New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
HER oUT-HER EXPLANATION.


The actual experiences of Mrs Mary H. Ford.
of Hyde Park. Chicago. in her haunted house.
told by herself intensely interesting. She de-
clares that only through her great faith in the
spirit world sufficient courage given her TO
live the disturbance down Her story is fol-
lows
IVY We had had heard that the house was haunted; We
It was the talk of the children of the neighbor
house rented II was a stately mansion Of bygone
days. somewhat gloomy looking compared with its
and there were bood-curding tales of the doing
of the 'imps Of darkness in the dead O night"
we had no thought of moving until the agent
came to me and offered the house at $50 a month.
looks Of the house from the outside and Was was not
at at. an AFRAID Of any ghost that ever walked or
Things at night" many times but they had never
AS was turn9 9q in oe ny peeve o 'heg b ever would
l stopped turned around and looked the
came to me that if | could only get it for ss5 a
n99tn 9fter dnnlT Mould take take it; 49,,
G ff aefTaa To the agent who offered it at thar price
take ni It, SO | made an appointment to go with
MN early the next morning to see it.
fact Walked a' rR Srouf6 x RGee Rn gn h
l. knew that this must be "the ghost" or one of
them them He seemed such pleasant. afable and
eeab part the s nsHs walking Xxi @sns adnE h 5
ana part Of the time preceding and seeming to
snow the way. that ] concluded that there
nothing to fear from this quarter. for he seemed
And SO we moved IN. The first night, us I was
putting my little boy to bed. he suddenly sat up
and, pointing at the corner his eyes bulgng out In
man over there?" l did not anything at that
tirne only the boy saw II, so I asked him how the
gentleman looked. The little fellow trembled all
over as he said: "a great, tall man, big, with
white hair and a long white beard clear down to
mere measuring with his hand down to his wais).
recognized my own ghost of the first visit, and
treasured the little fellow, telling him not TO be
frightened, as had Feen that man before. and he
was a friend and would not hurt anybody. He
wanted us to live here.
We had never the former owner OF the house
ana did not know what he looked like, but we saw
him frequently after this: even the girl saw him.
groceryman, his first delivery He said:
. Why know this place of old. ! used to de-
liver groceries to Mr. Mayne."
The girl eagerly asked how Mr.. Mayne looked,
and the boy described our ghost perfectly, to
the same expression used by my little that
he had white beard reaching clear down TO
here (placng his hand at his waist to mark the
length). Then we knew that Mr.. Mayne was living
with us STILL although invisible to some, ALL OF
us part of the time.
He began to regulate lives In the most pc
culiar manner We found that every merchant we
patronized had formerly served Mr.. Mayne. We
from a list of about twenty this vicinity, and
he Immediately informed us that he had done
work for Mr.. Mayne and knew all about the
! plumbing system used in the house. We found
! this most convenient saving many dollars, as
! the system was old one.
We found that the kind of coal we were ac-
customed to use would not burn at all in the range