New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

out taking her with him. And their prophecy was
her Like Mark, the old Cornish King he sent
ship for his bride in charge OF another MS sec
retary. to fetch her to him
There was unusual excitement IN the village
about 1850. The townspeople and many IN other
towns talking about the same thing-although
those who remember IL say that the outsiders did
most OF the talking and seemed be most excited.
One Sunday DR.. Phelps and his wife on their re-
turn from the church service as they mounted the
broad steps Of the house fronting in Em-st.
which they had occupied for two or three years.
were astonished to fastened beside the door
and blowing back and forth in the breeze a trail
ing piece OF Grape On entering they found evil
dences of some unusual visitation Articles OF
furniture were upset and IN one room was a figure
laid out ad shrouded If for burial. The Grape
was taken down, the figure removed and the house
set to rights Then DR.. Phelps sat down TO fathom
the matter, but he found no solution The mystery
grow deeper
From that time forward the doctor and his fam
lily were be subjected all sorts of annoyances
There were rappinss and thumpings everywhere
There were knocks on headboards OF bedsteads on
ceilings doors and noofs, Now % ana again -ofaJes -
ton revealed that Whatever was responsive for
large pieces of junk ink bottles. bricks and scuttes
E5 1r messages foated down from the air and the
vegetables, when brought up from the cellar Tor
ibe Characters All sorts OF things happened before
the eyes without visible assistance Dr. Phelps
demons, ,ratlons of ghosts or ho6goblins. which
when caspef by arms OF esh M sad en D90d resoiVfd
became noised about that the house was haunted
Possibly" said the townspeople. 1T may be the
spirit of Goody Bassett She wa, was hanged TO, for
years ago. Perhaps she is coming back to take
Others said it might be spirits from the old grave
yard whose dust nourished the triple row of ems
their stamping ground Had not man living in
the upper part Of the town said that by some
he ha1 he
breaking his brothers leg at Bridgeport? ortho-
and remarked soIemnly to one another when they
met. This may be a manifestation OF this So
called spiritualsm. 1t might be well for us to In
vestigate it. They came from far and near TO see
what this mystery might be.
Visitors tours of Investigation were always
welcomed by Dr. Phelps. and entertained over
planaton. The investigators came and went, but
snirtstf spirts they Were"seemed to take espe-
cal pains to exhibit their works for their benefit
and Captain Pulaski Benjamin spent night at the
found no cause for them. and flying Bible struck
one of them in the head They went away in the
tered the house the night before;
Two other clearheaded men visited the house and
ment by the spirits. In the room In which they
and t the ohe into the they heard
knockings on the inside Of the closet ID door but
it. The door being closed Immediately the knock i
thst e tey nSe but they
before the fire thinking upon the phenomenon the
china ornaments the mantelpiece sprang from
their places and alighted upon the floor without
breaking. This seemed to be the signal for the
beginning of active operations. Apparently the
spirits had passed through the panels of the closet
door into the room. Bricks crystalzed III the air
and hurtled the room Pokers jumped of
their own accord and went crashing through the
window The investigators lifted a lighted candle
to look about the room and the flame expanded
to four times its usual circumference and began to
circle around the wick Then it shrunk and be
came blue and tremulous, finally 1t resumed its
them as to the source of the phenomenon. and for
the remainder of the night there The
next morning they departed without having as
sisted Dr. Phelps in his quest
No one relieved the good doctor, so finally, un-
able to stand 1t longer. he moved to Philadelphia.
From the day he left the house there no
further disturbances noted about 1t. No ever
actually solved the mystery, but few winked
as they remarked "Dr. Phelps had some lively
children"