Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25

er mysteriously, The character Of this
manifestation is such that even you
viii not charge fraud l had been
working pretty hard. and the tempta-
ton was great to have a few days In
the country. Strange to say, the hope
Of seeing my friends ghost repelled
rather than attracted me. | was satis-
| fed that there was trickery of some
kind and felt reasonably certain that |
I should discover the truth. | was equal
/ ly sure that my friend was honest, and
! / was loath to be party to his dis
comfiture when | should have shown
up his ghost In its true colors.
Il reached the station about noon
on Thanksgiving day. My friend met
me and took great delight in showing
me over his new home. The family.
Of course, were cordial as | had long
been on closely intimate terms with
| them-in fact, called his wife and
two girls by their names. The wife,
| Margaret, was one OF those hero wor-
/ shippers, her husband being the hero.
/ She saw everything as he saw It and,
OF course, was as firmly fixed in spir-
ltualIstic theories as he. The eldest
! daughter, Stephanie, was college bred.
Vassnr graduate and not only be-
! lleved I'm splritualIsm, but could prove
Il, or thought she could, mathematical
ly, logically, psychologlcally and phil
osophically. She was the pride of her
father and bis malnstay In an argu-
ment. The other girl, Fanny, was my
favorlte, and II she believed I'm ghosts
| am sure II was only because OF her
environment She had no fixed ideas OF
her own. Then there was the youngest
child. Charlie. the Satan Of the family,
boy Of fifteen. This young rascal
openly avowed firm belief I'm ghosts
within earshot of his parents; but.
while vouchng for the accuracy of his
fathers many tales OF visiting spec
ters. not infrequently Charlie would
slyly wink one eye mt me- Here may
as well say frankly that associated
my friends latest ghost with Charlie.
expected that, should discover the
secret strings which moved the specter.
| would likewise find that Charlie
was pulling them In this connection
1 NhS hN0Nll'h W ilNNN NY hioN hJoNi-
icatlOn
"To my surprise, my friend said
nothing about the ghostly visitation |
from the moment of my arrival up TO |
the time when was shown TO my |
room to make my toilet for dinner. / |
attributed this to his innate courtesy |
and natural difidence. He evidently |
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theories, or. as | had often called IL, |
his fad. While | was washing there |
was light rap on my door, aud Char |
lie walked In.
Say, doctor said he, getting at his |
topic without delay, I suppose dads
told you about our spook. and you've |
come up TO see her, haven't your
YES replied. But did not
know II was a female. Have you seen |
her yourselfY l thought | might as |
well pump the youngster at once,
"'Haye | seen herY said he. Well. |
guess yes. Say, doctor. l can trust
you, can't ~
"'Why, certainly said l. II seemed |
that my discoveries were 10 be all too |
easy. But was mistaken.
"'Well,' continued Charlie, you must |
know then that | never took any stock |
In dads ghosts-that Is, not In any OF |
the others. or course I've seen a lot OF |
them, and then. again, there's been lot |
more that dad said he saw, but didn't |
see, though I've agreed with him, be-
cause-well, just 20 make him happy. |
A boy must do that, eh, doctorr
"Nou sly young rascalr thought l.
but l merely answered with a nod, aud
be went on:
"'You see, all the other ghosts and
ghostesses were Just common every
day sort OF spoohs things with sheets
round them. and they most generally /
came In the dark, when there was llt.
tie chance TO tell much about their
looks. They might have been the me,
them. HUT it's different with this ghost
we've got now, she's a beauty. aud
there doesn't seem amy chance for
humbug about IT,
"Why uotr asked wondering
whether the humbuggery We're not go
ing ON at the very moment.
"'Well, la the first place, it's such
little biz Of ghost She must have
died when she was not more than sew
en- or eight years old, | should think.
Anyway she's only SO high indicating
with his hand held above the door
You would hardly expect medium 10
make mp for a little one like that. now.
would yOug It's easier 10 believe IN the
ghost notion
"A grown person could hardly make
mp for So small ghost, | must admit
said l, but how do you know Il Is not
a child who does this trickT
"Wnat child. doctor2 know all the
youngsters that live around here and
anyhow, why should Kid eight years
old wait up till II or O'Clock every
night Just 20 take walk through our
hall aud make believe she's a ghostl
A Kid might DO that once. but not ev-
cry night for more than a month. No. I
guess we've got real spOok this time,
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