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body in the house Was up stairs searching 70.
the man I had soen. but there was no trace Of

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When turned and saw him he was stand.
bed at me: had made few steps toward me
| bod before had time to catch myself. and
then was frightened and gave cry and said:
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tho passassway. was afraid then. that some.
thing would happon to the childTsn in the
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saseWsy The sRildsss were sleeping and tie
and adI ypY ms The people in tho house
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know the ghost. whoever 10 might be. wouldn't
about and opened and shut. Sometimes /
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mug down into my room late in the sitssnoon,
when they were hull dressed. to tell me of
ns Mars IN a aa ioom mppened to them while
O'clock in the evening. and / had come out Of
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figure. 1 could see him ali the way down.
When he reached the bottom the door opened
and slammed behind him. was only q second
looked around no was nowhere to be SEEM.
%s ssa1S S q ,Ss s dassSnt
hS na at% go eR maTSd out although their
the autumn Of 1887. and moved out in the fol- J.
an extremeiy fortunate lot OF ciroumstances
WHICH induced him to get out 80 soon;
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house. I'm, not afraid Of ghosts and noises
But We employ colored servants. and after We
to me and said whatever might become Of
them they would not stay In that house any
Whats the matter ?".1 asked.
THE h sS,S is huunted there are ghosts In
woSS s%S%ns Ct s.s q
rooms for them outside. and they came every
snd ysnt or At p g. d t5es
been Informed q the fact p seli b|Y numerogs
every effort to Keep the servants from learning
about i, Most Of my experiences were on the
extend up to the top floors"
Did you ever see the ghosti''
hssr s sand Exit TT d m h nsss
lie miserable indeed for neFyo9s people:
ose besn Il
s s Dn % sds beDp tP 6.
whispers and mornings These would BE- In
terrupted BY loud noises and knocks They
ns tss them to
some peculiar conditions connected with tho
house at t6e time. and there Is an open space
e Sn h09ss spsnd e %ssp s s a Ss
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make st1 peSasr poses hsPpsn @Ss 70
at s11sn q tho thnRs
heard. l an not ut all sorry. however. that I
It may Be noted. in Connection with Mr..
Cleveland's attitude toward the supernatural.
that the policeman who was on that, beat re.
FL he 'nat ths
sidewalk IN their night clothes- When cues
BY 2 policeman. but that he himself has no
he smy q s 5Shn e. BEsdsy who died
the yhen am9 s
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been able to ascertain. It has been learned.
that %smesrf Of thu fH%y have
were of q nature similar to those already given.
The same statement has been made in differ
the house during. It's earlier years. although
no direct information could be obtained from
Ali sorts Of stories are ahoat in the neiGhbor-
hood and among the friends Of form r tenants
& ob IBIS wh0 , has
there is . graveyard under the. house This
can not be PROVED a but the writer found Cne
but no skeletons were turned up. Then it Is
said that an old man committed suicide In the
b bg e1s t. 4
much 81 his wealth in philanthEopy. After liz.
Then Peter " ling bought The house rs And his
moving out Of 1t he died. .Gouyerneur n, Og-
den. once the treasurcr OF ,Columbia College.
i unit! 1884. when he died at Bar Harbor. Mr..
OgIen's son. Csdwalader Ogden, who .contin-
ued to live in the house for q time aftor his
father Q death. died not long after at Bermuda.
In the fall Of 1884 BENJAMIN +. Butler leased
tho house Tor q term OF years. Che In
delicate health when he moyed IN and q few
moved out OF the house a short time after tho
fathers death I'll, and sub.leased the house to
Buffers say that they saw nothing Of the ghost,
John M. Bradley, who succeeded Mr.: Cleveland
two years. His family moved out last spring.
and since then the house has been un9ccupied.
Strong efforts were made to see all the ton
ants OF the last ten years. but this was found
to be i'm possible on account OF deaths. remov.
ais. and hesitation to have their names con-
nected with ghost stories