The New York herald., 1922-03-10
ANTIGONISH WRATH
IS STILL IN HIDING
Refuses to Come Out Despite
All DR.. Princes Alluring
Incantations.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD
CALEDONIA MILLS, n. s.. March . (by
a Staff Expeditonary Member) -
and still no fires, rappings or slaps. The
Antigonish ghost refuses to come out of
hiding In spite OF the invitation in the
presence of Or. Prince who Is ready to
receive him with the greatest sympathy
and concern. Perhaps the wrong bait
has been put In the net. so tonight we
will have Mary Ellen Macdonald and
her fosterfather. If the evil spirit Is
concerned only with members of the
Macdonald family. this inducement
should produce action.
II will exercise all the ghost alluring
incantations know off, DR.. Prince said
when he first came down here. Whether
he has done any "incantating" in private
or not. / am not prepared to say. but so
far as I can see the only invitation that
has been offered the ghost is our pres
ence in the house and our anxiety to
come to grips with 1t.
II am particularly anxious to see or
hear something uncanny else my story
of the experiences of Detective Carroll
and myself will be discredited. If there
is any maleyolent power aiming its dew
iltry at the "MacDonalds' particularly
we should look for some manifestations
tonight, when we shall have both Mary
Ellen and her fosterfather. | am in
clined to think something will happen.
for am convinced. after having been
lifelong skeptic, that / heard and felt
the force of some supernormal power
when slept here with Detective Car
roll.
DIR. Prince Unnerved.
DR.. Prince is quite unnerved over the
nonappearaince of the ghost. He Is
strong on the scent and. like all true
hunters, no matter what the quarry. he
possesses himself in patience. That Is
what we all try to do, but we would
like some action. Our first nervous
ness at what demonstrations the spirit
might indulge in has given way to APP
prehenson that there will nothing hap
pen. DIR. prince Is in no hurry. He
will stay here until he is satisfied that
there is no ghostly inhabitant within
the walls or until the ghost does come
out and give battle.
While we are all convinced that some
power, human or otherwise. possessed
of weird ingenuity, has been operating
almost impossible even for me, who felt
its power and heard its movements, to
refrain from speaking flippantly. Even
DR.. Prince, dignified and learned
psychic that he is. jokes as much about
the ghost as we do.
Much more is based upon the coming
of Mary Ellen. hope her presence IN
the household does not tend to break
UP our happy party. OF course Alexan-
der Macdonald will bc here to chaperon
/ his daughter. 1t is, after all, not sur
| prising that the evil spirits OF the Mac
Donald home did not sport about these
| last two nights. Neither did they when
we were here before until we got Alex
ander Macdonald to spend the night
with us. I understand Mr.. Irwin OF the
Spiritualistic Society in Boston thinks
the ghost that haunts the farm Is
| composed of the spirits OF uneducated
persons long since dead. who passed
away with hatred in their hearts for the
MacDonalds. II he Is right their anger
will surely be aroused tonight. The
return of Mary Ellen and her foster
father is a direct challenge to the
| spirits. DR.. Prince hopes they will take
| it up. and that is the sentiment OF all OF
US. although we are half afraid to ad-
1 NIT IL.
/ Tnere Is 1eennR OF tension as HiEi'
falls and we prepare for possible visits
felt the same way the night Carroll
and 1 were roughly handled In this
| house.
There are beds enough for all. but to-
night shall sleep on the floor. Mary
Ellen and her foster father will have a
room between them. There are two
beds. Mary Ellen's Is by the window al
her own request MacDonald's Is near
| fhe door