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seen terrible sight. a terrible sight" On
being conveyed to the lower floor and interro-
gated still further. she described as best she
could the vision Next day she left the fam
Night after night the same old. unex-
noteworthy occurred after this until one
evening when the members Of the family with
couple OF friends SSs MsTe s3E In ths
ade. brought II TO the group. and. being asked
to set It aside temporarily, went into the rear
middle of table and retired The rear par:
lor is accessible only from the front room, and
tightly. Scarcely two minutes later the com
pany heard something overturned In the rear
room and then the sound 9f splashing, water.
what had happened, The pitcher had LETT the
Of the foor. while the lemonade had been en-.
treiy poured over the CARPET Had the pitcher
been lying 9n It's side Or even st6 stondng within
haye willingly INCLINED to the belief that It had
fallen Hen accidentally: Gel Tnere was only one con;
hours delibeEation, and that was that some;
thing other than human agency had caufed
esSrd e as o6e N o the oldest Of o3d
There were times. almost always late at
basement. 1t mattered not whether. the gas
had been eKtinguished or the lights still
The unseen perpetrStors Of ali US Tho AZ msSRe
were quito Indifferent TO the light hut there
was no mistaking the fact that they resented
all attempts at human Investigation. There
were times when the banging on the radia-
tors and the wrenching at the plumbing were
single piece in, place when they went to the
as they left Il and the efficiency Of the water
paired The Ids Of the kitchen range @ SI we're re-
peatedly ratified together with deafeninG
Sometimes the spook would find diversion
In the pantry and the china closet, Dishes
porcelain. Occasionally the bookcase would
be attacked in the same way. but nothing
Mr.. and Mrs. Dickson and Miss Rapp we're
sitting shd M early 2ne evening In the bedroom over
cond
to be noticed. While they chatted they were
startled by the sound Of pouring water. It
water and It's destination could never be found
AZ three heard the peculiar noise and to each
A few weeks after that incident Mr. and
Mrs; Dickson retired one evening rather, early
door the, spook went Into the room with them
It crowded between them. and unseen. but
Soon it made itself manifest by running about
the room. Finally Mr.. Dickson murmured
as he was tired and needed sleep
spook got behind the tall healboard OF the
bed. although there was not half an inch
half way down upon the heads Of the waking
couple, @ Still further to prove Its ch9grin. the
bent forward at "a an an angle Of is degrees. e. Both
Mr. and Mrs Dickson say that the bed could
H the 6Sfsons ans Won
long. They would. indeed. have moved. and
did try to find Other, quarters, but q dwelling
so commodo%s well built SPd well situated
before the Dicksons actually left the place.
quire about the house. and it was noticed that
H. t hOT The rs the house
Dicksons drew from this was that the land
ances.
The secret had been we'll kept by the Dick
anItSne e m mf b aoer neHer S
turbances. The Dicksons are Roman Catho-
lies. while all Of their immediate neighbors
disliked to impair, the value Of the property
by giving It an Ill reputation. but they felt
credence because their faith wa was dissimilar liar
from that Of those about them. They once In
ytted VI ,i. 2 priest to spend night in the house;
anything unearthly: He ventured the .opin-
lon that some soul in pain might be their tor
nd out Il @4ks Mheher
ever ever suffered violent death or failed to re-
with the, religious phase Of this case, and
Mrs. Stafford. though in full possession OF all
her faculties, never during the whole four
year. felt or D. heard single unnatural mani,
the fact that at her christening the Gospel Of
st. John was read over her. She had always
been told that that gospel conferred such ex-
The last experience of the Dcksons at the
family had % DURING the day 9 SECURED Every ay wine
dow Throughout the house and saw to their
satisfaction that the building was empty. Al
unteered TO wait in the house until the dray-
man returned to cart away the last case Of
lighted several candles and also 'I a cigar cigar and
was preparing to demonstrate his courage
when suddenly he heard commotlon on the
struck by hurricane. doors opened and
slammed. and rumhling oises came, SO fast
the ordeal ave minutes and then fed. Soon
afterward the drayman came. He placed
he Se M s Coat nd on then t6e soTy ID
the large bedroom. He had never heard
about the Phostly disturbances, and ran UP the
the top landing when he heard a din and be-
fore he could reach the room where his coat
Lay some be one scn or dealt him blow
that almost felled him; The nan made him
call for help. but he did not wait long for as
sIstance. for In moment he was down on the
ewalk-coatess. He declares he did not
touch step on the stairs. SO swift was his de-
scent. Nor did he ever venture back again.
The Dicksons and, their friends have tried
hard TO get rational explanation of.their ex-
periences. but little or no light has been
learn about the place. and that was that many
years ago man hanged himself from the
door leading from the hall on the third floor
into the big bedroom.
Mr.. Goodwin Smith says July Forum, 19a6)
regarding ghostly manifestations: The only
case, so far as We are aware, IN which there Is
anything like tirst-hand evidence IL that OF
the warning apparition to Lord Lyttieton,
which may be explained :as the masked sui
eide of voluptuary sated with life. Apart
from the miraculous resurrection OF Christ
and Christ's miraculous raisinRs from the
ter death"
But Mr. Goldwin Smith never heard OF the
case OF the Dlcksons.
BAIT PAILS
9oma oF Them oP Thirtv.two nua rtS In