The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
4 STONE THROWIN0 GHOsE.
stlsilr humaF Theses fRrsunteS win sn
fthtetie ptelgash.

elghf years Hsp fhat witnessed . acene
vhIHh proved thHt There afe may hlnHs
Nv rafih and betsrn thai Hr1 MT dfeaut ~
bon 1uf rb.llaphY vHs lH NJ" town ~ Doc
rhuf Nv NY nsn hmia0 situated Nv ~ open
tiy4s tl1ss IN NV h1tiso wa that ~ ons
Opnotl Mnh,to, which tltp we situated "
ur open fiHrr n sHwn - ny n"'iee tbse
rhusts trd nppaarrl iu hts h0rsn shortly
rftrf I had heard iiIt ant Oluofi himself
tHhrI him about Tho rheaf md 30 a1ti, Yes,
aIf. n 10 'pirhaih. which means q ghost ~
yrfy low i"gfnr
tvrta urir srfpfIted 20 henr mis- from
him fur U1Hofi bad brcrr'n u Christian,
rud wa ro' lttelv ~ pnt faith No M" rrist.
,..a u' snoa.s Ipvtr ur hlrn"r Hfted
uIw what tho ghost was doing IN hH house.
lut ho vns not communicative and went
bio NV forgot all alput 10. whom = strauEs
lu,iI,nF brought the pftlha " Tia ghost
again ~ NY notice
Onbnti. being 4 mllkm1n, slrrli"i mH
with milk. ari IN Ooti1 s"ryrn' ~ Nuns
wont ~ fetch &c. Hn wa hfpurht h1ok
almost IN IN uurorsalriz atato nv u friend ~
Gonorl lust bofYra evening. asked SILVA,
tho servant. 10 explain tho reason OF ms
lul plight. Ito SAID after great eiotl'
for he could scarcely utter u word, that hehg"
ing that ghosts we're PLAYING mad FRANKS
ip tho house NJ Gonori. no hnd gone 10 fetch
MIR u little ,forc tho usual time no used 10
bring it-thRt IL. before the sun had gone
down. Evening was inst -rtting h., and he
was coming witt tho milk. WHOM, no sooner
had no left Gonori house, than a black
and hideous thing" pouuced upon him and
inflicted q blow upon his breast, 80 that he
fell s~pasolcsg with n Eroan. Gonnri had IN
yited n few friends 20 his house 20 pass the
night with him to protect him from tho pio-
hash. and thus, when they heard hs Rroan.
thcy came 10 his rescue and brought hun
home.
on the following morning ! went 10 Co
norris house. which wls about tNu minutes
walk from mine. accompanied by two friends.
both Of them highly educHted and Intensely
intellectual. His house. az | said before. was
situated In an open space only on one slde OF
which there was n cluster Of bamboo trees
where the ghost might conceal himself. but
even this would be impossible in daJ time
IL lac was a fraud. on entering the house We
found a girl about twelve weeping the yard
with a broomstick. tue yard being surrounded
with huts aud walls. The other inmates OF
the house. Gonorl himself. his mother about
seventy, his wife about iortv-fVe, were all
absent. Seeing that "a" girl was the only
inmate OF the house doing household work,
we went outside chatting at random. nearly
forgetting oil about the ghost. My friends
were a few yards from me talking together.
and | took this opportunity OF addressing the
ghost in these words:
Oh blObl, u Nph " MY =. l'uSN 0lIH,'
yourself TO US, for we are. highly respectable
gentlemen and you should behave properly
with US"
No sooner had l said this than a clod Of
earth came rolling down the slope Of the hut
near which ! was standlng!, This amused
actually a ghost that had responded TO my
call. sol asked my, friends TO note the polite;
ness OF the ghost. which had actually listened
TO my request. They had heard the sound
Of the fall OF the clod. but had not seen 1t COM
inc, down. SO they came close TO me TO eS-
anime the clod' l again addressed the ghost.
Sir Ghost, this is highly improper, You
should be impartial In the treatment OF your
friends. Pleas show Yourself 10 ttfem also,
No sooner, had | said this than, there rolled
Let me confess, this time We, were oil sur
prised. But was that girl doing. ~ No.
Busy y0 doing 81 her ei'I "opE Of fO sWeepi rIS' /" again
addressed the ghost:
Sir Ghost, remove all our doubts and do
NO sooner said than done. Another clod
Off, earth ,1o cane e. G %sSa n r91liIGnsd r i9lblo% Sit6n, the
mont. It was about o in the morning, the
sun SUN Ee =, up IN the SIX sdfi e. a and there n ,S vas h not 2
besides the girl who was sweeping the yard.
But no time was allowed us by the good ghost
the merry thing row began to roll down stones
OF Its own accord. one after another, In rapid
fsii IL t6s yard rhe Wh GilSd th sn sir 1i' Ts. s Sss4al e.
We ran there. and then oommenced. as It were:
a perfect rain Of stones piece. q 6prnt brick
not; for some Of them struck the mud walls
of Sfr fhs e nf bs si2T!1 struck by these S"YT mis:s lie w 6as
luckily we esoa ped ,unhprt;, but some were
hurt subsequently,, though slightly, For the
fact Of this strange occurrence had gone
house from all sides, even from the town. which
The house WINS thus filled by hundreds OF men
As I said. It was broad daylight. and though
there were hundreds present. none could
Of the house had come, back and they were
they might play no tricks. But the scene
that presented itself III was literally hailinS
stones ,GH1d3,y intsetd be every one tg H. there yd rd could wa
soon flied with these clods, stones, dc.,. and
they became almost knee deep in a short
BHt the most wonderful fso's RTrfoTpsad
piece Of stone WSIshing Gy"1 a hnnddred
would be difficult for one stronE man to carry.
was brought out from the bottom 81 the
thrown in the yard, A little before this We
had heard a splashing, Of water In the well.
to fall in the. yard with a thud, This 30 terri
fed the sightseers that while some fed others
took shelter In the huts
and it was through her that the ghost was
playing his pranhs. This notion | gathered
by observing one fact. II was this. The clods
fell most where the girl stood. So ] led
her and Gonori's wife TO the eastern side Of
the house in n field where mustard had been
grown but gathered, II was M cnon field
filled with clods OF. earth among ,.'' no
doubt the ghost had found some Of his missny,.
7 made the girl and the woman st In the field.
There they sat and, wonder Of wonders. the
clods around them began, as I were. to dance.
Thus a clod would rise, say, four or 1--WE feet
more than one olod would thus rise Mp and
fall down. Here, then, wo had the scene. OF
cIods of earth in the midst of tho field dancing
as il they were imbued with life. and this
at about ii In the day and In the presence Of
hundreds, II seemed TO me that in the field
the ghost had not power. enough TO be able
throw the clods to any distance.
The intellectual critic. after he has read
So far. might eXclaim, cui bonog What do
YOU prove by the incident?" Well, We have
not done yet, W" have yet 10 record more
wonderful doings 81 this ghost. Indeed.
| succeeded eventually in making 10 Le1k 10
me in its ghostly way,
Yet does not the incident so fat as described
above. prove anything2 Does II not prove
that there are more things IN earth and heaven
than are ever .dreamt of in our philoSophya
and hat tho scientists have yet much TO learn1
body can poll stones and can also possess
rl"Gns OF renson, DID not the thing, by
listening - our rcQuca in the beginning,
shoN that could hear and understand us2
Does not Tie incident of bringing the big
stone from the bottom Of the well prove
that il had method in its mad pranks2 SO tho
incident, so far aS has been described, proves