The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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shrf In IVY oFu hous' atntfrt W an nprn
nltre tilHs ~ ~ honsr w. ma " "ns
Oanori W4hafo, oh.sb tiHp VS. situated w
IN 0psu Dftfn N cfwr fu NV Hatire tbat
shosts had anpssfei in Die huuse Hhoftiy
avsf I had hoard ths Ftw Oundft hinieeu
Z askef him sh0uf ne Hh0s' tfd NJ aad, Yes
On. " = = 'piuhtsh, which means . shoae 90
vsfg los dssfea
wts . ttfe nrpfiard ~ hrag his nna
bhr Fuf ponorl bal brr1ms q CHRISTIAN,
and va not lheiy 10 pit faith In the eSiat.
snra WI ahaaia. Ipwer 1f higher asked
him whaf Tho ghpst WIS dplns In he hnuar,
but he was not communicable and wont
hs way. ffyrsnt Ill ab1ut ". thsn . stranss
Incident bfous ht tho prauHs ~ Tbs Ghost
10 ain 10 my notice
OonofL baing q miltman. supplied me-
win milk. and 40 Oofih servant ~ mins
wont ~ fetch N He WA brought baok
slmos' In nm unconscious a'1te Nv y trisnd ~
Oonofi lust before evening asked SILVIA,
the servant. 20 sxplain ne" reason Of MS
sorfowml plight. lie snll after great ehort'
for he could scarcely utter n word. thai near
ins that ghosts we're PLAYING mad pranHs
IN tho house NJ Gonorl, he had gone 10 Teton
milk n littls before the usual time he used 70
bring H-that Ia, before tho sun had Rons
down. Evening vas just setting In, and No
NNhNIA WIN NV t"NNH "'~hH
had ho' left Gonorl house. than a BLACK
and hIdeous thing" bounced upon him aud
inflicted q blow upon his breast. ~ that no
foil senseleas with q Rroan. Gonorl had IN
vited q few friends TO biz houae 70 pass inc
night with him 10 protect him from tho PIC
HASH and thus. when they heard his groan'
they cana 10 bis rescue aud brought him
home.
On tho following morning | went 70 Co
norris house, which was about two minutes
walk from mine, accompanied by two friends,
both Of them highly educated and intensely
intellectual. His house. as | said before was
situated In an open space only on one slio OF
which there was a cluster OF bamboo trees
where the ghost might conceal himself. out
even this would be impossible In day time
II he was n fraud. On entering the house We
found q girl about twelve sweeping tho yard
with a broomstiok, the yard being surrounded
with huts and walls. The other inmates OF
the house, Gonorl himself. his mother about
seventy, his wife about forty-ive, we're all
absent. Seeing that the girl was the only
inmate OF the house doing household work.
We went outside chatting at random. nearly
forgetting all about the ghost, Ny friends
were A few Yards from me talking together.
and took this opportunity Of addressing the
ghost In these words;
Sir Ghost. II you are here, please snow
yourself TO us, for we are highly TespectaDie
gentlemen and you should behave properly
u sooner had I said this than a clod Of
near which / was standing This amused
me greatly, for / could not believe that It was
actually q ghost that had responded 10 my
call. So ! asked my friends to note !he polite;
ness of the ghost. which had actually tlsteheI
70 my rHq ~ st. cl h6ey bi h1 Sad hS So1 se shs il s Som.
ing down. So they came close TO- mo 70 ex-
anime the clod, again addressed the ghost
l ssJI Ghost. this is highly improper, You
should be impartial in the treatment OF your
guests; { p}G0i haze SSoT sa yoarself m 70 t 6Ts n SIso my
No sooner, had l said this than there rolled
another clod. and this time AZ three saw H.
p rs, d. B SS''s Was TT" that sirl' doing ~ No.
we could see from our position that she was
busy doing her work OF sweeping l again
Sir Ghost, remove all our doubts and do
favor US again"
No sooner said than done. Another olod
OF. earth came down rolling, following the
other two. We were petriied With astonish-
ment. II was about in thS morning, ne
spccE Of cloud. And We three saw this before
our eyes In an open field where there were mons
but no time was allowed us by. the good ghost
TO speculate upon what We had Witnessed, Tor
the merry thing now began 10 roll down stones
succession, Then clods and stones began TO
fan in the yard which the girl was sweeping.
and elods OF earth, Where did they come
h fsSmi for F sG%. t h , fsis's struck psEAs eSs mud pdir @ali.
AFRAID OF beinG struck by these missiles. but
hurt subsequently,, though slightly, For the
fact Of this strange occurrence had gone
Soass from %D ali ,l RGaSsis even Tf rom 1I IN town 70 %h }SS
The house was thus filled by hundreds OF men
A. I said It was broad daylight. and though
there were hundreds present, none could
I. tell tb wh snss. the hsd st SS%s f 6sGE and aA tsd lTm %sT:
kept In mn0PP e pIsSe IN hud dT]cS toFSs ai ,bs 80 st that
be no. trick AZ the bottom. The, yard was
sSSy bee almost knee deep In a short
But the most wonderful feat. PERFORMED
by the ghost yet remain to be- told, A. big
piece. OF stone. weighing over, a hundred
pw 9%ppdd1b s 'T lSIso,t te for one a s mS,pd man W 10 SSrrW II
well which stood on one side Of he y9Ed and
to "1q falI in ttffe yard With a ,t6nnd This 50 terri.
Ned tho siEhtseers that while some fed others
took shelter In the huts,
had a notion that tho girl was a medium
and It was through her that the ghost was
fell most where tho girl stood. SO ! led
her and Cohorts wife TO tho eastern side OF
the house In a field whore mustard had been
grown but gathered. IL was an open field
filled with clods of earth among which no
doubt the ghost had found some Of his missiles.
made the girl and the woman sit In the field,
There they ant and, wonder of wonders, the
clods around them began. as u were, TO dance,
Thus a clod would rise, say, four or five feet
from the earth and fall down. AT times
more than one clod would thus rise up and
fall down, Here, then, we had the ,sceEo, OF
clods of earth in tho midst OF the field dancing
ns II they were imbued with life, and thia
Mt about ii IN tho day and in The presence ot
the ghost had. not power enough to be able
The intellectual critic. after he hex road q d
Won prove by the incident?" Well, we have
not done. yet; we have yet TO record more
wonderful doings Of this ghost. Indeed,
succeeded eventually In making II talk to
me In its Rhostly way, ,
Yet does not tho incident so FAR as described
above, prove anythinRf Does u not, prove
that there are more things In earth AND heaven
than are ever dreamtNof in our Philosophy
and that the scientists have yet much to learn
II proves that a thing which has no material
body can pelt stones and can also possess
CLEANS Of reason. Did not the thing. by
listening to our request In the beginning,
show that II could hear and understand us7
Does not the incident Of bringing the big
stone from the bottom OF the well prove
that II had rnnthod In Its mad pranhsl 30 the
Incident. so far as has been described, proves
that thore is no impossibillty In a man losing