Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06

something.
g remember no more was terribly frightened
and tainted right away. | was found by my scout
the next morning, when he to call me- lying in
front OF my fireplace with the extinguished candle
on the floor "
The story is corroborated by fellow-student who
further says, in his narrative, after recountng
eral appearances of the ghost After this the same
thing happened two three times and l able
to see that the figure appeared to be dressed in knee
breecheS and stockings of a dark texture and each
time all it did was to gaze sadly at was never
able to challenge It, suppose on account of fright.
A Ghost1y Duel
ONE night was awakened and, sitting up thought
heard a slight noise in my sitting-room. l
listened, and it seemed to continue, though
scutfie was going on. | reached out of bed and
pushed open the door which could reach from the
bed, and looked into the other
1t was moonlight and the light was coming in
from the quadrangle, although the blind drawn.
The noise was still going on in dark of the
room, and, looked, two figures emerged from the
dark into the patch of light which through the
window. They appeared to be fighting; l can only
describe it. 1t was just as though was watching
the enactment of duel; for though | could see no
weapons, yet the figures were apart, and one for
certain, had his hand toward the other. There was
no imagination about this: l had to watch it in
spite of myself And one figure was, feel sure, the
figure of my previous visitant.
| don't know how short or long the time was in
which the scuffle lasted but presently there was
slight thud, and then my sitting-room door shut
audlbly, as though some one had gone out Then
jumped out of bed and, striking match inspected
rally came to the conclusion that some of the men
were playing joke upon me, and in the morning |
went to everyone in turn to know if they had been
my room, had enough of it. They all ernphat-
ically disclaimed having done So and meeting was
convened to consider the matter | am sure from
that time that nobody had part in it. and it then
that | was told of the supposed ghost"
The Malignant Head
nNE wonders what explanation could be offered for
~ the apparent magnity behind this appearance
1t was in the morning of day in the spring of
1875 that | saw the head, which afterward seen
by another member of our family. had been
sent out of the room for some one and as looked
up call them, | saw the most horrible head looking
over the balusters at me.
1t was the face of man, but the hair was long
like a woman's. The parchment-like skin
drawn closely over the face and gave sBul1-like
look to it. The mouth, full of great teeth was
most the expression of the eyes; they were SO
light and full of the most wicked cruelty, as if they
had existed tor the sole purpose OF trying to terrfy
little child, such as was then.
L had a great feeling of indignation in my heart
| stood, for what seemed ages to me, looking at
quietly back to the room | had come from, and,
being proud and sensitive, never told anyone word
about it for many years.
The mystery is only made the deeper by the
confederation of the girls sister who the
strange portent five years later
One evening, about nine o'clock, in the late
autumn of 1880, l running upstairs l
paused at the foot of the top fight and looked
up, prior to calling to my sister, who, | thought,
was in her bedroom. To my horror in the
darkness, leaning over the balusters skirting the
landing above me, head sihouetted against
window
81 1t was most sinister head, with covering of
shaggy hair | particularly noticed the eyes, which