The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-28

house has blazing eye in the center Of his
forehead. and who has brother at Pses
| Castle in the Isle of Man. the spirit OF a
| murdered prisoner known as the Mautae
Dog Then young Lord Dacre, VINO was
murdered in 1855 by his guardian. Sir Hlcn-
/ ard Fulmerston. who arranged that rock
ing horse on which the boy sat should fall.
| still prances about on a headless rocking
| horse.
Anne Boleyn still rides down the avenue
/ OF BEckling Park. once a year. in hearse~
! Ike coach. drawn by four headless horses
/ ana driven ey a headless driver. with her
nead IN ner lap; and her father, Sir TnoLnsss
aoes the same thing. At Caistor Castls
/ there IS another coach and headless team,
ana yet another near Great Melton This
4ass rises from q pool every midday and
midnight, and with its load of four head
| less. dripping. white robed ladies, passes
slowly round the field and sinks again;
ana eFaaitlon says that at this spot lons
ago, bridal party were upset Into this pool
and never seen again.
MannipEton Hall. the residence Of the
Waipoles. Earls Of Oxford, has its ghostly
associations Horatio. second Earl. re-
moved all the tombstones Of the ScaImers,
the former possessors Of the hall from
WiclSnere Church, and one Of the buried
ladies ,a stIll believed to walk round the
churchyard. TO atone for the sacrllege,
every Earl of Oxford at his burial was
driven in his hearse three times round
ruined Wiekmere Church before beina
finally laid to rest.
UNHAPPY LADY GHOSTS
The historic ladies who had an unhappy
time of II during their lives form a nus
merous brigade in the ghost array. Ann
OF Cleves PAGES up and down the gallery
bearing her name in Hever Castle; Fair
Rosamond walks on the river bank at
Godstow; Amy Robsart on the side Of
Cumnor; Mary Queen OF Scots at Fother-
inghay- We have noted Anne Boleyns
g SIoo Gu[ 1 at BnckIing- Canterbury sing
ocnool boys faithfully believe that ths
unfortunate Nell Cook, famous in the
4ngoldsb-- legend, haunts the Dark Entry
every Friday night. At ApethoTpe the
Earl Of Westmoreland's seat in Northamp-
tonsh1re, Lady Grace, wife of the first
Earl. walks in a corridor. scattering silver
air, and woe to him who tries to test theft
solldIty. There is the Brown Lady OF
Rainham-stately in Golf and rich brocades
but eyeiess. There is silky of Denton
Hall. near Newcastle. in a Powered. long
WASTED satin gown and a satin hood
There IS the White Lady OF Skipsea
Castle; the Gray Woman of Willington;
Meg of Meldon in a broad hat; the White
Lady Klenkinson, who still walls over
a chest Of gold. the cause of all the un-
happiness of her married life.
A KNICKERBOCKER GHOST2
An interesting American ghost is that
which is said to dwell in the Forbes manor
house at -the-Hudson. near Albany
N. Y. One night, about thirty years ago,
the manor house was the blazing scene Of q
social gathering. Just what our of the ordi-
nary happened that night nobody in Bath
knows. But something did happen. for
everybody in Bath says SO. At any rate it
was a gala night, but the next morning
all the servants excepting four faithful ones,
who had been with the family for many
years, were discharged, and shortly after
breakfast all the members of the family
left the manor house in carriages. No good
bys were said Behind them they left their
beautiful home as it had been the day before.
On the mantels and dressers were the pic
in hea hTrn a nd n
and chests were their clothes. on the desks
their letters and papers. Trinkets lay on
the tables forgotten
The doons were locked, the curtains pulled
down and the house closed for all time
THE MAN IN BLACK
A man in black is said to walk that houss
every night, nlumbling and moaning as ne
passes uD and down the broad stairway.
Scores of people assert that they have heard
him and a few say they have seen him.
One of the latter describes him as follows;
His hair was long and curly, and parted on
the side; his eyes were bright, his features
clearly cut and his face pale. He was
smooth shaver, and wore a high standing
collar ana a black bow and stock. He
was in evening dress and wore no jewelry
except a gold fob. For a moment he ceased
aud then began moaning and
walked away He passed the door, walk
ing toward the stairway.
The ghost hunter tiptoed to the door and
watched him ascend the stairway until he
was half way to the top, when he stopped
as though he had encountered another per-
son. He raised his hands appealingIy and
fell backward with a shrek that rang
throughout the house and was answered by
the echoes. His hand struck a marble
step, and thinking that he had been injured
the watcher rushed to the spot. He saw
nothing.
The history Of this ghost is tightly locked
with the family who now live in the OK