The Progress., 1892-12-17

The SERVANT SEEMED 10 BE EXCITED.
Mrs. Golding and the servants ran out,
and their screams alarmed the neighbors,
who came r''nning toward them. Mr.. Row
lidge, carpenter, attracted by the thump.
ing still going ON in the house, went to the
door to make an examination, but the noise
frightened him away and he hurried back,
declaring that the foundation of the build
ing was giving way and that the house
must soon fall.
Mss. Golding's maid had only been with
her a few days, and the noises seemed tC
follow her. She was evidently not stran.
ger to them, for though she appeared to be
perplexed she was not in the least alarmed
After time the noises ceased, and Mrs
Golding was so weak and hysterical that a
doctor had TO be summoned, who accord
ing to the practice of the day, proceeded tc
bleed her
The girl, who had gone up stairs to hel
own room, was called down to hold the ba
sin. She did as she was told, but after the
bleeding was over the basin leaped out OF
her hand and was broken to pieces.
Under these circumstances a consulta.
tion was held, and it was thought advisa-
BILE to remove the furniture to neigh bor's.
A number Of strong but very much fright.
ened men were summoned for this pur.
pose, but their alarm increased when they
found the furniture going to pieces, in
their hands, as if it were beaten by sledge
hammers from the inside.
Mr.. Haines, civil engineer, attempted
to take away costly pier glass, but parts
of the frame flew off in his hands.
Mr.. Saville, lawyer, was asked to drink
some wine which he had helped to carry
up from the cellar, but the bottle broke
before he could uncork it.
-"At all times of action,' says the nara
tive to which / am indebted for this odd
story, Mrs. Golding's servant was walk
ing back and forward.
"She seemed to be very much excited
though, as has been said-not frightened
They tried to get her to sit down, but in.
stead she kept walking back and forward.
as If forced to move against her will.
''She appeared to be sorry for the excite
ment of her mistress, and frequently inn
plored her not to be alarmed, as these
things could not be helped. And at all
this the neighbors were sorely amazed, nor
were there wanting those who declared
that she was witch.
Zone proposed that she be thrown into
the pond, where if she sank her innocence
would be assured, but il she floated th~t !
would be positive evidence of her guilt, |
and then the proper thing 10 do would be |
to take her out and burn her. But this |
was not encouraged"
Mrs. Golding, too much alarmed to stay
in her own house, went to a neighbor;s
named Mrs. Paul, her maid accompanying
her.
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been as quiet as any house in all England |
during the reign of George Ill, but the ad.
vent OF Mrs. Golding and her maid soon
put an end TO all this
The destro. ing force followed either one
or both OF these women. They were not
well settled at Mrs Paul's before the work
OF destruction that had driven them from
their own home was renewed. EVERY
thing, says the narrative, was broken till
there were not more than two OF three cups
and saucers left out of large pantry full
Of china"
About o'clock the next morning Mrs
Paul went to her visitors and told them to
get up, as the house was going to pieces.
The furniture began to groan and creak
and fall TO pieces, as if unseen giants were
pulling it apart At length Mrs. Gold
ng and her mysterious maid had to leave
Mrs. Paups, and they sought refuge in the
,ouse of neighbor named Fowler
Mr.. Fowler was a relative Of Mrs. Gold
ng, but sharing in the superstition against
he girl he told this woman that he
would be glad to give her asylum, but that
he could not. in justice to his own peace
md furniture, take in that maid.
The girl was pretty and gentle in her
manners, but reluctantly Mrs. Golding
lad to part with her.
As soon as the girl left Streknell the
loises and lsatings that had been agitat-
ng the who's Of England suddenly stopped.
The girl snt back to he c.-n house in