Evening star., 1915-05-02
AN ITALIAN WINE vENDER.

fellow who occasionally wanders abroad
at night.
or two other guests. and l caught them
exchanging glances.
That night l again got out of bed,
and on going to the window saw the
same figure. This time I endeavored to
take a snapshot of it. but it disappear
ed the moment I got the camera fixed
on it. and l obtained no result
The following night ! went to sup
per with some friends at the Hotel st.
Antoine. and did not leave untid close
to / o'clock. A Mr. Kirkwood saw me
home. and while we were walking
along I told him of my experience on
the preceding nights.
It's about now that the queer man
appears. I observed, and my heart
gave one or two thumps when. on turn
ing a corner, we arrived with sight
OF the hotel The moonlight was just as
much in evidence as on the former
any figure. Mr.. kirkwood escorted me
up to the door and was SAYING good
night when q hand suddenly gripped hold
Of my shoulder sharply that I gave
little CRY of pain,
wv hateyer's the matter Mr.. Kirk
wood CALCULATED. i hope you're not ill.,
Who is that behind me-" J demanded.
Behind you?' Mr.. kirkwood repeat
ed. in astonishment. Why. no one
What do YOU mean?
Nothing l said family 'OnlN
just for a moment fancied some one
caught hold of me | then bade him
good might and entered the hotel.
In the morning ! looked at my
shoulder. There was bruise. such
mark as would have been caused by
fingers.
and put up at a boarding house in the
new part of the town. On my telling
one of the visitors where l had been
staying, she exclaimed:
ha
1.-The ghost, / cried, pretending TO
laugh. Don't tell me the place is
haunted
Why. didn't you know she said
AT the time of the Spanish occupation
OF the town one of the Spanish in
quisitors lived in the house, and had
dungeons excavated where he con-
demned countless poor wretches to
hideous tortures. Some of these dun
geons are still in existence, and are
used as cellars for the storage of an
thracite. wood and other articles. They
are generally reputed to be badly
haunted-haunte1l by many phenomena
but chiefly by the phantom of very
sinister-looking man. supposed by some
10 be the grand inquisitor himself
This apparition is usually encountered
OH the steps IeadlnR TO the cellars, but
has been seen standing in the doorway
OF the house and several people who
have stayed at the hotel declare they
have felt him grip them by the shoul-
ders. just AS his material counterpart
might have gripped the unfortunate
Flemish Protestants 320 years ago,
when he arrested them and hissed in
their ears, The holy mother has need
of YOU
And these stories are really cur
rent ] observed.
Yes she said. they are known to
every one in the town. nor have / heard
them merely from strangers, for sew
eral of my friends have stayed at the
hotel and have experienced one or other
OF the Manifestations
The woods outside Dinant are re-
puted to be haunted by phantom
rider. in the form of girl, in an old
fashioned green riding habit. mounted
on a white horse. On the road from
l-ouvain to Malines. now teeming with
gray-coated Germans and groaning be-
meath the eternal passage of their
transports. is. or was, a pond, lying
under the shadow of three or four frs
1T is a spot long reputed haunted"
says ODonnell. "and one which in
spires peculiar terror In dogs and
horses. Two artists informed mo that