The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-31
GHOSTS SEEN TO PASS
A Story that mas Created Some Excite.
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the other evening, which happened TO me In
d dho@a, =, Lana me hno,,y Ash have been In
sss q sis to paSlIs IS e.:
green Tho proceeds. when; on. passing the
denly arrested ~ the strange and W unes NuS,
t SSl1n Ss sr sSs s Ss5 %Spsh an
with a thousand small blush Lights Which,
appeared 70 creep In and out Of the different
Ing whs mske tho .as t Inn t ssps.
took complete possession Of me just NJ III,
moment tho moon Which had hitherto been
passing clouds, came. 40 It would SEEM. to in ~
sssissanee, giving me for a very short time ihs
bsnen, o. her ee,m n,'I And now al.
u phenomenon which caused my hair to stand
ON end with fright cold numbness OF horror
neral train, the coffin borne along with meas.
pail which iluttered Up in The manirs, w isSk
AZ first thought | must surely be dreaming.
ssr Mere Sea mys e.. IN the
and was therefore, ',tishcd as e my vnEeIui.:
VA BEGAN 10 ds,nsaisS H. ssScr%i OUTLINES, ,ns:
wore dressed in the costume Vi tic latter part art
al ana sem S .%ords as ss wsS
sticks, mounted with deaths heads / "H.
served only one really y9uns man among the
coHn. His youth. in comparison with tho
o otsHrs q Gerhhns H ae was me sS srs
appeared 10 be black velvet, ;he while.
ness nsssr Of his rules standing out in marked
s sSn.ra attire lie s0 snrsa "s'l ssor
diamond buckles in his shoes. and wore his
hsr II s 1he r tase q his
faces Of all the others accompanying him. in.
stead Of tpe procession advancing 70 the gate
tered the burial ground b. tho one situated At
q few yards, distance, As the collin was horne
seemed to rise from the graves as il to meet ne
the cort &c Tor tho nurnose OF escortinG tho
HSI sed TlS T 10 tho hssH w
heads OF tho mournors. Slowly tho procession
IN = straight linz. finally disappeared at the
Where his most extraordinary funeral went
to or what became OF 1t. cannot tell but this
an sSs r" essrns moon
liGht-n disappeared as mysteriously MS they
came; leaving mo standing in the darkness.
gathering together my somewhat scattered
senses. l took TO my heels and never stopped
running till l found myaelf safo in my own
house. In fact. scarcely remember how I
got homo. After recovering little from the
shock i'm I'm ediatey aroused a female relative
who had retired for the night. and related 10
her the above particulars. She assured me
that must have been suffering from mental
Authorization. hut. seeing the great perturba-
ton OF my mind. and at the same time know.
ing nv natural skepticism with regard to all
so.cned supernatural phenonIena she came
to the conclusion thut, after all. might Ios.
sbly have seen what has been described above.
Tie ne1t day Inade inquiries at tho neigh
borhood OF knotty Ash. and ascertained from
o very old woman that she remembered story
in her youth having reference to the mysteri.
GUS and sudden death OF an old occupant OF
Tningwall Hall, who was hastily and quietly
buried. she thought at midnight, I'm old knotty
Ash churchyard. III so. was this RhAstly
ropetition OF the event got up for ny :spscial
shadow the coming OF the dread visitor to my
believer, in gllosts. but certainly this very re-
set all my previously conceived notions Of The
sublact. leaving me In Quandary Of doubt On
the evening upon which saw the mysterious
midnight funeral at Knotty Ash. Vas exoscd-
inRly wide awake; had met several cycllPts on
the Prescott road. with whom oon veFeod, apd
had likewise refreshed myself at the pm blto
drinking fountain placed ct the top OF Thomas
lane. strange that q few hundred yards further
down the road l should encounter 20 ghostly
an oxperience-an experience l shall never
forgot to my dying day.