The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-03


If any reader Of these lines has
haunted house In his possession ! WISH
he would place IL at my disposal for
one night should Ike very much to
SEE a real ghost. and yet am not sure
but have seen one. although there
are two links missing in the chain OF
evidence which render absolute Ger
talnsy possible. Il Is curious thing
That in this investigating age OF tpe
world the aciual existence Of ghosts Is
stnl matter u doubt; and still more
curious Is the fact that ghosts, whether
they exist or not. exert an influence ON
the property market Il the most ma
tcriailsllc and hardest headed city IA
the world The otner week a house
was put up az auction In London and
dld not receive a bid merely because
q was supposed 20 b. hauniedi Tor
fifteen years Il had not had tenant
and consequently its value IN the mar
ket was nothing NJ all
A short time since | was shown
house near Denmark llll station IN
London which had been inlet for a
great number Of years. II was most
commonplace looking building. and
the rcpalrcrs were doing Il mp In the
hope that perhaps Il might be- let but
M 10 date this hope has not been re-
allied. The friend who was with me,
aud who pointed out the house. said II
could scarcely be called haunted. for
no GHOST WAS ever seen there, but the
water In the ewers and water bottles
turned 10 blood during the night, and
when a man went 90 wash himself ia
the morning be- was naturally taken
ahack by this startling transformation
| confess that this inc.dcnt happening
every right. might induce the most un'
romantic stock broker In the city "a
desert the house when quarter day
came around, A man must be good
deal ~ jing, who Is content TO waal
ard hattie III blood.
Investigation Ia this realm 81 tn
UNREAL Is APT 90 De- somewhat unaatls
factory. | have FOR mouths rca,
Steals "Spsok" magazine In the hops
OF coming upon something tangible. j
there Il anything tangible In the worli
OF spirits, but Mr.. Stead's ghosts nj
ways strike me as being a tribe 70,
thin.
About year ago Conan Doyle spcnt
night 10 a haunted house. ! believe
he has never written his experience
and I now throw out the hint 20 som,
cngcrprislng magazine editor, for u
Mr.. Doyle can b. Induced 10 writ,
upon this subject. the article viii Ger
nlnly BE- interesting. The ghosily
manifestations wem In the haunted
house all right enough. but although
AIR. Doyle ala not succeed IN tracing
them % their source. ! understand h
Is still skcp;lcal as 70 their spiriiua
origin.
Harold Frcdsric whose latest book
illumination. Is work ~ genius. ]
ever there wa one. investigated IN hi
younger days the meth ds % spirl
photo graphpr. II was at the tim.
whea wet plates were Ia vogue, ane
when hccus p1cus was more Difficult
than Il would be now; yet, although
I believe be also d,d not succeed II
nuding the fraud be looked for III
was no; convinced That the pictures
seen ON the plates were those OF actua
spirits. Thus ! say that Investigates
IN ali the case ! have heard anything
about has been unsatisfactory, aud IN,
story ! have now 10 tell ~ my owl
experience similarly lacks deinltenes'
A good many years ago, when ! wal
writing somewhat extensively Ter th'
papers, ] received many letters iron
persons unknown % m, about ml
work. sonic complimentary, others IN
reverse. one core poudnni wrote IRE
Qucnily, and after a time, | hccam
very much annoyed az the constant r.
cclpt Of his letters | shall not her
give his real name. but may say tina
he always wrote with a certain defer
oncc that seemed 10 me sarcastic. anl
bis letters wcrc beautiful specimen
Of chirngraphy, the writing boxing al
most like coppcrplate. What exaspeI
ated me about this correspondent wa
that he was always right ana ! was IN
varinbly Ia the wrong. lie wrote 4