The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-01-04
TALES OF GHOSTS
Lord Brougham's Curious Expert
ence With a 'Spook."
A COMPACT AND ITS SEQUEL.
The Creepy Story as II Was Told In
the English Sta.esman's Autobios-
raphy-Goethe Once Saw Speetsr
Of iiimsslf--A "Ghost" Cuvier Saw.

Of Himself--A "ohost" Cuvier Saw.
: There was n certain Pisander whose
name has been preserved In one OF the
proverbial sayings of the Greeks be
cause be 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
spot somewhat removed from the usual
haunts of men. he saw horsemah
approaching him. and as II drew near
he saw that the rider was no less a
person than himself his other self
though dressed differently Twenty
( years after ne found himself quite
/ without forethought OF the matter in
/ the same place on horseback aud dress
ed just as was the apparition OF him
self which he 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 a
remarkable experience with ''spook"
He tells the story in his autobiography
published IN 1871.
"a most remarkable thing happened
to me" he says. $50 remarkable that ]
must tell the story from the beginning
After | left the high school lin Edin-
burghl went with c.. my most init
mate friend. 10 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
! 30 the living were subjects OF much
speculation. aud we actually committed
the folly OF drawing up an agreement
written with our blood. 10 the effect
that whichever OF MS died first should
appear 10 the other and thus solve
any doubt we had entertained OF the
life after death
after we had finished classes al
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 i'm
timacy had died out and l had nearly
/ forgotten his existence | had taken.
as have said, a warm bath. and while
! In il and enjoying the comfort OF the
heat after the late freezing had un.
dergone | turned my head round to-
ward the chair on which | had Dc
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 u was that had taken
the likeness OF G. had Disappeared
It was afterward asccrtained that q
had died IN India on the very day his
appnrition was seen by Lord Brougham.
Very similar Is nm incident related
by sir Walter Scott under date Of 1918
A certain MIR Bullock had been EN-
ploycd by Sir Walter 10 make improve
ments az Abbotsford Mr. Bullock
was called 70 london. and during his
absence the incident narrated In the
following letter took place. Scott, writ
Ing 10 n Mr. Terry. says:
"The night before last we were
awakened 10y violent noise like the
drawing OF new boards along the new
part OF the house I fanclcd some
thing had fallen and thought no more
OF H. This was about , In the morn
ing Last night az the same witching
hour the same noise occurred Mrs s..
as you know. is rather timersome. so
| got up with Reardys brondsword
under my arm
sat bolt upright
And ready 60 fight
'Tut nothing was out OF order. Net.
Their could | discover what occasioned
the disturbance" The strange thing
about this is that Bullock died IN Lon
don on the very day and as near as
could be ascertained at the very hour
that sir Walter heard the "spooks" mt
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 20 you
that the noise resembled half dozen
men hard at work pulling mp boards
aud furniture. and nothing conid 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 a brief notice A ghost once nn
dertook To Brighten the great natural
ist. Cuvier This ghost Appeared with
an ox's head Cuvier awoke and found !