The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13

to note the politeness of the ghost, which
 had actually listened to my request. They
 had heard the sound of the fall or the
 clod but had not seen 1t coming down. so
 they came close to me to examine the
 clod. I again addressed the ghost l said:
 sir ghost, this is highly improper. You
 should be impartial in the treatment or
 you guests. You have satisfied me put not
 my friends Please show yourself to them
 also
 No sooner had 1 said this than there
 rolled another clod, and this time all three
 saw it. Let me confess this time we were
 all surprised But was that girl doing It
 No we could see from our position that
 she was busy doing her work of sweeping
 I again addressed the ghost;
 "Sir ghost. remove all our doubts and
 do favor us again.
 No sooner said than done. Another
 clod of earth came down rolling, follow
 ing the other two. We were petrihed with astonishment. It was about Tn the morning. the sun was up in the skies, and there was not aspeck of cloud. And we field where there were none besides the three saw this before our eyes in an open girl who was sweeping the yard. But no time was allowed us by the good ghost to speculate upon what we had witnessed for the merry thing now began to roll down stones of it's own accord, one after onotber in rapid succession. Then clods and stones began to fall in the yard which the girl was sweeping. We ran there and then commenced, as It were,
 a perfect rain of stones, pieces or burnt brick and clods of earth. Where did they come from? From the skies! Perhaps. Perhaps not; for some of them struck the mud walls of the huts horizontally. Of az being hv those missiles, but luckily we escaped unburt but some were hurt subsequently,, tbougb slightly For the fact Of this strange occurrence had gone abroad and neonle were running to the house rom all sides. even from the town, which was
 about half a mile distant from the place. The bouse was thus filled by hundreds of
 men in a short time As said. it was broad daylight, and, though there were hundreds present. none could tell whence the stones came. The inmates of the house had come back and thev' were kept in one place huddled together so that they might play no tricks. But the scene that presented It. self it was literally hailing stones) con ,,,nced everyone that there could be no trioe at the bottom. The yard was soon alled with these clods stones, etc., and tbev became almost knee deep in short 
 time. But the most wonderful feats performed bv the ghost yet remain to be told A hle piece of stone, weighing over 100 hounds more than q maund), which It would be difficult for one strong man to carry was brought out from the bottom of the well which stood on one side Of inc ward and thrown In the yard. A little before this we had heard splash ing of water in the well. and the big stone ,,as brought out and made to fall In the card with a thud. This so terrified the siqhtseers that while some fled, others took shelter in the huts.
 had a notion that the girl was me dium and it was through her that the ghost was playing his pranks. This mo- tion I gathered by observing one fact. It
 uas this: The clods fell most where the
 girl stood. So I led her and Gonorfs
 wife to the eastern side of the house in
 field where mustard had been grown but gathered. It was an open field filled with clods of earth among which no doubt the ghost had found some Of his missiles.