The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-16

That night he read for an hour or two
after he had finished his supper, and theI
went to bed with his pistol and a box oil
matches within easy reach of his hand
He had been asleep he knew not how long,
when he was suddenly awakened by most
terrific clashing sound, as if the whole
house was falling in on him.
FEARFUL HUBBUB.
Then, right in the room where he was
the chairs were taken up and thrown furi-
ously against the wall, the table was over
| turned with fearful violence and the noise
: was deafening and terrific. Over him and
around him, everywhere in the room, up
against the ceiling and then down, as if it
would go through the very floor itself, was
the terrible banging and crashing Of fur
| niture.
When he first awoke so suddenly he had
half raised himself in bed to listen, but he
now found himself crouching down to es-
! cape, if possible, the awful havoc that was
| going on around him. 1t seemed as if
! twenty men were in the room tearing
! everything to pieces. For the first time
! in his life the doctor said he was scared
| His hair even began to play fantastic
| tricks. But finally, the noise continuing
! with tenfold fury, he reached ont easily
| and found the box of matches. Taking
one out he struck it, expecting TO see-he
| knew not what.
As the light flashed up he looked, and 10!
everything was in its place in the room
chairs, table and furniture-iust az he had
left it. The noise had suddenly ceased
when he struck the match and it was now
still. The air was so thick with silence
that it was absolutely frightening
He heard no more of it that night nor
the next, bat the third night be suddenly
awoke as before with the curious noises in
his ears. Again the chairs were seemingly
thrown by giant hands against the wall
and broken 70 pieces. Again il seemed as
If the whole army Of men were in the room
knocking it asunder. And again he struck
match and found everything in its place
and the silence of the grave.
TRACING TIE SPIRITS
In a week or two the doctor said he be
came accustomed 70 the strange things.
and they did not affect him other than to
rouse him up and keep him awake until
they stopped, which was generally in few
minutes. Sometimes be would not hear Il
for week, and again it would come several
nights in succession.
To-
He could not account for IL in any way IN
the world He examined the house and
premises thoroughly. but could get 10
clew TO the mysterious visitor. Once. and
once only, he heard the noise up stairs. Or
at least be heard IL going up the steps. Is
sounded ike some one walking heavily
with chains dragging around him
Jumping from his bed be struck light
and thought that az least be would find oct
who his midnight intruder was. At the
foot Of the stairs there was a door, which 4
he closed and locked, so that whatever il /
was II might nor escape that way. HGrry- j
ing up the steps whittier the noise had i'm /
nediateiy preceded him. be searched quick /
~ in both the rooms and found nothing
All during the year the same thing con 4
tia-~r3. One night bis cousin came ever 4
an.i .syt with MIN, and was nearly fright
eIr. 20 death when be swoke AID he3rd 4
the fearful noise, lmuesjlateiy they &C.
up and together examined. the y hole house
and place. out saw or heard nothing that
would tend 20 explain tee mystery The
doctor said from that tine 1e could never
venture IN tcere after da-k.-Atiznta Con
stitutiou-