The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-05

while the bell was ringing, but without
effect upon the apparition. Finally q
meeting Of the prominent citizens was
held. and 1t was decided that they
should assemble on certain night 10
rout the disturber of their slumpers.
But the steeple was so old that no one
dared to mount the Winning stairway
that led to the belfry.
AS they gathered on the appointed
night it was noticed that one OF their
number had a shotgun. To the shower
of stones that the assembled people
hurled at the steeple the ghost paid
NO attention. At last, after having
warned the specter that he intended to
fire the man with the gun let 1t blaze
But. instead of being scared. the ghost
only rang the bell the harder. THIS was
too much for the nerves of the people,
and without more ado they scurried 10
their homes. The nightly ringing OF
the bell continued.
Early one morning. as the village
doctor was on his way to answer SICK
call. he saw a figure, with a. bundle un-
der his arm Fastening in the direction
of the chapel. Instantly the DOCTOR
gave chase, and saw 1t mount the rick
ETY. old belfry stairs and ring the bell.
Then the figure donned the CLONES "
had brought along. descended to the
| chanel. and proceeded on its way. But
the doctor pursued, and to his amaze
nent found that the figure stopped at
| the house OF a well-known man ana en-
| tered ii. The next morning the son OK
| this man was accused Oh oeing the
| ghost, but he Indignantly denied the
| charge and although the physician de-
| scribed the events of the night before
| he persisted in asserting MS innocence.
/ THE townspeople believed the doctor,
however. and that night a watch was
| kept on the young man. About o'cLock
| the watchers saw him get up, pick up
| the clothes he had taken on On retir-
ne % ont of the house and walk in
| the direction of the chapel The doubt
settled. the youth was awakened, and
| when he saw his scafty attire, con-
sented to have a watch kept over MIN
for the future.
IT is a curious fact that many people
who have been somnamDuilsts nave
been cured by some remarkable expert
| ences.
A young girl boarded a train at Al
hanv. N. Y. to journey to Ripon, Can.
| to visit her sister. The train was MADE
up of modern vestibuled sleeping cars
The girl retired about 10 o'clock al
night, but. to the amusement OF ms
porter, when he stopped at the berth IN
| the morning to call her there was nc
i one in it. A search of the train was
quickly made, but no sign OF the girl
| was to be seen, though all her CLONES
were found in her berth,
AS soon as possible the conductor tel
| egraphed the facts TO the main office OF
: the road. and quickly received reply
| saying that the girl had been found
] near the town of st. Thomas, early IN
] the morning, wandering about clad only
4 in her night garments.
How the girl came to be at St
| Thomas she could not tell, for she re-
| membered nothing save that she had
| gone to bed and to sleep. AS the train
I did not stop in st. Thomas, the only
solution of the mystery was that she
had got out of her berth, walked down
the aisle of the ear, opened one of the
doors of the vestibule and stepped or
/ fallen off the rapidly moving train.
4 Though the girl was not injured, the
| suddenness of her awakening was SC
effective that she has never walked In
her sleep since.
The state of the eyes in somnambul-
ism varies greatly. At times they are
closed, at others half closed and even