The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-15
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door clos-d with a crash / ran back 20
open is again. because didn's care 20 %
in the premises without knowing there
was an easy exit, br. found II locked. l
could not open il again. 6.' de sr
mined 10 see the Ghost FOR myself
In nv excitement rsrsed at the top o.
the stairs 20 decide which room snoalo
enter first. Directly opposite sas eoe,
leading into large room, and oeciueo
TO start IN nv exploration there NO
sooner had the Impulse seized me 70 open
the door than | heard the scruooihg
nose hesitated moment. ana ,hen
Knocked and asked 70 be admitted mere
was no answer. but the scrubhing stopped.
/ threw open the door. In the center OF
the room appeared servant. woman,
scruhbing in the usual manner. l asked
her the reason she troubled the house and
she reniied:
.'Oh. sir. deliver me from her; I'm
bound TO her forever and she keens me
serubbing day and night
To whom are you bound:' asked
"'To her TO herr she cried, pointing to
some person apparently behind me.
II turned quickly and saw an old, totser-
ing woman standing between me and the
head OF the stairs. turned again TO iook
at the servant, out she had disappeared
and, turning sgain, the old woman
was also gone. The floor where
the servant had been scrubbing had not
been touched with water. although when
rirst entered the place appeared ve-y
wet Al this moment there was scufffe
overhead and an order to again begin
scrubning was given. started up stairs
on the run, when the old woman
again appeared. She appeared almost
transparent. could discern objects
through and directly behind her. Know
ing her to be spirit adjused her in the
usual way OF addressing vlsitants:
LIN the name of the Father aud of the
Son and of the Holy Ghost, why trou6lest
thou this houseP
".Hov dare you address me thus| de-
manded the old woman.
Il adjured the visitant again and ssked
her why she persisted in haunting the
building. The apparition became incsnsed
and rushed at me, passing through me.
So potent was the attack that felt
sick and faint and with great difficulty
endeavored to reach the front door. for |
felt that l would sutfocate did l
not get breath of fresh air.
A tussie ensued and / became
crazed with fright and fight For
a time apparently fought my psychology
cal combatant with rapier. but so fast as
/ vaEquished the spirit so fast would it
appear in different form and renew the
attack.
II finally reached the door and rushed
out, when the spirits with whom 1
had given battle became transformed into
the pet rabbits which had died, and which
had almost forgotten. / knew immedi-
a,ely that the old woman was in
the rabbits and | made for them, not
willing even then to lose the game. l
stumbled and fell heavily several times.
but eventually succeeded in capturing
three of the comics and started home with
the struggling animals. One of the little
fellows could lay the prouGest chameleon
in the shade In the different
colors 1t assumed at pleasure. /
held him tightly. but, unlike an
ordinary rabbit. it tried to get awav most
desperately and kept begging me
all the time to have mercy on
him. When I reached home
turned him loose when, to my
great disgust. il assumed the shape of the
old woman who. with a fiendish grin,
waved her hand and disappeared.
II am now convinced that it was the
spiri ,of Satan held battle with. and
believe"
Here the story ends abruptly in the
middle OF page, across the blank portion
of which heavy pencil mark is described.
as If some one had struck tie writer's
elbow q sudden blow 1t may be that as
the old man wrote the figure of the
wretched, palsied woman appeared before
him and put an end to the narrative.