Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-10-07
HER STORY
BY MARGARET A. swFe.-
GO by Mcclure Newspap.r <-,.S'

One night IN late Decemba--
ping cold night in 19ls-AIrs a. S-af
told this story that am abor+ '-''''
peat. Phoebe Haland nv brs. :
aunt, was then about seyanrr .,--i-
cerely pious woman who was
rarily making her home with ne -, -,s
her two sons, both surgeons
overseas with the Yankee divis;. eas
My husband had just finished :.
lng aloud newspaper article - az
house in our neighborhood tba.
supposed to be haunted. Tba 49,.
gave the history OF the hopsa a.,
list of its former owners wbo 7 7
found it advisable to sell ,bo 81, 10y
soon after moving in. The last o g,-.
had bought the place for slr
nothing, and after a Weeks -,
he, too, moved out. and told the va ,,1
through the newspapers tbo. .
would have the place torn down =, :.
spring
fnat ghost talk is all bosh.o n,
husband declared. a house gs.s :.
name for being haunted ana A..
everyone that moves into It Is m n,
lookout for spooks end-and hs,
imagination does the rest"
The newspaper fluttered. and =,
Mrs. Haland and l, continued with u,
knitting and waited to hear sam,
more news. Then Mrs. HalaDd loosss
at me over the top of her xsa
trimmed spectacles and said:
"a good deal of It is both, no dcga
but there are, I am sure. trogbl5
souls that for one reason or aDotbs
return and make themselves seen ~
felt"
Mrs. Haland put down her knltfr,
and her serious, kindly old eyes nr
rowed and she took a long LOOK I'M
the face of Time before she spoke
ut will be 80 years next AIay-yv
10-since l was married" SIZE 5egss
"and we started Housekeeping in a
little house that is still standing IN
small village a mile or two beyond
Hartford, Conn. My nearest neighbe
was a Mrs. Wright, and she called %
on us almost as soon as we were Sd.
tied.
"She was a tall, thin woman and |
remember well the bufr-col0red cnals
dress with little blue flowers in Il th2.
she wore that day. She had her LITTLE
girl with her-a sturdy child Of 81
or seven, her black hair braided b
two stiff braids that hung down hg
little square back.
81 was twenty then" she confined
sand l think that Mrs. Wright vs
about thirty-eight-she was just forty
when she died, and we had been neigh
bOrs for two years In that time
had learned to love Mrs Wright-shs
was like a mother to me. She was nG
a well woman-sOme heart affection
and her husband was a drinking naA
She shielded him all she could Sa
was too proud to let the neighb1s
know that he had at times beaten hs
and his little daughter
"She was not long lila few dsH
and l was in and out oil the time aad
not once did she complain. Bessie, be-
little girl, seldom left the bedside put
that last day. when the child was 90
of hearing, Mrs. Wright said to &
IL don't mind it al all-only ig
Bessie-my poor Bessie It was hiF
ing to leave Bessie that troubled ia
"When it was all over the hus5al
disappeared-no one knew where
| took Bessie home with me, and ief
week / tried hard TO lessen the sEa
in the childish heart. Then one ere
ming, as | was about to send BESSIE
bed, her father came in-s~agsea
in without knocking -growilng
wild-eyed. Bessie at my knee Fe2eS
ing the Lords prayer, buried her fas
In my lap and I felt her little boy
CULVER. He wanted Bessie to eo@
right home-he guessed he had
right to his own daughter
"Well, he took Bessie-tooH p
ACCOMPLISHMENTS her along
could not reason with him ana "
husband had gone on some busines"
Hartford. My instinct was 20 lele
Bessie, but l was afraid Of ms Ill1
and as 1 stood there in the hI'ta-
near the open door, praying lha'
husband would come soon a
Wright walked in.
81 saw her as plain as SeT
now. She wore her buaco.oFeo ~
with the little blue flowers IN H. -
she looked neither to the rig@ y
left, just passed me as Il "7.s
piece of furniture, and waiael S''1-'
into my bedroom.
"Something-the mystery '1' -.
Of OVERWHELMED me ana a'.
me to my knees, and then s1al5I2
arose and ran out of the house - ~.
the road toward thar man ''''-
"When nearing the house Y.
hear Bessie still crying, ana > ,..s
In went in as brave as -'5 ss
| defending her cub. and I'd. =. IL
and / shouted at him that m' -
and all the men in town were -
tar and getting feathers ana '-' =
he wanted to save himself De Buy
ter clear out. ia
AZ think it must have ~e n