The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-08


to shake her myself. in fact. First,
for believing such nonsense herself and
then for writing a pack of stories.
enough to turn whole nursery of
children into dangerous lunatics. l
wonder If she lets her own children
read that wretched book
Il can't say. But if you would only
let me read you one story. papa"
Read to me!-a ghost story to me,
Rose, l begin to think you must be
going mad"
I'm not, papa: and this particular
story is vouched for by your beau ideal
Mr.. Hewitt
IT don't believe it,
"But it is, indeed, There is his
name! and he had the accounts of the
haunted house from credible witness
cap
''Oh, yes-of course!' sneered Mr.
Cowley. However, l don't care if
/ hear this one tale. ] should like to
see what kind of a case he can make
out of such outrageous rubbish
Il won't bother you with long sto-
~; but just hear what Mr.. Drury says
he saw at the haunted house in Will
mington. where Mr. Hewitt went af-
terwards."
She began to read
About ten minutes to twelve we
heard q noise, as If a number OF peo-
pie were pattering with their bare feet
upon the floor: and yet, so singular
was the noise that could not minute
ly determine from whence 1t proceeded
A few minutes afterwards we heard a
noise, and as II some one was knock
ing with his knuckles among our feet:
this was followed by a hollow cough
from the very room from which the
apparition proceeded. The only noise
after this was as If person were rus
Ting against the wall in coming up
stairs. At quarter to one l told my
friend that, feeling little cold,
would like to go to bed, as we might
hear the noise equally well there; he
replied that he might not go to bed
till daylight. I took up note which
I had accidentally dropped, and began
to read it, after which l took out my
watch to ascertain the time. and found
that it wanted ten minutes to one.
In taking my eyes from the watch
they became riveted upon a closet door
4iiSAi uiSLhhSIAs saw SpV4A, ehLA so w
also the figure of female attired in
greyish garments, with the head inclin-
ing downwards, and the one hand
pressed upon the chest. as if in pain,
and the other. viz. the right hand, ex-
tended towards the floor. with the in
dex finger pointing downwards. 1t ad-
vanced with an apparent cautious step
across the floor towards me; immedi-
ately as it approached my friend, who
was slumbering. its right hand was
extended towards him. / then rushed
at it, giving. as Mr.. Proctor states,
a most awful yell; but. instead OF
grasping it, l fell upon my friend, and
] recollected nothing distinctly for
nearly three hours afterwards. l have
since learned that l was carried down
stairs in an agony of fear and terror.
Il hereby certify that the above &C
count is strictly true and correct in
every respect
EDWARD DRURT."
North Shields"
What stuff" exclaimed Mr. COwley.
"1s there any more. Rose"
"A little. papa. An account of a
ghost seen in the same house by two
young ladies'"
The first night. as they We're sleep
ing in the same bed. they felt the bed
lifted up beneath them. OF course. they
were much alarmed. They feared lest
some one had concealed himself there
for the purpose of robbery. They gave
an alarm. search was made, but moth
ing was found. On another night thelI
bed was violently shaken and the cur
tains suddenly hoisted up all around tc
the very tester. as If pulled by cords
and as rapidly let down again, Severa
times Search again produced no evil
dSnce of the cause. The next day thee
had the curtains totally removed from
the bed. resolving to sleep without
them. as they felt as though evil eyee
were lurking behind them. The con
seuuences of this however. We're still
more striking and terrific. The follow.
ing night. as they happened to wake
and the chamber was light enough
(for it was summer) to see everything
in it. for they both saw female fig
ure, of a misty substance, and blue
ish-erey hue, come out of the wall a
the beds head, and through the head
board in a horizontal position, ane
lean over them. They saw it most dis
tinctly. They saw it as a female fig
ure come out of, and again pass into
the wall. Their terror became intense
and one of the sisters, from that night
refused to sleep any more In the hous'
but took refuge in the house of thu
foreman during her stay; the othe
shifted her quarters to another par
Of the house. 1t was the young lad!