Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-08
TALES or GHOSTS
Lord Brougham's Curious Expert
ence With a "Spool;."

There was a certain PisanGer whose
name has been preserved In one Of tie
proverbial sayings Of. the Greeks be
cause he lived IN continual fear OF see
ing bis own ghost. Just that thing nap
pened to the German poet Goethe. one
day. when he was out riding in q
spot somewhat removed from the usual
haunts Of men. ne saw hOrsemaL
approaching him. and as II drew near
h. saw that the rider was bO less
person than himSef-hiS other self
though dressed differently. Twenty
years after he found himself quite
without fOrcthOuGht OF The matter In
the same place on horseback and dreaE-
ed just as was the appaririou Of hiTb.
self which be had met there two dec
AIDES before
Lord Brou"hIm pronounced Broom
the English statesman. orator and uu
thor. after whom the we'll kuowE
species Of vehicles was named. had
remarkable experience with "Spouk"
he tells the story In his autobiography
published in ISL
a most remarkable thing happened
20 me" he says. 80 remarkable that l
must tell the story from the beginning
After / left the high school Gn EG.n-
hurGhi ! went with g.. my most init
mate friend. 20 attend the classes in
the university. We frequently in our
walks discussed and speculated upon
mans grave subjects. among others
OIL the immortality OF the soul and a
future state. This question and the
possibility. I will not say Of ghosts
walking. hut Of the dead appearing
20 the living. were subjects much
speculation. and We actually con mitted
the folly Of drawing NJ an agreement.
written with our blood. 10 the effect
that Whichever Of us died first shoulc
appear 20 the other ana thus solve
any doubt We had entertained of the
life after deuth
After we had finished classes al
college g went to India. having got
an appointment there in the civil serv-
ice He seldom wrote me and after
lapse of few years ! had almost for
gotten him. Moreover. his family hav.
In" little connection with Edinburgh.
! seldom saw or heard anything OF
them. so that all the old SChOolboy in
tmaCy had died out and / had nearly
forgotten his existence. had taken.
as have said n warm bath. and while
IN il and enjoying the comfort of the
heat after the late freezing | had lin.
dergone 7 turned my head round to-
ward the chair on which | had de-
posted my clothes rs ! was about TO
get out Of the bath. On the chair sat
G. calmly looking ut me. How ] got
ont of the bath know not. but on re
covering my senses found myself
sprawlinG on the floor. The apPari-
ton or wlsteyer II was that had taken
the likeness OF G.. mao disappeared.
II was ufterward ascertained thnt g
had died in India on the very day his
npparItion was seen 10y Lord Brougham
Very similar is an incident related
by Sir Walter Scott under date of 1918
A certain Mr.. Bullock had been EN-
poyed by Sir Waiter 10 make improve
u-cnts AT Abb0tsford Mr.. Bullock
was called 10 London. and during his
absence the incident narrated in the
following lCtter ipok pace. SCOlt. VIII
ing 20 Mr.. Terry. says:
The night before last we were
awakened by violent noise like the
drawing OF new boards along the aeW
part OF the house fancied some
thing had fallen and thought no moS'
OF H. This was about In the morn
ing Last night az the same witchinl
~ Mra -
as you know. is rather t'mersome. So
. got mp with Beardy's broadsworC
under my arm
sat bolt upright
. And ready To fight
But nothing was ont OF order. Mel
Their could / discover what occasioneC
the disturba nee" The strange thinl