The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-08
TALES or GHOSTS
Lord Brougham's Curious Expert
ence With a "Spook."
A COMPACT AND ITS SEQUEL.
The Creepy story a. II Was Told In
the English Sts.ssmsn's Autebios-
rsphy--Gosths Once Saw sPscter
Of kimsslf--A "Ghost" cuvier Saw.

There was certain Plsander whose
name has been preserved In one OF tina
proverbIal sayings OF the Greeks be-
cause he lived In continual fear OF see
ing his own ghost Just that thing hap
pened to the German poet Goethe. One
day. when he was out riding In q
spot somewhat removed from the usual
haunts OF men. he saw a horsemnn
approaching him. and as II drew near
he saw that the rider was no less
person than himself his other self
though dressed differently. Twenty
years after be found himself quite
without forethought OF the matter In
the same place on horseback and dress
ed just as was the apparition OF him
self which be had met there two dec
AIDES before.
Lord Brougham pronounced Broom.
the English statesman. orator and au-
thor. after whom the well known
species OF vehicles was named. had q
remarkable experience with ''spook."
He tells the story IN his autobiography
published In 1871.
"A most remarkable thing happened
10 me-" be says. 80 remarkable that
must tell the story from the beginning.
After | left the high school Gin Edin-
burghl | went with G.. my most inti-
mate friend. 90 attend the classes In
the university. We frequently In our
walks discussed and speculated upon
mans grave subjects, among others
on the Immortality OF the soul and a
future state. This question and the
possibility. Will not say OF ghosts
walking. but OF the dead appearing
10 the living. were subjects OF much
speculation. and we actually committed
the folly OF drawing up an agreement.
written with our blood. 10 the effect
that whichever or us died first should
appear 10 the other and thus solve
any doubt we bad entertained OF the
life after death
after we had finished classes at
college G.. went to India, having got
an appointment there In the civil sery-
ice. He seldom wrote me. and after
lapse OF few years had almost for
gotten him. Moreover. his family hay
Ing little connection with Edinburgh.
seldom saw or heard anything OF
them, so that all the old schoOlboy In
timacy had died out and l had nearly
forgotten his existence had taken,
as have said. warm bath. and while
In Il and enjoying the comfort OF the
heat after the late freezing ! had I'M
dergone | turned my head round to-
ward the chair on which ! had de-
posted my clothes as was about to
get out OF the bath. On the chair sat
G.. calmly looking ut me. How J got
out of the bath | know not. but on re-
covering my senses found mysel.
sprawllng on the door The appari-
ton or whatever II was that had taken
/ the likeness or G.. had disappeared.
II was afterward ascertalned that O..
had died IN India on the very day his
apparition was seen by Lord Brorgham.
Very similar is an incident related
J by Sir Walter Scott under date OF 1918
A certain MIR Bullock had been EN-
/ ployed by Sir Walter to make improve
! ments az AbbOtsford Mr.. Bullock
was called 10 London. aud during his
absence the incident narrated I'm the
following letter took place. Scott, writ
Ing 10 Mr.. Terry. says:
1.-THE night before last we were
! awakened ~ violent noise like the
drawing OK new boards along the new
part OF the house. | fancied some
thing had fallen and thought no more
I rnl. T.. t....1 . In,
ing. Last night at the saTe witching
! hour the same noise occurred. Mrs s.,
as you know. Is rather timersome. so
got mp with Beardy's broadsword
under my arm
sat bolt upright
And ready 10 fight
Bat nothing was ont OF order. Mel.
Their could discover what occassoned
the disturbance" The strange thing
about this II that Bullock died In Lon
don on the very day and as near az
could be nscerialned az the very hour
that Sir Walter heard the "spooks' at
Abbotsford In writing later 10 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 followed7 I protest to you
that the noise resembled half dozen
men hard AT work pulling no boards
aud furniture. and nothing could be
more certain than that nobody was on
the premises az the time"
These are Instances OF what may be
termed successful ghosts. The ghosts
that have failed are perhaps entitled
10 brief notice. ghost once IN
dertook TO brighten the great natural.
list. Cuvler This ghost appeared with
an ox's mead Cuvier nwoke and found
the fearful thing glaring and grinding
at his bedside.
what do You wantT'
To devour vou." growied the ghost.
"Devour me" qtoth the grral
Frenchman. "hoofs. borns. graminlv.