The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-05-04

Hoi ioity oo'entu olIInudy, dlCeT suu-
moning friends, to whom she related
the whole tale. SCOTS poem of the
Eve of st. John is founded on this
very story, which is part of the his
tory OF the two noble Irish families
of Tyrone and Beresford.
A Struggle in the Tombs.
The third class, of disturbances
among the dead themselves, would
seem to stretch human belief beyond
the breaking point, yet there are two
well authenticated instances related
of such. One is of the middle of
the eighteenth century. A strong
antipathy existed between the wife
of an English land owner in Lincoln
shire and her brother in-law. After
her death he came to live with his
brother, the Squire, but died within
year. His antipathy to the dead
woman broke out in his last mo-
ments, and he warned the clergyman
in attendance that if he were buried
in the same vault as she had been,
"the living as we'll as the dead should
hear of it," (The Mortified auditor
did not reveal this warning until two
days after this) The burial was in
the family vault That very night
a fearful sound, as of enemies strug-
Cling for the mastery in combat, ac-
companied by piercing shrieks, was
heard from the vault by persons liv-
ing near by. The story was carried
to the Squire, who ordered the vault
opened, when most shocking scene
was presented to view. The coffin of
the lady, and that of her daughter
who died the year before, were lying
in far corner of the vault, the young
girls across that of her mother, and
close by that of the brother in law.
1t had originally been placed upon
the block stands usually SO en-
ployed, but now it stood erect,
though its weight had required six
men men to carry it into the vault
before. The coffins were restored to
their former positions, and the door
again securely fastened, and watch
man posted outside. That night and
every night, the same fearful disturb
ance occurred, nor was it stopped
until brick wall had been built to
effectually separate the third coffin
from the other two.
Of the fourth and last class, the
most remarkable is the story of Lady
Anne Grimstone, wife of Sir Samuel
Grimstone, of Gorhambury, Hert-
fordshire, England. AS her tomb
stone records, she died November %,
1713. She was, strangely for wom-
an, an atheist, and reaffirmed her
principles while dying, adding: eff
there is God, and l find it so, seven
ash trees shall grow out of my tomb"
AS any visitor to the churchyard of
Tewin, in the diocese of st. Adams,
may see for himself, seven ash trees
have sprung up, interlacing the iron
railing round the tomb, and disjoint-
ing the stone work of the tomb itself,
which was firmly united by iron pins.
A Phantom Race.
Though supernatural occurrences
are not wanting on this side the At
lantic, we have space for only one
case. There stands near Fayette-
vile, N. c., a ruined house, once the
abode of wealthy but cruel planter
in ante beliatm days. He married
young and pretty woman, the daugh-
ter of selfish father, who forced her
to the act. She had promised to
marry humber lover, and her jeal-
GUS husband soon began to ill treat
her, finally claiming her to the floor
of vacant room. Her lover entered
the house by stealth, released her,
and the two fled on his white horse.
Discovered and pursued by the en-
ragged husband, mounted on black
one, there was headlong race for
mile, to where, at bend in the road,
stands a huge oak tree. AS the low
er's steed tried to turn the bend, he
slipped, fell, and threw them against
the tree. Both were instantly killed.
An instant later the black horse went
down in heap over the white ones
body. The riders neck was broken,
three corpses and two crippled horses
lying in radius of twenty feet. Near
ly forty years have passed, and every
night those whose nerves are steady
enough to visit the spot can hear the
hoof beats, slow and regular at first,
then shout, followed by a shrek
from the riders of the first horse, and
then the fierce race begins, only to ter
inmate in a crash at the great oak
tree, followed by silence. Many have
heard and witnessed the phantom
rooa but mona haua oorod m -aoaot