Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-09
lacks TRUTH ONLY.
.,o FACTS DESTROY AN EHTsR
1ANlNa GHOST STORY

a., which pid Not Esist
p,rantie Lord Lytton was, but moi
seIous. Hia death, however, has
N,.l ne story Of tho yellow boys
tbe Ghost chamber said 10 exist at
v..i.r,ftb house. tho beautiful anccs-
tsme Of the Lyttons for moro than
s5 ye,r. Al Mr. W. p. frith's door
- tlio charge be laid Of having put
.-ntarstiug tale IN circulation, for we
IN, ina In his engaging volume OF
.5.mini.ceuccs." After relating West
- experiences with .ho weird wom'
.ithe Maispu Blob, the paintcr sup
a,uis the story by another anecdote
l5te tragcal Significance.
AZ Knobw0rth." he says. "tho seat
Jlorl l.ytton there 10 n bcdchambcr
eiel The yellow boys ROOM He then
,-.,eil. 10 relate that during visit to
tsabvorth. Lord Castlorcngh, while the
- Of the grandfather Of tho late
trtsh ambassador to Paris, was ns-
rntl without word Of warning 20 the
rr.ierious ana haunted room. Feeling |
~ tired he soon dropped into sleep, !
s,hs uneasy aluinbors were troubled |
an wns-iot long before no awokc.
Rnat IL was which startled him hialord-
dim never knew. but the sight which
IA his eyes rs he guzod at the still burn
b drp In his room was startling enough.
h, hgurc Of u boy, with long, yollowish
ta- streaming down, sat ia front OF the
.,placc with his back toward the Irish
lieman. As tho latter looked, the lad
moe. turned toward him. and drawing
AK the curtain nj tho bottom OF the
hlwth one hand. with the other no
drew his fingers two or three times across
;. throat. OF course tho impression
,f5luced on Caftleroagh WIS decidedly
disturbing. Bulwer insisted that ho
nus. hayo boon dreaming. but his lord
tip declared with emphasis that he saw
ueApire a. distinctly rs he saw his host
Al Tia, moment, and that, far from being
t,,otp, he was wide awake.
1ERRipLR EXPERIENCE.
Mt. Firth then adds that MIR. Bulwer
aA M, tell Lord Caatleroagh Byron's
II "eustl cutting Castlcrcagh7-ihat tho
ytlsv boy always appeared to any one
vi5 vas destined 10 die violent death
ssi sways Indicated tho manner OF IL
tots viciim.
anon amusing and less unpleasant
n i1dlsrt is told Of tho same chamber OF
Kn,bworth by our artist author, the
nbisct being timid, nervous brother
Iaia,Cr who spent night at the poets
b,ely and stately retreat in HEREFORD
ibife. Tho father Of tho author Of "Lu'
dIe Mr. Firth says. conhdod tho de-
tails Of the Castloroagh story 10 hi
sass, on allotting tho yellow boys room
70 him, rcmarking on bidding him gooC
night you will not be frightened, vii
ygug "No-o-o," said tho painter, witt
an ashy face. "Well, 1t Is getting late
VIA. DO you say to rctiringl Yes, tina
iyOur candle. Too waTin for fire II
Jour room. You don't mind? Goo
tisht7 "rho rest OF tho story shall b
td,' says Firth, "in my old friend
v5gd5 az nearly as cen remember them
had secn,' he went on, "tho inforna
t1n before dinner, and | thought
boxed u ghostly sort OF place, and whe
!ilachod It that night what would nc
hive given 10 be BUCK IN my own ROOF
homol looked undor tho bed, up III
geat, wide chimney, and had n shoe
hom tho sight of my own face In I'll
boxing glass. No ghost could be white
than was. | don't bolioyo In ghost
yon know, but still It was really too Pn
Of Lyttou TO toll mo such things just {
Twas going TO bed. and thon to put n
10 the very plncel There was an uwfl
eli cabinet. / managed 10 pull open q
door and was Juggling ut the other, wh'
my candle went outflow, don't kuo
somebody seemed 20 blow II out
can't toll You what became Of Il; all
know Is | jumped into bed with II
bots on, and luy trembling there {
hours, Futh--lterally for hours-t
sleep took me at last, and mover WA
more thankful than whom ! awolte al
taw tho sun shining into tho yellow DO.
I05m."
no TRUTH IN Tnr STORY.
Tho circumatantialily with which y
Firth tells these short tales must =,
vince his readers that no Is thorough
Ltstod IN his own mind that tho IN
Dents which he carefully describes
happened at KnobwQrth. And yet,
hat respect he is altogether ont in
reckoning, There Is no yellow DO
loom in that grand old hou5o Of tho L
@us at Kuobworth. Lord Castlorca
i'Nerspent night there, nor Ia II l;no
laal he ever visited the place IN his Il
!ntho autumn OF 1874 ! spout two
uieo very agreeable days ut knebwor
megucst Of Lord Lytton, who very kin
showed me everything Of interest ub
h's homoand It's charming suryoundir
Thought 1t strange that the yell
Boys room-if there really was sue
room -hod not been open to me, and I
iNc very story associated with Il IN
irlih "reminiscences had been kept ha
% sent OH hurried motto TO O'
Neledl,h, then performing his ogibl
oonal functions Va the gaycst capita
Lnrope' mud an early mail brought
These lines:
pans, 9Th FOXY, Is3
MY DEAR Mn. STEWARD aus
your letter Of the l9th ulto. In dospo
anu unavoidable haste Mr. FRI
autobiography Is all wrong about
|I "Vff oil tue yellow Boy. That y