The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-14
TALE OF GHOSTS
and A HAUNTED
{ HOUSE WOVEN
Edgar Eagleston, First
American Inspector,
Is Author.

nis n an original story written
~ Edgar EaEiesfon, First American
iaspeetor Of wireless
Late last summer Ella . boy In
the wireless Club, happened TO be ut
Piney Point. Nd. The boy had been
walking along the dusty road and
noticed . woman. colored. approach
ing HIM The eoiofed lady gave a
sslutation Of 'Hello.T and also asked
Ellis where he was going. Ellis. OF
course, being frightened, told the
lady that. fearing q storm, he was
hurrytng to the postofice. The ne
gress replied: Dat storm am going
to break soon" WELL" said ENis.
There are q few houses between
here and thu store
Sure, child. but dere's two haunt
ed houses between here and de
store said the negress.
Goodbye cried Ellis. as he
started running for the store, for
he was afraid OF ghosts.
Just as the night was getting
dark the rain started. and the boy
passed the first haunted house as II
on wings Ellis was very used to
the country. and knew where he
was going. but he had travelled fast
er than he had estimated.
He reached a house. went up on
the front porch and noticed the door
was opened and light was coming
from the opening.
He paused, a moment, then went
in the house. A lamp, a very Pc
cuIiar lamp imprinted with Arabic
letters and figures, was standing
on the table: the lamp was not
lighted but 1t seemed as II all the
light of the room was centered on
the lamp.
Ellis threw OF the chill and
lamp upstairs to find a place to
stairs he heard a terrible groan
and being fainthearted but brave.
ne started to investigate. All the
rooms were bare; a thick coat of
dust all around and some showed
footprints and hands. The last
room he came to was most ex-
-ellently furnished but had big red
spots of blood around the floor
and on the rugs.
There was a bed near the win
dow and a red flannel shirt hung
suspended in air between the win
dow and the bed.
The curtain over the window was
very white, the window was small
and broken and a slight breeze
srifted through.
Ellis feeling very tired laid down
on the bed which had a very loud
crazy quilt spread on top and a
very loud mattress. Laying his
aashlight on the pillow and plac-
ing the lamp on top OF the table
which was in the center OF the
-oom- Taking a last glance at his
watch and found IT read o'clock,
again laid on the bed Shortly af-
:erward the rain stopped but Ellis
lid not notice this for he was
sound asleep. Ellis was awakened
by a long weary groan that echoed
and re-echoed through the house.
rhe lamp was not lit. the room was
lark. Ellis felt for his light It was
not there, pulling out his watch
-Fhch was a radcliffe he read aloud
~ o'clock. A light. a thin shaft
81 light sped through the room and
vanished. His hair was on end, he
ooked. tried to make out the win
low. when a loud screech seemed
Iirectly in front of him. He looked
white arm descended directly in
'ront of him with a dagger gripped
iPmly. a loud screech, a loud tick
ng arose from under him, the dag
ger assembled with a long stream
u red blood following ii. Ellis
vas scared, the loud ticking under
Tim had not stopped. the light
vent out. seemed to disappear. Ell
is looked again toward where he
Jaw the dagger. No light, no dag
ger, only a screech, now the loud
ickins. Ellis was tired. He
ooked again at his watch. 1
o'clock. Ellis fell asleep. Several
Zines he awoke IN the night to
COX and listen. He heard a
rreech, a loud ticking. but that
vas all. Morning came as a re-
SET. the lamp was gone. Ellis
ooked. He had turned around in
he bed while asleep and could not
Ind his light in the night. but there
Z was on the pillar. The weird
ioise was made by the shutter.
me moon had risen in the night
ind at IL o'clock sent a shaft of
light on the curtains: a stifr breeze
moved the curtain so that 1t looked
iks an arm and dagger. The wind
Ilso moved the red flannel so It
ooked like hood. The persons be-
ore had let red paint spill on the
loor in places so the room would
Icare anyone. The loud ticking
sas ~ discovered and was found
nat the many colored loud bed
Sex was the cause.