The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09

dungeons excavated where he con oemned 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 the generally reputed to be badly haunted---haunted by many phenomena. Iut chiefly by the phantom of a yery sinfster-looking man. supposed by some to be the Grand Inquisitor him self This apparition is usually en- coubtered on the steps leading to the cellars, but has been seen standing in the doorway of the house, and sew eral people who have stayed at the hotel declare they have felt him grip them by the shoulders, just as his material counterpart might have gripped the unfortunate Flemish Prot estants 320 years ago. when he arrested them and hissed in their ears, The Holy Mother has need for you.
 "'And these stories are really cur rent?' I observed
 "'Yes,' she said they are known to every one in the town nor have l heard them merely from strangers. at the hotel, and have experienced one or other of the manifestations"
 Rider in Dinan Woods
 The woods outside Dinant are re- puted to be haunted by phantom rider in the form of girl, in an old-fash- toned green riding habit, mounted on :. white horse. On the road from Lou vain to Malines, now teeming with grey-coated Germans and grooming be- meath the external passage of their transports, is, or was pond, iyihS under the shadow of three or four trees. "It is spot long reputed haunted says O'Donnell, land one which in- spires peculiar terror in dogs and forses Two artists informed me that they were once walking along the road in the direction of the pond one afternoon, when their dog-a big re- triever-suddenly stood still and shiyered violently. They tried to make him move on. and at last, leav- ing him in the road, went ahead to see if they could ascertain the cause of his alarm. On arriving at the pond they were simultaneously seized with a feeling of the most intense horror, and perceived what they took to be large sack. lying half in and half out of the water. As they stared, something bulky in the sack moved violently, and they saw a white face scowling dia- bolically at them from between the trees opposite.
 "This so frightened them that they took to their heels. and never ceased running till they arrived within sight of the village where they were stay ing When they mentioned the matter to their landlady, she said:
 "Ah, ladies, it is a good thing that you did not stay longer, or you would have seen something far worse. No one ever goes near that pond after dusk!
 They made inquiries as to the cause of the hauntings, and learned that a house had once stood close to the pond. and that all its inmates had been found murdered one morning-the aS- sassin never being caught.
 "Cuaint old Malines. bombarded by the Germans on August 30, 1914. boasts of at least two cases of haunting adds this ghost-seer "both in houses close to the cathedral. In the one case the top flat is haunted by the phantasm Of a deformed child which Is constantly seen peeping through half-open door ways. A woman's voice Is heard call ing, Henry! Henry. down one of the chinlneys. and phantom clock is heard striking IS. very slowly, on certain nights. every September.
 There is no history attched to the flat--at least none that l can ascer- tain-and nothing in any way to ac- count for the hauntings They are rimply those inexplicable and, appar- entity. purposeless something's with which every man who takes upon him self to Investigate ghostly phenomena becomes at length familiar
 Tn the other instance the staircase on the ground and second floors are haunted by what sounds like gigantic caek being rolled down-bump. bump and tall figure swathed all over in black that ascends the stairs in vio- lent haste and never allows its face to be seen. Tn this house the body of a woman is said to have been discovered hidden in a cask in a cellar, so that there are some tangible grounds for hauntingr
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