The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-25

pipe on the mantelpiece be-
fore usurping the rug and the CRATE hre
BY putting his feet on the one and his
back to the other.
How many of US here can recall Brook
lyn OF thirty-ive years agoT ne asked,
after a pause, during which he had passed
cur faces in review. mot many, fancy.
I am unfortunate enough TO be able 10
recolIect when a graveyard occupied
portion OF the block on Fulton street, OPP
posite Clark street. IL disappeared years
ago. Thirty-fve years ago 1t was the
scene of a great sensation. ghost IN
white and luminous form was seen TO
move about nightly Midnight was the
hour for It's appearance. and as the hour
of u approached a morbid curious. fright
ened. awe-stricken lot of people chung 10
the palings of the wooden fence, sup
ping on the horror. As lad risking the
punishment sure to follow the discovery
Of my absence from bed, used to steal
out to see this wonderful thing, q pro-
found believer. The revelation was SHOCK
ing to my faith. young man OF tne
neighborhood, incorporating In his moth
er's robe DC mutt and bedsheet, had been
the ghost. The disilusion was cruel. From
a true believer i became confirmed skep-
tic.
This isn't my story, but II serves to
tell why, when the report. with circum-
stantial proof Of haunted house I'm an
other part Of Brooklyn was made, was
scornfuily incredulous, and how | was led
into an experience which, even at this
lapse OF time, / cannot recall without
shudder OF horror.
II doubt II anyone here can tell mo
where Pigeon hill was. | cannot. though
] have In my boyhood days spent many
hours IN play its green slopes. It Is
lost now In Prospect park. In the time
speak Of and II was shortly after had
been made member of the reportoriai
corps OF the Eagle, road-a country
road, too--ran around its base and left IL
to plunge through a forest growth OF
trees, down hill at the bottom OF which
II met another similar road that reach
ed the point of contact at right angles,
presented an elbow and went on in an
other and eccentric direction TO climb a
long hill from the top OF which you could
then view the bay. In this valley, where
there was dense growth OF trees and
was the point OF contact OF the two roads.
underbrush. save opposite the elbow where
a clearing had been made for a house.
1T was lonely, gloomy spot. not at
all helped or enlivened by the empty house
that stood there innocent OF paint. with
broken steps and shutters ready to fall
from tho windows they did not shield or
protect. A desolate place. that as boys
we passed through quickly, and having
got on tho hills beyond X. felt quite proud
Of our bravery In having gone into 1t at
all This has passed away. too--lost IN
Prospect park.
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desolate spot. the dark shadows. the damp
smell from the swampy ground. the for
lorn and Ailspldated house, and dis
coursed lcarnedly, not to say arrogantiy,
.ir,ta.a t,,a ,,,na,tor. u, mo ,,,nnrant
80. ,,a,,,. a,,an.n a, ,ha ,in,a ~ he ,,ro.
sa,,rS ,h1,naanht, ana dogma,,c hut nor
49, IA a. ~. u,i,bout ru,losI,v 90 one
.vo,'In. sa,na me In comnany with two
- ,h,e. ,rtanas 40, ,,,ita 10 sl.o,icai
~ ,nvaa,s IN front ~ tho ala house
loo,,,ry ,,non ia dark and forbidd,ns
front There were others there drawn
tbithar nv tina reports OF the strange. nm
.anny ana rpvaterious thinra tn he often
seen we saw nothing on this occasion.
thouvh wa heard a noise that the waiting
ero,,n attributed 10 upearthly causes hht
which In nv suneriority ascrIbed to
the swinging Of a shutter on its rusty
Al,va., hut there were those who toId
10 that befara we came dancing lights
rad been seen within the house and al a
eecond- story window. dimly and In
acfnjtely. a form IN white which waved
S,ns and DRAINED arms Tn. Mace being
dsrk / could sneer without danger. and
10 INV hearts content as 1 listened to
those recitals
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dayinv yn,,ng frishman clever brtlllant
ana somewhat reckless prone 10 adyen-
unre who in his shor, life had seen much
Of the world and whese sayety and wit
made him an irresiatiOle companion. This
young man challenged me to spend a
night In tho house and thereby prove tho
accuracy OF my conclusions ! never IN
tended INA, my openly eNpresseu tnerea-
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