The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-11
WESTWOOD'S GHOST A CAT.
IT IA WRITE and PLAYS THE PART
or A GHOST TO PERFECTION


House Apart from Its Litter OF Kittens
WEsrwoop. n. J., Nov 10.-while the Settlers
Club was in session at Van Emburgh IL Boz
eerts store last evening young Dan o'Mars
rushed in and shouted
Say, there's q spook In Bob Christie's
house. and big crowd is there
Mr.. Christie's house is in Third street. near
the Reformed Church. q good rifle shot from
the store Mr.. Christie and family moved to
brooklyn last week. having locked their cot.
tago hero for the winter. O'Mara's message
moved every member OF the Settlers Club to
action, and In thirty seconds the big store was
deserted by everybody save Sam Pete Cole, the
head clerk and two cats.
The crowd, led by Yose'a Bill and followed
by Hop Van Ripper. filed past tho depot,
through tho lumber sheds and across the
park to Third street, then south to where a
large assemblnge was seen In the roadway.
The thronp was In state OF great excite
ment Somebody had told the Widow Rose
that they heard strange sounds in the Chris
tie house as they passed at 8 o'clock: o GUS
toner in the widows store carried the infor-
nation homo. and before $3.50 not less than
300 people were collected in the roadway In
front OF the deserted cottage.
John j. Bate. a real estate agent. whose
Office is at 275 Broadway. lives next door to
the Christie place. He was startled by the
mob that was surging back and forth partly In
front OF his premises Emerging from his
back door, Mr.. Bate joined the crowd and ac-
costed personal friend as to the cause OF tho
Bob Christie's house Is ha'nted." was the
lie repeated the question to half a dozen.
and Bob Christie's house is ha'nted' was
oil he could learn. Pushing his way to the
O'Mnra, ST.. Garry Tuers. and other we'll
known citizens near the fence;
sEhnh Ear shouted by e tSs
crowd. DcathIike silence followed. and then
from tho. Ghristle house came sounds as OFF,
ding. and 'i then the thsd Of som sitting falling
This was repeated at short intervals for
in the house The watchers had become
wrought up to pitch of intense excitement
Here's Andrew Smith: he amt afraid"
Mr.. Smith is the village undertaken He
for. and when told, that they believed the
Christie hop M WIS haunted tho undertaken fnrse
saon Tho ' real e stat '"us
lantern. and armed with stout sticks he and
the undertaken stepped into the yard OF the
Jesse, Rumsey rememnered thai, Mr. Christie
Blauveit's. and he volunteered to get It.
While Mr.. Smith held the lantern MIR. Bate
tha R pnd he Srse
repeated. Then a white object darted through
the doorway and toward the small stable at
the rear OF tho lot.
It's white witch" yelled Yose's Bill. and
the crowd fell back from the fence:
Its Christie's white cat" said Mr.. Bate.
And such proved to be tho case The Chris
ties had five cats. four black and one white:
The white cat was a curiosity. because 1t had
one blue eye and ono pink eye. The animal
had been accidentally locked in the house
when the family moved away last Friday. and
its efforts to get out were the sounds heard by
people passing the place.
Mr.. Bate recalled that a litter OF kittens had
been discovered in the Christie stable and
were cared for by som children under the sup
position that they had been deserted by their
mother This was the white cat with the pink
eye and blue eye. and it explained why the
poor animal dnrted for the stable. Whitley
was found with her offspring by Mr.. Bate and
Mr.. Smith. who alone could be induced at first
TO penetrate tho gloom OF the yard and stable.
They found the cat in n terribly emaciated
state. with her sleek kittens crawling over her.
The starved animal was tendery cared for.
loses Bill insisted that there was nothing
but evil could come from a white cat with one
pink eve and one blue eye. and he refused TO
enter the Christie premises.
1t was near midnight when the town quieted
down to its normal condition. This morning
the school children and all the women in
West wood went to see the Christie house. but
only n few OF the bravsst paid their respects to
Bate has adopted the entire family.