The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-09
This IS A STAGE GHOST STORY
~ yOU DON'T RELIEVE 1T ASK
VERA DE NOIE'S PRESS AGENT.
ro,d by the Piaywright-ActreSs. i'm Her
own Literary style. Concerning
ThIngs That Have Happened TO Herself
I'm Red Bank and Are Therefore True.

lady wlt'l nOlUulB W uO puL W Icll VI your
adventures at home and abroad. Now,
hore is Miss Vera De Mole again. The last
lime she confided her affairs to the public
i was to tell how she went to China in
.sarch Of subject matter for a new play,
and how she saw blood-curdling execu-
lions and played poker with Mr.. WI Ting
ranp and painted the Orient deep literary
purple.
Yesterday Vera got to telling things
about her domestic adventures. She has
been living in haunted house and really,
re awful the way the spooks have carried
on,
They killed her best FRIEND they killed
her brother; they killed her lovely black
horse. thew killed her Jersey cow and APP
paren,ly capped the climax by killing her
beautiful white poodle Zone of whose pup
pies. it ia told without any apparent Co
hercnce, had been sold to Col, George Har-
yev and another to A. G. X. Thompson).
These facts we're disseminated by
Young man who occasionally tries to help
struggling young actresses along a hard
road by getting their names in the papers
fora consideration. He had with him pre-
cared interview with Miss De Mole which it
would be painting the lily to amend in any
vay. Miss d. Noie Is identified as "a we'll
known actress and playwright" and the
author of Devils Island"
The Young man explains by way Of in
PRODUCTION TO the interview that the officials
Of the trolley road which runs past Miss
De Noies place near Red Bank have al
lowed their conductors and motormen TO
dump Objectionable drunken persons in
front of her front gate Apparently the
motormeA chose the place because there was
lamppost there and a lamp Just what
that had TO do with the fitness OF the place
as recipient Of disorderly or helpless
drlnks is not explained. Perhaps Vera
was in too much of a hurry to get into the
stride Of the interview to stop for expla-
nation.
The interview follows in all its playful
and pathetic entirety, and without being
contaminated by any effort TO excise from
it the peculiar beauties and formalities of
the young playwright's own literary style:
81 had complained to the authorities and
trolley officials" said Miss De Mole in her
Forty-flfth street apartment yesterday. and
threatened TO make trouble II the outrage
didn't cease Well. it was little after dusk
last Sunday night when saw a drunk lean
ing on the gate post. My mad was up In
minute and Just flew for the gate, IN fix
the loafer | said to mother. and when | got
within a few feet of him there he stood clear
and distinct. making no motion to move
away | couldn't see his face. it was shaded
by his hat but turned S 90 %s- on s nin as
-, Look here, you. want TO tell you
We'll, there wasn't anybody there. He
heA |
back TO the veranda where Rose Stuart of
the late Murray Hill stock company, who
Ia stopping with me- came up from the sum-
mer House She was in hurry and looked
what qil- you? asked her. with the
II was going into the summer, house
answered Rose, when saw a man blocking
asked hm II he tSs SP
and stepped aside for him to pass, but. say.
Vera-there wasn't anybody there
packing s0 up p'i right away, We'll, we came up
next day to think it over. m not going TO
be dispossessed by any fool ghost, Jet me
tell you; there's too much flesh and olood IN
You see. when bought the house" con
tinued Miss De Mole. Il was told about the
who had his nephew come TO visit him. No
body ever, saw the nephew leave and guess guess
admitted te tina that n he had Killed the young man
but claimed that 1t was done in self defence;
He died before he could divulge the burial
place. Subsequent tenants dug up the YARD
and went over every inch Of the cellar. but
When we took the place heard a rumor
about the body being in the well. Mother
made me have new well dug, and we settled
down. Our only trouble was about servants
You couldn't get one to spend the mig night in
had fifteen dogs-St, Bernards, grey hounds
and fox terriers-and the way they h howled
at night was something fierce. They
tryth ar ali house
cannv chorus, and at every yowl servant
would leave, Then the dogs began to act
queer All lost their nerve and died one by
one DR.. Poole, the veterinary surgeon,
said nothing was the matter with them except
they We're scared to death
About this time, about three wears ago,
friend Of mine, Mrs. Charles Carmichael OF
Chicago, came, 10 spend the summer WIN me ne
ns vas IN Nay She was Sos rsa g9od b spr an
might my brother called me and told me TO
20 in and see her, as she was making funny
As entered her room she, had her hands
ovcr~fcr face. was icy cold and moaning
oh. oh, OH OH" in a manner that made you
] 9G .be her fell II baSk "rm dd E' What
was the matter never learned. The doctor
said heart trouble ..,
strong, virtle young, man. was laushlng at
the breakfast table about u funny experience
which was his the night before. ne had
bright night. but he claimed that as ne stepped
upon the veranda somebody tried TO push
him Off Nobody was there. and, as ne ex-
pressed IL, the force was something ike q
heavy wind, although not leaf or branch
stirred al was sure some one was pushing
me but there was M one there" he said. And
few minutes later he walk ed across the
foor toward the door, Whirled around TWO
orthree times and dropped TO the floor dead.
This was "A blow to us all. Nothing hap
pcncd for long while until one night my
pet greyhound Kennel worth, $500 and
Company, came up to the house and whined
IN such a funny manner that stepped out
upon the balcony. The dog stood there
Shvering gazing In u scared manner mt
nothing but suddenly, with a scream. he put
his tail between his legs and went oil like n
shot. We've never seen him since.
At this time had beautiful black horse.
house whining in a pathetic manner. went
out to pet him and found him IN a dripping
perspratiOn and shaking rs II with the chiIls.
His eyes bulged out, and as spoke to him
he gave n scream almost human ana lell
dead.
Next came my Jersey COW. who one day
began to run around the place as " crazy;
which saw things that night and died. Inc
next night the COW went crazy and died;
In the cases OF the horse and COW and calf
the veterinary surgeon said scared to death"
Mother then began to talk about spooks. as
she had seen one. she always said. when she
was girl
cUtest little puppies A few nights later !
heard her scream In the dining room. !
rushed in and found her trembling, scared
stf Later | sold one puppy to Col. George