Mohave County miner., 1892-08-06
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deny IL, they are facts, plain and un.
vanished Az do not want 70 alarm
people 10 0os need TO mention the
"u0hsr Of tbs hoass, II 10, however. in
hsdy town. or Wlnyate Station. and
- ,,sss that my tale 10 sb.olu,ey true.
This house. when vi-ied il, had been
natenanted for some time. and u ~ss
csrsaialy in had stale Of repair; iss last
p~smsnent occupant had besn . widow
shO had kept . boarding houss ios the
section men. All went we'll until one Of
the boarders. having been DISAPPOINTED
ia love. killed himself. then the troubles
Of which xm going 70 write commenced
A man by the name Of Johnston At
tempted to live in the house after the
widow decampsd. but vas unable to re-
main one whole night. He declared that
he lefs pair of new shoes in his haste.
and on returning for them three days a.
tss, found that they had skipped from
oss side Of the room TO the other until
the soles we're worn through 70 the mp
pers. and this vas not all, sounds we're
heard by different people passing the
house, and something uncsnny took
possession VI the place.
These were the conditions when b.
came 10 much interested In the matter
that | resolved TO .spend . night, or
pst Of oas u lsast, In the haunted
house. One evening I obtained the key
q the house and lamp from the
e,nbliny hands Of tee station agent and
took possession oi the house. I drst
rummaged from top 70 bottom, but found
no man holes or speaking tubes. and be.
ing sell satisfied that there was no one
IN the house, prepared my ped for the
night in The haunted room. 1t was nov
dark enough for the Aies TO finish their
days work, and lighting my lamp lay
down upon my he'd to think and listen.
but the only sound beard WAS the gen
lie hum Of friendly mosquito Who had
come second relief to the flies. l fell
Asleep. How long slept do not
know, but when swoke it was with
sense Of not being alone. A watched,
startled feeling. which caused me to look
closely around the room, and . white,
soit moving object passed along the wall
and disappeared in the adjoining room I
eat up in INV bed TO get better view Of
any phenomena that would come next !;
l looked to zee II my watch vas safe, It
vas lying on the table ~ had left il.
A my eye reatsd on the table, which
uas without covering. thcre arose bony
hand. visible a. far ~ the wrist; il was
vomsu's hand. That hand closed around
my watch, and both vanished. Then
shsse came At the head Of my bed some
very loud knocking and as these sounds
slowly ceased, l felt the whole room Vi
bsats sensibly. and at the farther end
there rose up from The floor slobules Of
light Of sll colors--green, yellow, sznre
end hse-red, A chair moved out from
the vail without apparent agency; Il
moved close TO my he'd. Suddenly there
grew, forth from the chair, womsn's
shape. II was 40 distinct - life-ghsssly
- the shape Of death; the face was
youthful, hat mournful; the shoulders
were bare; the rest Of the body was
wrapped 10 . loose robe OF cloudy white.
Il began combing its long yellow hair,
which fell below its shoulder; its eyes
were turned toward the door; shape
appeared 10 the background and grew
darker; its form mstsrialized until
recognised that Of the suicide. He fixed
his eyes upon the form OF the woman
There were blood STAINS on the head and
breast Of the man. The two gassd ut
each other Tor some moments with that
fxsd stare Of the dead. tried to move
70 break this tsrribls spell but could not
Was held - IL In vice and compelled
to witness this ghastly s,Sbt-sarthly
posts like fies and mosquitoes were
blessing compared with this
felt myself touched by clamy Invisible
hands, and once felt the clutch - Of
cold, soft fingers at my throat. I was
conscious that II gave way 10 fear I
should b in bodily peril, 90 l put oil my
stubborn will. which 10 great quantity,
in . single focus Of resisting. wss
swars that there was will, and strong
one, working evil, which vas trying
TO crush down my swn; but conquered.
Again there was IN appearance Of things