The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
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, cropt to bed. drew z-n the covers close
until the next day dawned. Ncr wan
lie wholly comfortable until the sun
danced joyously within the room
did you see William Bird" his
host asked at breakfast.
Yes"
Did you hear him?"
What was it?" he asked quickly.
''Ah! who can say? The maid round
Your umbrella in the middle of the
hall floor this morning"
Thomas J. Huda,on, after serious In
vcstieation. conciaided that there ure
ghosts.
THAT the power to create phantasms
resides and IS inherent in the sub
jectivo mihd COR spiritual parD OF
man. Th9f the rover becomes great
or as M body approaches nearer TO
subjective or hypnotic condition be-
comes deeper, and the subjective per-
sonallty in consequence becomes
stronger in It's sphere of ac-
tlvity That ut the hour OF death. or
when the functions OF the body are
entirely suspended, the power is
greatest"
He also adds that the best authcnti-
Gated ghosts are those whose mortal
!
This theory has confirmation in the
appearance OF two Virginia ghosts
/ one nj Jamestown and tho other at
! Tuckahoe. Each suffered II violent
death. Both are tho phantnsms Of
brides projected ut the tragic moment
OF dissolution.
At Tuckahoe--the Randolph home
stead. now owned by the Coolidgcs,
: OF Boston, bride ghost frequently.
appears in the burnt chamber"
Long, long ago. in some unexplained
| manner. y Randolph girl 10 be mar
ricd on the morrow WAS burned to
death.
some guest in the house was uwak-
ened by II red glare in his window.
and, looking ont, he bchcld In dismay
the crimsoncd trees ana flames burst
[ ing from an opposite chamber. He
! gave the alarm, but too late, for the
poor little t6ridc and her chests OF
soft tinery had persisted so as by fire"
In the hour OF violent death this fair
girl projected Il phantasm. In her sub
jcctivc condition. When the functions
of her body were suspended she pro-
duced q tclepathic photograph, which
is eecu Today.
Those who sleep in the burnt cham
Der at Tucllahoe often see II dame
Il curious brightness which fades and
leaves shadowy form III snuous
white. There are "nrc-enten" spots on
the floor of the burnt chamber" now
which were charrcd by the flames on
| that fatal night.
Hudson atirms that ghosts disap-
pear, never TO return, when the house
In which they appear is burned.
Such was tho case with the Amber
ghost at jamestown. She. too. was u
bride, who fell down the stair and was
killed ON the day OF her marriage.
she projected phantnsm, which for
many years appeared on the head of
the stair just whcro she fell The
house was burned a few years ago and
the phantasm has disappeared.
Another phantusm appears ut Tuck
ahoc Just as the darkness falls, and
is witnessed always with interest
4 white horse rcars as If TO clear
tho high front gate. but lie haltS,
places his forcfeet upon the right gate
post. and stands Ike Il carvcn image
between tho purplish cedar trecs.
The ghost at shirley" is Il harmless
little lady in blue brocadc. who flut-
! tcrs about the house They say she
is the counterpart of the portrait
which hangs on the stair. and which
is dclineatlon of ono who in life
was unkind TO her husband.
.'Biranaon's" ghost is out OF doors. a
chariot and four horses at certain
periods roll noisily down the lonS lane,
stops and disappears at the fruit door
OF the mansion. MIR. lIudsSn does not
explain this phenomenon
ono OF tho most glooyy and ghostiy
mansions i'll Virginia fIs .Rosewcll.'
the home OF the Pag$;, in Gloucester
county. The PaSes.4yed and died in
state. and rcstcd,eberore burial en- a
catnfa'ono covered with n purple vel-
vet pail and adorned with long blacI,
plumc. Still tile subjective personality
of The Pages Seemed not strong enough.
to project Hhantasms.
In the Immense "Roscwcll" house
only three people now reside. and
since Wy ghost quest j have inter
VieYe5 them. but they report no weird
pl}anta,smS. Mrs. Taylor, the present:
owner OF roosevelt" writes me re-
gently: There are absolutely no ghost
stories connected with Roosevelt
There Is. YOU know. n suptrstitition
that ghosts do net lnhabit the places
where young children abound, and
the Page family often numbered
twelve. fifteen. twenty 3nd cveu
twenty one children"
~ very peculiar psychic phenomenon
occurred at white Marsh" III Giouces-
ter county, very few years ago; the
inCitsent is called 1.-THE haunted rose
bush
White Marsh" is tho paIati;l Tabh
TO y MIR. hughes, Of New YofIs. and
hos had ;,Speyal subsequent owners.
~ The Sfor Hser5 mistress NJ re-. .cahbs 3 had
~ II .