Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-05
GRAVE TALES OF appAr,r,o,..,

know OF distinguished admir.,
who was reading the paper one AN
when ne suddenly exclaimed: II ba,,
just seen L. naming his son ,rs,
was lieutenant in the navy m ~
west African station. He Ia o.
shore. being carried by sailors. He i.
very i'll. or dying. and he is wear,n,
a marines cap" 1t was afterw,,1.
shown that his son, who was on so,n,,
expedition on shore, had been si,daort,.
'3truck down with fever, and AT M.
time IN question was being carried hv
sailors. and, what was more strange
h. had some time before lost hi, ovr
cap, and was wearing such can j.
his father had seen. which he haa
borrowed from "A marine.
or there stories. there are a y,e,.
many. one Of the best authenticate
Of them is the incident in which ca,
Sherbroke Of the Thirty-thjrd p.,,
rnent. afterwards Gen. Sir John Conc
SheTbroke. and Lieut.. George wv
ward of the same regiment, were con.
.ccined. One afternoon in I7s5. wb.,
they were with the regiment in can-
ada, they were both sitting together
in Wynward's quarters II was abo,,
four O'Clock. They had both dined In,
4 neither had taken wine. The rom,
they sat in had two doors. one onen,
ing into a passage, the other into Wvn-
| wards bedroom. The only wav int.
the sittibg-room was the door fror,
| the paasage. and the only way into IN.
| bedroom was through the sitting
room. The two officers were reading
some military subject together. hav-
ing left mess early TO pursue their
studies. Sherbroke, happening TO lool,
Up from his book, observed q tall vou,h
of about twenty years Of age, whose
appearance was that of extreme
cInaciation. Struck with the appear.
ance of a perfect stranger, he turned
! TO his friend, and directed his atten-
ton TO the guest who had broken into
their studies As soon as Wynward
saw the mysterious stranger he be-
came very agitated. II never" Sir
John Sherbroke used to say in telling
| The story afterwards. saw living
| face assume the appearance Of
| corpse. except Wynward's at that mo-
ment,' Coed Cod" Wynward ex-
claimed, lit is my brother" The
stranger seemed TO go into the bed
| room. They followed him. and found
| that there was no enc there. They
| took note of the hour and day. When
| the mail came out from home there
vas letter to Sherbroke from
mutual friend asking him to break to
Wynward the news that his favorite
brother was dead. He had died on the
! day and at the very hour on which
Wynward and his friend had seen his
spirit pass through the apartment
| II is said that Sherbroke still was in
clined to doubt that he had really seen
| 4 spirit. Some years afterwards he
was walking with two gentlemen in
piccadilly. when, on the opposite side
Of the way. he saw a gentleman bear
ing the most striking resemblance TO
the figure which had been disclosed to
Wynward and himself. His COM
,anions had heard the story, and he
directed their attention to the gentle
man as the person who he believed had
entered WynWard's apartment. Hop
ing to elucidate the mystery. he went
up to the gentleman. The latter re-
,eived him in a friendly manner. He
had never been out Of England. but he
was the twin brother Of the youth
whose spirit had been seen. AS to the
last part Of the story. it seems toihave
ueen shown that there We're no twin
brothers in the family. and there is
mother version that it was gentle
man who had often been mistaken for
the Younger Wynward. There is one
point that occurs to one on reading the
tory. Did the young man die in Eng
md at four o'clock in the afternoon J
IN the day in question. or did he die
Ut the hour that the clock would have
rninted to i'll England when it was
l.. NJ in Canada? In a good many OF
these. stories the difference of time at
different parts Of the world seems 70
he ignored. The story, however
seems to have plenty Of evidence 10
rest on 1t was published in 1sZs by
Mr. Jarvis in his Accredited 6host
stories" and there is a note to the
effect that a relation of Wynwaros
had read it, and stated that in all lln-
rortant circumstances il was s'i-t'iy
ti1;e. Then the author says that III
John Sherbroke often told tie story
rnd Sir John lived for some five years
ftrr the books w;s published. In a
discussion in Notes and queries
Wi. who seems to have known Tue
| r.:.;lE. bears witness to the correct
rcss of the story. one impnIt9n, point
| is that after the apparition had oeeh
seen and before the news had come OUT
WynMard and Sherbroke spoke ireeH
t0 their brother officers Of what they
| had SEEM Household Words.
If YOU have a baby in the house you
| ~, ....-1. l.rln,,. tto hast WAY TO