Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-29
A GREAT GHOST STORY.
soME EXCITEMENT CREATED N
ENGLAND BY SPIRITS.

lie Wa. Wide Awatc.
I was preceding leisurely on foot h. |
Broadggoun, when on passing tho churcL |
ut Knotty Ash my attention was sud |
denly arrested by tho strange and un
oanny appearance Of It's graveyard Tn |
time was shortly after midnight. Til
whole buryirg ground seemed alive AM
glistoning with thousand small BLUSH
lights, which appeared to creep in and
out Of the different graves. as II the do
parted spirits we've taking a midnigh,
ramble. stood pctuGed, not knowing
what to make Of II, atshc same time el
pericncug feeling Of horror which sud.
denly took complete possession Of me.
Just at this moment the moon. which
had hitherto been more or less obscured
BY moving panorama Of passing clouds.
came, ~ Il would seem. 10 my assist
ancc. giving mo for very short time
the benefit Of her companionship Aud
now appeared the most startling phe.
nomcnon Of ala phenomenon which
caused my hair 20 stand on end with
fright, q cold uumbness Of horror para.
lying me In every limb. for, advancing
up the road directly opposite to me,
came n funeral train, the coffin borne
along with a measured tread. covered
with an immense black pail which Hut.
tered up Ia the midnight wind.
AZ first | thought | must surely 30
dreaming. and ilicrcupon pinchod mysch
in the arm TO ascertain II this were rcal-
ly the case. But. no; / certainly was
not, for distinctly felt the nip, aud was
thercupon satisfied as 10 my wakcidl.
ness. "WhAt could u all mean asked
myself, as tho cortcgo gradually ap-
preached mo aud began TO distinguish
tho general outlines Of tho bearers.
These appeared TO DO elderly men and TO
have lived in bygono age,
All were drc1sod la the costume of tho
latter part OF the Eighteenth century.
They wore tic wigs, and some had
swords, as we'll rs walking sticks mount
I'd with doathhcadl. | observed only
one really young man among the crowd
Of followers, walking just behind tho
coffin.
A GnosTLY conTEdE.
His youth IN comparison with tho
others, perhaps, made mo take especial
notice Of him. Ilo was dressed IN what
appeared TO be black velvet, the white
ness OF his rufilcs standing out In marked
contrast 10 the sombcr nature OF his gen.
eral attire. He carried sword, had
diamond buckles on his shoes, aud wore
his powdered hair In o cue. The face
OF this young man was dcathly pale, M
were also tho faces Of all tho others ac-
cumpanying him. Instead Of tho pro-
cession advancing 10 tho gate at which
lFood. II turned suddenly and entered
the burial ground by tho one situated at
few yards distance.
As the coffin was borne through this
gate all the blno spirit lights seemed TO
rise from tho graves as ~ 10 meet the cor
tege for the purpose OF oscoriing tho
body TO its last resting place, These
awful lights added considerably 20 tn.
ghaEtlincss o. tho scene as they hoated
over the coiiln and heads OF the mourn
orA Slowly tho procession glldcd up tho
pathway. passing the main entrance OF
tho church, and. continuing It's way In
~ straight line. finally disappeared at tho
back Of tho cdifcc.
Where this most extraordinary funeral
went 10 or what became Of IL cannot
tell. but this much | distinctly aver.
that coffin, mouucrs and lights-eyon
the pale, pickering moonlight-ail dis.
appeared as mysieFiously as they came,
leaving mo standing in tho darkness
transhxcd with astonishment and fright.
Upon gathering together my somewha,
scattered senses | took 10 my heels and
never stopped running till l found my
felf IN my own house. In fact, scarce
~ remember how got home.
ArTERTuoCuIus.
After recovering a little from IN,
shock | Immediately aroused fcinal,
relative who had retired for tho night
and related to her the above particulars
She assured me that ] must hayo beer
suffering from mental hallucination. hui
seeing the great perturbation Of IN,
mind, md at tho same timo knowing m,
natural skepticisn with regard TO all .,
called supernatural phenomena, she cant
TO tho conclusion that, after all. nigh
possibly have seen what has been de
tcribod above.
The next day made impurities in III
nelghborhood Of knotty Ash, and gscer
tanned from very old woman that fl
remembered u story In her youth havinl
reference TO the mysterious aud suddei
death Of au old occupant Of Thingwal
Hall, who was hastily and quietly buried
the thought, at midnight, In old Knott
Ash chnrchyard, II 10, was this a ghasi
ly repetition OF the event gotten up 70
my especial benefit, or was 1t porten
intended to foreshadow tho coming G
the dread visitor to myself
Now. as have before stated, am n
believer In ghosts, bnt certainly this II
marl,able experience OF mine has cntlrel
upset all my-proyiously conceived NJ
tons Of the subject, leaving me in
quandary Of doubt. On tho evonin
upon which saw the mysterious tunori
vt knotty Ash | was exceedingly wild
awake, had met several cyclists on III
Prescott road with whom | couyerseI
Strange that few hundred yAds farthI
down the road should encounter /
Pha7,ly an eypericnce--an experience
,lHll never forget to my dying day.
Liverpool Post.
The Atm Of Science.
The gasp Of the human understan'
ing expands every day. II is only fe
ysars fiupe uuuiollt conceived ii