, 1891-07-14

seen It. She also proved that she had
not been in the sitting room since the after
noon OF the day before. My wife and | then
went into the front room and removed
everything from the table trying to find the
cigarette paper, but without success, There
are 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 it was;
and fourth, that no person SO far ns we
knew had been in hat sitting room during
that time. The folding doors between the
sitting room and the bedroom were wide
open during the night, and IL would be i'm
possible for any one to move about that
room without being heard.
i took the coin to "A numismatist. who
told me 1t was an Egyptian five para piece
Its value is about one cent. | have the
coin still, and ! am no nearer knowing how
1 got IL now than ! was the morning ! found
1t resting on the white tablecloth alongside
of the empty covers of the cigarette book.
Now for a story of one Of the greatest
scares ! ever got. Between the villages Of
Tadousa and Louise a L'Eau, at the mouth
Of the Saguenay river, in Canada, there
Is a hill at the base OF which IL n raviue,
and over this is a bridge.
1t happened one night when / was in
my fifteenth year that | was. detained in
Tadousac until IL o'clock, and the people |
was with talked of the ghost Of II Canadian
habitant who had committed suicide in
the ravine, which was supposed to haunt
the scene OF the self slaughter. About ten
minu past midnight | left the house
and started to walk home in the moon
light When | reached the bridge | looked
- H. -.
TO stand still. There, outlined against the
bushes in the shadow OF the bridge. was II
tall. white, misty sort of a figure, dressed
apparently in long and flowing robes and
having one arm raised. 1t seemed to me
the fingers beckoned TO me.
i rubbed my eyes and pinchcd myself,
but it was no use, the figure was there
Then / picked up some stones and threw
them down. They went through it., yet
still It beckoned TO me to comel / took Ia
my heels and made the quickest time /
ever made to the top OF the hill.
Being somewhat blown by my fright aud
my run 1 stopped, and, thinking for "a mo.
ment, went back. There was the figure,
still reckoning with that horrid hRnd. It
seemed to me / could see eyes that glured
at me. threw more stones, but they had
no effect whatever, and ! made mp ms
mind i would go down and see what that
thing was, no matter what happened.
can give you no idea in words Of how rehI
it looked TO me from whatever point
gazed, and how my blood seemed to b,
cold when / watched that Internal hant
beckon to me-
At the end OF the bridge there was
fence which ! climbed and began to worl
my way Town the bank. The thing wa
there still, and | cannot say with trutl
that / went very fast Threw stones Mt 1t
which had no effect whatever, and | wa
all ready II IL moved toward meas | rcnll.
half believed it would II | stoned It lon.
enough-to get up that bank in shor
order. AT last ! was close to IL and | pu
out my hand very cautiously, for II wa
still plainly before me, to touch it. ! onl
touched the bushesl
For a moment or two / was CONFUSED
my mind had become convinced there wa
something there. Then ] searched for th