The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-22

| decided to lengthen my stay and
60 to Darwick castle. McAvis was
to make arrangements for my sleep
ing and eating quarters.
Four weeks later found me going
up the steps to "a - street, Dub
lin, where l was to meet HcAvis.
1t was fine morning so We de-
cided to motor out to the estate, a
distance of about two hundred
miles. We reached there just in
time for supper and look at the
castle before dark.
The castle was gloomy pile of
ruins overlooking steep cliff of
some fifty feet into the sea. Tradi-
ton told many tales of ghosts about
it, the old caretaker telling me
many. He also told me how
tramp who slept there one night
was frightened almost to death
by a spectre. l smiled at these
and the old man noicing my smile
said. You will think different to-
morrow night this time.
went into the castle about eight
o'clock, being rather tired from my
ride. 1t was pitch dark. | went to
bed feeling fine as | had been sue
cessful for my firm My bed was
in the main hall where the ghost
was supposed to have been seen.
| awoke about midnight with a
peculiar feeling hard to describe.
heard peculiar scraping sound be-
mind me, and turned over on my
elbows, looked into the darkness.
A patch of light began to grow in
front of me taking the shape of
man aflame form head to foot AL
though 1t appeared to flame it gave
no light to surrounding objects.
My first thought was to run and
run | did. | did not stop until
reached the caretakers lodging
where | sat all night bordering on
, Mysteries.
Toward morning / Gained down
and decided to investigate. l went
to the castle at day break, lay down
on my led and guessed as near as
possible where the ghost had been.
examined the place but found
nothing.
Suddenly it came to my mind
that phosphorus famed, but gave
no light to surrounding objects.
! But phosphorus has decided odor.
Well then the reflection of phos-
phorus. ran ever to the wall and
after a little search discovered a
large mirror on skids in a crevice.
Pulling out the mirror and stand
ing at my bed l located wall in
another room that showed unmis-
taxable signs of phosphorus.
then sat down on my bed and
began thinking about it. Was it a
practical joke? No. McAvis was
sincere. Then what was the mo-
tive for so elaborate an apparatus.
telegraphed McAyis to come
down. He came and was utterly
astounded at my revelation.
We decided to stay the next
night. McAvis armed himself with
a large stone and an automatic. l
had a strong spot light and re-
yolver He stayed at my bed and
l hid where I could watch the oper-
ator. 1t came as it did before. NC
Avis threw his stone followed by
a crash of glass. while l threw my
spot light on the operator and
called to him to throw up his hands.
We took him to the caretakers and
he babhled something about guns
followed by some language l could
not understand.
We searched the castle the next
day and found three hundred cases
of rifles. fifty machine guns and Ave
hundred rounds of cartridges for
each. We left things undisturbed
and called Scotland Yard who some
few nights later raided the place
catching the men in a deep laid
German plot to start rebellion in
Ireland. The castle was used as a
base for the unloading of subma-
rines and the ghost as trick to
keep meddlesome peasants away.