The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-03-26


terial things TO waken a sleeping house
hold? Science. with cool. calculating
methods, has investigated the theory
OF ghosts and found nothlng.
A haunted house has been one Of the
recent attractions of a town In Mlchl-
gan. a family In that place, living IN
their own house. were suddenly visit.
ed By a ghost They did not see the
Intruder. but they heard the clanklng
OF chains In the dead hour OF night
until at last they were afraid to sleep
and the place acquired the unslvory
reputation OF being haunted. Then
one member Of the household. drawer
then the rest. determined 20 slt mp and
track the ghost to ita lair. lie watched
Tor two nights and heard the chain
olankiug at distance. but on each oo-
caslon the ghost ovadol pursuit and
remained invisible On the third night
the olanklng chain was again heard
and the watcher. acting on the prinol-
pie that all things come to him who
waits, remained quiet at his post. Sure
enough, the ghos, came timidly into
his presence and turned out to be no
ghost. but a pet coon that had strayed
from ita owner and hidden under he
woodshed door, ~ night 4 entered
the house by an entrance left FOR the
family cat
There Is an empty house In the heart
Of the city Of Detroit tha, was former
ly a large boarding house. Il was at
one time filed with a goodly com
pany Of bright spirits. but the shadow
c. doom rested upon H. In less than
score Of years sixty persons. asso-
ciated under that roof at one time.
have died and all connected in Us
management have died or been over
taken by misfortune. Now Il Is said
that lights are seen In Us deserted
rooms. sobs and cries echo IN the empty
halls AMI forms are observed flittlng
Mp and down the deeaylng stairs I,
Is not surprising 20 ihcse who know
the tragic story OF the house TO learn
that Il is a rendezvous fer ghosts. Tor
more Inflated mansion does not ex-
ist But the writer Of this paper. who
had known OF H. joys and It's vlcissi-
tudes. went there IN the shadow Of late
evening, and, standing near the ruined
pile. which Is Ranked by lines OF mod
era street ears, gazed curlously AZ the
uucurtainod windows. taking at the
same time a peep backward into the
limbo Of the past.
Ghoats2 There were regiments Of
thcml Where had once been light and
gayoty and the music OF dancing feet.
there we're now silence and death. But
II was easy TO see ahadowy revels and
hear the nhuile Of feet that nsw lie
az rest. There was the woman who
wore a rose In her hair and had al.
ways n smile on her lips. and the sial.
wart man on whose arm she leaned
there was dust on their eyes now. but
they. too. came 10 look on their latest
dwelling place. And the generous
one. who had kept them an as under
the shadow Of her wing. on whose
placid brow the wreath OF asphodel
was set. she walked In majestic silence
from empty room 10 room. And then
the lights In the nelshbors' houses we're
put out, and there were no ghosts toe
shifting lights had taken on a ghosty
appearance, and one had seen the lit
tic child who died there and wore n
klngly crown OF flowers. and another
had seen the young girl who deacd
death and danced a two-Etcp about her
llttlc room when she had but an hour
or two to live. And the ghosts win
assemble there until these are forgot
ten or the old house Is pulled down 70
make way for some commercial cea-
ter.
In the days Of Salem wllchcraft the
authorities hanged a man who denied
that such being as a ghost ever ex-
listed. Julius Caesar and Brutus were
quoted az classical instances Of the
ruth. and sauls experience with the
witch Of Endor and Jobs vision Of The
night as biblical Endorsement
Hamlets father is perhaps the beat
all-around ghost OF literature. as HI
had a mission and attended strictly 4
business
The tenant Of a haunted house heard
the soft footballs OF the ghost on TIE
stairs at night and prepared trap foi
Il In the shape OF threads stretched
across the stairs. IN the morning th'
threads had no, been disturbed. al
though the CHEST had been heard al
! usual. The strange part Of the thinl
2 was that a ghost with material powel
. to make It's steps heard could not breal
so light thing as thread. but Their
vas a possibility Of some resislancl
, In the thread disastrous 70 the aslra
body. The ioc1faIIa attributed . TIL