The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-07-30
IN A HAUNTED HOUSE.
AWAKENED AT MIDNIGHT HY
LIVELY GHOSTS.
They Hurl Chairs and Tables Around tn
Room-Raise Such n Disturbance
That the Doctor L. Scared
Nigh to Death.


county. this state says the Atlanta
Constitution. was man OF high and
unimpeachable character. as we'll as
of brave and fearless heart No one
ever doubted his veracity or accused
him of being superstitious
But the most exciting story ! ever
heard from the doctors lips he told
several of the boys ono night when
we were spending the evening over
at his hospitable home and the
earnest and impressive way In which
he related 1t made us involuntarily
glance round into the dark corners OF
the room. and marred to certain
extent the pleasure OF our ride home
When he was young man. the doc
tor said. he took charge Of one OF his
fathers plantations in California
There was no other white man on the
place and the colored quarter was
about half mile away from the old
two-story stone dwelling in which the
overseer had been accustomed to stay.
The house was a lonely place and
many were the stories told by those
who had successfully attempted to
live in it of the strange mysterious,
unseen beings who would come and
hold high carnival there in the deep,
still hours OF the night In other
words. the house was said to be
haunted
The day he moved in the former
overseer and his family were taking
away the last of their household
goods The doctor began to locate
himself in a large room that opened
on the piazza down stairs. But the
that as he would be compelled to
move For" said he. They won't
let you have any peace down here"
The doctor laughed and told him he
didn't care snap about they" and
as that room was the most convenient
for his business he was going to oc-
cupy it. The man said he thought
the same thing when he came there.
but after the first night he and his
family moved upstairs and staid
there the rest OF the time.
The doctor laughed again and fixed
himself all comfortably in the large
room.
That night he read for an hour or
two after he had finished his supper
and then went to bed with his pistol
and box of matches within easy
reach of his hand. He had been
asleep he knew not how long. when
he was suddenly awakened by a most
terrific crashing sound. as II the
whole house was falling in on him
Then. right In the room where he
was. the chairs were taken up and
thrown furiously against the wall the
table was overturned with fearful
violence and tho 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 furniture.
When he first awoke so suddenly he
had half raised himself in bed to listen.
but he now found himself crouching
down to escape. II possible, the awful
havoc that was going on around him.
1t seemed as IL 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 out 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! every thing was In its place
in the room-chairN table and furni-
ture-just as 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 1t was absolutely fright
ening.
He heard no more OF 1t that night
nor the next but the third night he
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 to pieces Again it seemed as
II the whole army OF men were in the
room knocking 1t asunder. And
again he struck a match and found
everything in its place and the silence
OF the grave.
In week or two the doctor said he
became accustomed TO 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 q few minutes
Sometimes he would not hear it for a
week. and again It would come sew
eral nights in succession.
As to what 1t was he was unable to
say. He could not account for it in
any way in the world. He examined
the house and premises thoroughly,
but could get no clew TO the myster-
ious visitor. Once and once only. he
heard the noise upstairs or at least
he heard 1t going up the steps 1t
sounded like some one walking
heavily with chains dragging around
him.
Jumping from his bed he struck
light and thought that at last he
would find out who his midnight in
truder was At the foot OF the stairs
there was door. which he closed
and locked, so that whatever It was II
might not escape that way. Hurry
Il Ia :.