.
i intended 90 take house for my fam
lily, leave them comfortably settled In
H. and run backwards and forwards
between Dorsotshire and Dublin. |
had seen wonderful advertisement Of
spacious dwelling house. with
Offices, gardens. pleasure gr0unds--to
be had for GOO per annum. / went To
the agent 10 make inquiries. | would
have taken tina Hall for year but Mr..
Harold advised me not TO do so.
Take II bv the quarter. or at least by
the half year. he recommended.
Il replied that IL appeared such a
desirable bargain that | wished to take
IL by the year. His answer 10 this was
reiteration OF his first adyics.
cant ten you how he influenced me.
for he really said no more than ] tell
you; but yielded so his evident wish
without knowing Why I did SO. and
closed with him for six months not n
year
I'VE went 10 the Hall. and Angela
was delighted with il. The snowdrops
lay In snowy masses about the grounds
the garden gave promise OF beauty
"a the season advanced How the
children ran over the house! how
charmed we were with every nook and
corner of ~ Our own bedroom was
a comfortable. large room. opening
into very roomy drcssing-room, In
which my wife placed two cribs for
our youngest boys. Hal and Jack -.r
Don't forget 10 say that our bed
chamber opened from the sitting
room, interrupted Mrs. Henniker.
We'll, TO- three weeks we all slept
The sleep OF the just in our really
splendid suite OF apartments Not
grumble from our servants nothing
but satisfaction with our rare bargain.
was on the eve Of returning TO dear.
dirty Dublin and the Four Courts.
when
When We are all attention Mr..
HennikcrN
angela and were sitting in the
drawing-room under the bed chamber
when loud cry startled us. Mother.
mother. motherr
The little boys were In bed in the
dressing-room. Angela dropped her
teacup and dashed out OF the room.
forgetting that there was no light in
the rooms above us.
II caught up candle and followed
her quickly. We found the children
sobbing wildly. Jacks arms were al-
most strangling his mother. while he
cried In great excitement oh, the old
woman In the black bonnet! The old
woman in the black bonnet Oh--oh
obj
Il thought little fatherly correc-
ton would be beneficial but Angela
would not suffer me 20 interfere. She
tried 10 soothe the little bcggars and
i'm few minutes they were coherent
enough In their story. A frightful old
woman, wearing black bonnet had
been In the room. She came close TO
them and bent over their cribs. with
her dreadful face near 10 theirs.
+" How did you see herP we asked.
There Is no candle here
"She had light about her. they said;
at any rate. they saw her quite we'll
An exhaustive search was made. No
trace OF q human being was 10 be
found / rofrained from speaking TO
the other children. who slept In an
upper story. though | softly entered
their rooms and examined presses and
wardrobes. and peeped behind dark
corners, laughing In my sleeves all the
while. OF course we both believed
that Hal had been frightened by a
dream. and that his little brother had
roared from sympathy. Don't breathe
n word OF this 10 the servants whis-
pered Mrs. Henniler. I'm not such
fool. my dear | replied. But pray.
search the lower regions and see II
Jane and Nancy have any visitor In
the kitchen, she continued. She
came through your door. mother. from
tee sitting-room. sobbed Hal. with
eyes starting Of his head.