The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-31
4 UfIRD TIAf> >IOEl.
\ Child Haunts the House Where Her
Mother Died.

Mother litu.
HOUSTON, Texas, August l0-ln no
the coast of Texas was visited 10y Ter
rible storm. which ragged increasingly lot
two days and nights. To this day the
storm Of "a is talked Of by those who re-
member it. and narrowing stories are toid
Of the death and destruction left I'm IT'S
wake. one incident told Of the storm IS
about Mrs. Kane. who. by some mis-
chance. was separated from ner family
and carried. with three men, ON the top
Of a floating house down Puttdlo Bayou
and into Galveston Bay, where they were
rescued By a man In a skif and taken to
an unoccupied house on Morsan's Point
beyond the reach Of the water. Ihere
Mrs. Kane. ar hour after ner rescue, gave
birth TO a girl baby. The three men did
all in their power for her and the enid,
but the poor woman died near midnight
the following night From the time she
was brought to the house until the hour
OF her death, when conscious and III deli
rum. she cried out pitifully her gratitude
TO Heaven for bringing her TO That smell
ter before her baby was born.
When the storm subsidized and travel
VAS POSSIBLE. the men took the child TO
relations Of its mother living in the same
county. and nothing more was heard OF
Betram. wishing 10 spend several weeks
AT Morgan's Point during the summer
rented this old house. where Mrs. Kane
died. The Bctrams were delighted with
the ptace and found the house all they
wanted TO camp in for few weeks. II
was built over a high. partly inclosed
basement Stairs led down into the base
ment at the back of the house. and al
the top of the starts was door 10 smut
on this passageway when necessary. The
front of the main part Of the house had
a broad veranda running the whole length
and broad steps directly in front led up
TO ii. There was but one door opening
out on the vcranda and that led into a
bed room occupied by Mr.. and Mrs Bet
ram.
Their neighbors-fishermen and their
families for the most part-said the house
was haunted and RECALLED the Betrams
with stories of strange lights seen IN the
house at night and mysterious sounds,
they often heard in passing As the Bet
rams had heard the sad story OF Mrs.
kane's death there, they thought II only
natural as result that those simple peo-
ole would attach something uncanny 10
the house. They listened politely 10 the
stories but gave no heed 10 them and set
about settling comfortably IN their quar-
ters For the first day or two at every
creak of Il door or una ccounted-fOr sound
some member of the family would laugh
and say, THAT must be the ghost old
Captain Goodbye was telling us about.
or joke I'm some way about the ghost, or
ghosts supposed 10 haunt the house. But
soon the joke played out and nothing
more was thought about the stories.
ToOTsrErs WIRE HEARD.
The Betrams had been in the house
about two weeks when one night Mr.
Betram and two half-grown sons went
out on reef IN the bay after founder.
Mrs. Betram, her young lady daughter.
and the younger children locked the
doors ana retired early, expecting Mr.. Bet
ram and the boys home between IL and l.
O'Clock. They had all been sleeping
soundly when Miss Adele awakened her
mother and told her she had been awak-
ened by noise that was like some one
walking down the attic stairs.
Mrs. Betram got ont OF bed and struck
a light. saying she supposed her husband
and sons had Just come In and probably
one OF them had gone Up In the attic for
something CHANGING at the clock on a
shelf, she saw il was 4 few minutes after
- She went 10 the door and called two
or three times quite distinctly. There
came no reply and frightened, she closed
the door and locked II. In a minute or
two the noise was repeated. The sound
was unmistakabie. Some one was walking
up the attic stairs and making no effort
10 walk noiseessly In a short time In
reality. but to Mrs. Betram and Adele
ages Ne Eetran CANA and Gss told Of