The Marshall republican., 1912-05-24
Ghost Stories
That Are True

cfan, Dr. j.. u. w. nvinE
In one Of the Chicago suburbs. was
hurrying one morning to catch a train
for that city. As he crossed a street
he saw approaching him an acquaint.
ance, once wellto-do, who had ruin
cd himself by drink. DR.. Entwh4etle.
~slancing at him as they met, noticed
that his clothing was torn, his face
der one eye. He noticed, too. that
the other kept looking steadily at him
with a "woe-begone. God-forsakcn ex.
preston" Had he not been in such
. hurry he would have stopped 0nd
spoken to him, but as II was he pass.
ed him with a nod.
At the station Or. Entwhistle met
his brotherinlaw. and said, while the
train was drawing in: y
"Oh. by the way. ] just saw Charlie
H. and he was a sight. He must have
been OF q terrible tear" b
Both men. as II happened, had bust
ness at the Grand Pacific hotel and
went directly there from the train.
They were met by a mutual friend
who had a copy Of the Chicago Trib-
une In his hand.
Hello" he greeted them. Did you
know that Charlie NJ. is dead? Here Ia
a notice in the paper, stating that his
body ia at the morgue. lie was killed
In a saloon fight. The paper hasn't got
the name quite right, but from
the description It's Charlie sure
enough"
But he can't be dead" said DR..
Entwhistle arbast, for II was only n
few minutes ago that ! met him on
the street in Englewood.'
Nevertheless. II turned out that
Charlie " was dead. and that his body
bad been taken 10 the morgue sew.
tral hours before DR.. E~ntwhistlo
thought he saw him In the Chicago
suburb.
or n somewhat different order. but
eve mor remarkable is an expert.
ence reported by an Englishwoman
whose name, for reasons that will be.
come obvious. II would be improper 10
give. With her husband she had re.
Gently moved into n fine old mansion
surrounded by n charming park. with
q broad stretch Of lawn between the
trees and the house. The place had
for many years been the homo Of a
family Of ancient lineage.
One night. shortly after II o'clock,
when Mrs. NJ. had gone up 10 her he'd
ROOM. she thought she heard n moan
Ing sound, and aomeops sobbing ~
though In great distress.
Tptoeing over to a window on the
staircase landing she raised ths
blind and cautiously peered out.
Below. On the lawn. In the pale glow
Of the moon. she saw IN amaxins
scene. A middle aged man. stern o.
face and wearing q generals uniform
wal standing m~enacingly over a youni
girl who. with hands ciasped II
anguish was on her knees before him
At the sight OF his hard, u~urelentinl
expression. Mr. Ms one thought wal
not of fear for herself. but OF pit,
for the unfortunate girl.
without q moment's hesitation.
shs says, Il ran down the staircas'
10 the door opening upon the lawn I,
beg her TO como In and tell me he
sorrow"
When she reached the door the hs
uros Of the soldier and the girl wer'
stiil plainly Visible on the lawn. an
IN precisely the same attitude. Blu
At the sound Of her voice they disaE
psarsd.
Months afterwards, when callinI
with her husband At neiGhborinI
o house, she noticed on the wall the poi
trait Of q distinguished looking man 4
q military uniform. At once she 70,
ognixed II.
That" she told her husband IN q
undertone. els a picture Of the once
saw on the lawn"
Aloud she asked:
Whose portrait 10 that7"
why" replied her host. 1T 10
portrait Of my uncle. Gen. Sir x. Y
He was born and died IN the hous
that you now occupy. But why do 20
Ask7"
When she had told the story. he
host explained:
what you say IL most singular. Fo
II is an unhappy fact that Sir X. Y
youngest daughter. a beautiful sir
brought disgrace upon the family, an
was disowned and driven from HON
by her father and died broker
hearted"
Here, then. are two typical "ghos
stories" They challenge belief. an
most ~assuredly ! would not have n
lated them had they not been We
authenticated. It does not follow, how
ever. that because authenticity ha
been established II is necessary I
assume that they imply actual visiti
tions from the dead. On the contrar
the modern theory Of ghosts that II
variably, when they are real ghost
and not a spurious product of credulit
and deception. they are distinctly sui
jective IN character, and exist only b
virtue OF conditions permitting the
creation In the minds OF the perso