The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-01-11

THEIR 14lNSb
n.,nrns IA. Jan. Glover
0AD ,I,,on and his wife are much con-
idF' ni inst at present over ghost that
'eEns% ,,ing itself 700 much At home in
IS ln"G 1an,icile. and resenting their pres
tns'' various ways more or less disa-
en'' NJ to the Masons. This ghost, Mr.
sIS''o' sovs is that Of a man dressed in a
Mason ;torm, resembling that worn by
F'u 49,, inf in the British army lie is
'YI W, seen at dusk entering O. leaving
us'% rrnso though he gives evidence OF
,D' l during the day, but remains
O'' ,7lIo to the human occupants.
T%o house in which the Masops live is
iI I5 one, built nearly seventy years
a.. Wv. and was owned for fifty years by an
az 5,.a1,n1e named Brewster, who sold it
v r,n+ , wear ago to the present owners.
o ~. Mo Ghost making disappearance, and
~ .Lonomenon attending it arousing sus
0a l.ns os to it's nature, Mr.. Mason call
P IVY, no Brewsters to see if they knew
'~ ,,+hino Of the relocated phantom,
IL ia, Mrs Brewster turned to her hus-
band and said:
2" ,rwbv he means our soldier. Yes, sir;
. ,a,rse we have seen and heard about
,rooms the thing that you are speak
nrof bnt it never molested us in any
s. nor did we bother it. Indeed, we
ra+ ~. 60 nsed to it that we ceased to no
tice it."
M Mason then recited the ways in
--hiob he and his wife had been annoyed
~ +ba hbantom, and Mrs. Brewster de-
.iorod that cit must not like the change.
snnnose it got used to us, and not
moving you is put out"
Mr., Mason says that they had only
bpan domiciled few days in the house,
which was put in thorough repair after
tho Rrevsters left, when one evening at
dark and lust as he was ascending the
norcb steps. that man pushed past him
m the steps and into the house. Mr..
Mason followed quickly, thinking it some
one making entirely too free with his
PREMISES. but found to his surprise that
the street door was fast locked, obliging
him to ring to gain admittance.
He INQUIRED of his wife as to who had
lust entered tie house, when the lady in
evident surprise declared most positively
that no one had opened the door, which
was in plain view from the room in which
she was sitting, and that furthermore she
had unlocked the door herself for his
coming She could not believe that her
husband was in earnest, and hall per-
suaded him that it was all fancy on his
part. The next evening the strange Wis
itor again made his appearance, and Mr..
Mason caused the entire house to be
searched for him, but nothing was found /,
although with his own eyes the gentle
man had seen the man enter the street
door and pass INFO the house.
Mrs. Mason, however, still protested
that no one had crossed her vision as she
sat in the sitting room, and was still
rather disposed to set the whole thing
down to freak of her husband magma
ton until the following day, when pass
ing along one of the upper halls, she saw
just ahead of her a man in red coat,
who walked as if at home and went slow
ly into one of the rooms, closing the
door after him. Mrs. Mason, who is
woman Of intrepid and determined char
acteT, held onto the outer knob Of the
door Of the room and called for the SER
wants to aid her in capturing the intru-
DER, But on opening the door in the
presence of the household the room w&s
seen to be empty. AS it had but one
window, which let out upon the street, a
distance Of thirty feet or more, and as
there existed no other exit from the
apartment, the lady was.nonplussed and
the servants so frightened that several of
Them left the next day.
Then began series of remarkable oc-
currences in the house, all attributed to
The ghostly inmate. Bells were rung at
all hours of the day and night, the water
turned on into the basins and bath tubs,
the dog was whipped out and severely
beaten by invisible hands whenever he at
tempted to re-enter, and the plants and
shrubs were pulled up by the roots. The
maids were often startled at their work
Oyhaving the windows violently let up
and down, and by seeing the relocated
inquire push past them in the halls and
kitchens.
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