The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-02-18
HAUNTED HOUSE.
All the Way From Brighton Comes
the Story.

| the Story.
I From Brighton comes Il story of a
haunted house where a ghost has been
seen. says the Dublin Freeman.
Rrighton's ghost has selected an Or
binary twO-storied house in Il very or
binary street as it's residence.
| \ middle-agcd lady, who formerly
occupied the house, says that one Sun
! day evening she was startled to see
1 standing by the piano in the drawing
room the figure of woman. There
was an awful look on the face. but the
apparition vanished before the terror
stricken occupant could gather any
further detail
| \ gentleman we'll known in Brigh-
ton lived in the same house with his
wife and children for fifteen months.
Sturdy and muscular, with partially
for Notwithstanding as pastime
this gentleman. who was seen by Il
"Daily Mail" representative. is certain
! ly not the kind of man to suffer from
nerves"
| He said that lie had not seen the
ghost. but very curious thing hap
pcncd in the corner of the drawing
room where the figure is said to have
appeared.
1--WE had our plate there he said.
'and over it hung guitar. One night,
Just as had got into bed. the guitar
suddenly sounded three notes in quick
succession.
II exclaimed. Whatever is that?'
and my wife and l walked up to the
instrument and looked at it. 1t was
hanging on the wall as usual. but as
we looked ut it it gave out the same
thrce notes again. and then a third
time. We took tile guitar down. and
SAW that it had not run down in any
way. We could find nothing whatever
to account for the sounds"
These We're the notes." said his
wife. who was standing by, "a miner
chord: and she played OH the piano
the notes \. G. Il. "On more than one
occasion after that" she added. 81
heard notes sounded on the piano b!
an invisible hand"
Friends who slept in the house spoke
of strange noises they had heard. ant
Il servant declared that on one occa
sion she was awakened by wha
seemed to be the falling of a baskc
of crockcry outside her door.
Towards the end of his tenancy Tho
gentleman was visited by Il clergyman
), who Informed him that the house wa:
haunted, and that he knew of three
tenants who had been driven away b,
the sights and sounds.
\ harriStcr. now living in a fashion
able part of Brighton. says that some
time ago he and two friends decided
to sleep in the house and investigate
He took with him revolver and
ttcrricr.
During the night he says, I'm.
idog became strangely agitated. ant
|
: were in another room. cry out. so
Heavens sake. come here Mt once
Jack!
81 ran down and in the room l saw
as clearly as I see YOU now. a woman
crossing the floor. I looked stmigh
u at her. ana I tell You I shall ncve
forget the sight Of her face It's lool
of agony was awful. I could Sc
right through the figure. which wa
transparent. I got the impression tina
she was wearing Il brown dress. Sh
walked up to the WALL and then van
= ished. We all three of us felt tina
we had sleep enough for that night
$ and came out at once. 1t had grea
IS effect upon our nerves."
= 1t is said that some years ago
young woman, driven mad by the cru
e ely Of man, hanged herself in bee
l. room Of the house.