The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-10-18
TALES OF GHOSTS
LORD Efo9gharn's Curious Espen'
enoe WITH z A-Spook."
a COMPACT AND IT'S SEQUEL.

The Creepy Story as q Was Toss in
shs English stEtesTnau's Grtohsss-
-aany-eaeshs Once Sew Spscsef
81 II ls,lsoif--s6 ''eihssfr Cs,Vsar Sns.
There was certain PisRniier whose
mime Inns been preserved II one Of the
proverbial savings ri the Greeks i'e
cause he lived IL continual fear 81 see
ing his own ghost Just that thing hap
pened to the German noat Goethe. One
Gay. when he was out riding IL
spot somewhat removed from the usual
hauuts Of men. he saw 4 horseman
approaching him, and as Il drew near
ne saw that the rider was no less q
person than himseif-his other self
though dressed differently. Twenty
years after he found himself quite
without forethought OF tine matter III
the same place Oh horseback and dress
&c Just as was the anparttlon Of him
self which he had met there two dec
AIDES before
Lord Brougham pronounced Broom,
the English statesman, orator and an.
thor. after whom the well known
species Of vehicles was named, had
remarkable experience with q ''spook.
He tells the story IL his autobiography
published in 1871.
"a most remarkable thing happened
10 me, he sayE. $50 remarkable that
must tell the story from the beginning
After ] left the high school (in Edin-
burgt@ ! went with G., my most init
mite friend, to attend the classes IL
the university. We frequently in our
wRIks discussed md speculRted upon
mnu's grave subjects, among others
Oh the immortality OF the soul and q
future state This question and the
possibility. ! VIII not say Of ghosts
walking but Of the dead appearing
70 the living, were subjects Of much
speculation. and we actually committed
the folly Of drawing up an agreement
written with our blood TO the effect
that whichever Of us died first should
appear TO the other and thus solve
any doubt we had entertained Of the
life after death
After we had finished classes at
college G. went TO India, having got
an appointment there Ia the civil sery-
ice. He seldom wrote me, and after a
lapse OF few years had almost for
gotten him. Moreover, bis family hay
ing little connection with Edinburgh,
l seldom saw or heard anything OF
them, so that all the old sehoolboy In
tinacy had died out and / had nearly
forgotten his existence. / had taken,
as have said, a warm bath, and while
In 1t and enjoying the comfort Of the
beat after the late freezing | had IN
dergone / turned my head round to-
ward the chair on which l had de
posted my clothes as was about TO
get out Of the bath. On the chair sat
G. calmly looking at me. How ! got
out Of the bath / know not, but on re-
covering my senses / found myself
sprawling on the floor. The appari-
ton or whatever II was that had taken
the likeness Of g. had disappeared"
| II was afterward aseertained that g.
| had died In India on the very day bis
apparition was seen by Lord BroUgham
Very similar Is an incident related
81 sstf VFter Scott under 49, =. * Of 1918
A certain MFR. Bullock had been EN-
/ pIoyed by Sir Walter to make improve
ments at Abbotsford. Mr.. Bullock
was called TO London. and during bis
absence the incident narrated IN the
following letter took place. Scott, writ
ing to a Mr.. Terry. says:
| 1.-THE night before last we were
awakened by a violent noise like the
drawing of new boards along the new
part OF the house. | fancied some
| thing had fallen and thought no more
of It. This was about In the morn
ing Last night at the same witching
hour the same noise occurred. Mrs. s.,
as you know. Is rather tlmersout, sc
got up with Beardys broadsword
under my arm
sat bolt upright
And ready to fight.
"But nothing was out of order. Mel
Their could discover what occasioned
the disturbance The strange thing
about this IL that Bullock died In Lon
don on the very day and as near ms
could be ascertained at the very hour
that Sir Walter heard the "spooks" nj
Abbotsford In writing later to the
same correspondent he said: Were
you not struck with the fantastical CO.
incidence of our nocturnal disturbance
at Abbotsford with the melancholy
event that followed? protest to you
that the noise resembled half dozen
men hard at work pulling up boards
and furniture, and nothing could be
more certain than that nobody was on
the premises at the time"
These are Instances of what may be
termed successful ghosts. The ghosts
that have failed are perhaps entitled
to brief notice. A ghost once IN
dertook to frighten the great natural
list. Cuvier This ghost appeared with
an ox's head. Cuvier awoke and found
the fearful thing glaring and grinnlng
at his bedside.
what do you want2"
ITO devour you" growled the ghost
"Devour me-" quoth the great
Frenchman. "hoofs, horns, graminly
orousl You can't do 1t. Clear outr'
And clear out the discounted ghost
did.-Kansas City Star.
M mpn is So tnit that hn need nave