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    392 A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST STORY.

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    the into can the dle garden to the / 9 s I ides suggested of the little . We lobb went from there which ; as I it held led up I y

    half expected to see the dark figure and feel , its eyes fixed upon , hung me-from agains among t the the walls cloaks I , coa coul ts d , and not garden helshuddering bonnets , which and

    perhaps "If turned are afraid pale , for Emil . fa you ther had said be rather tter p go roug hack hl . y " , ,

    I maintained you I was , not afraid y , and followed him stoutly , after havinascertained that the lass , door had not been unfastened

    the down foot g the of passage these which leading always g to the mad stairs e so . much There nois was e in a open door ing at ,

    a and t once shu no tting one , could that wh have en we escaped now found that way it without closed , we our concluded hearing ,

    and He consequen might t ly v i t gone would throug be no h use the going kitchen up , . " said I ; and we eadinthitherfor

    would t urned house have to , the buil shocked passage t with a London l disregard g builder to . , economy Just ours then of was space t he rambling ki , w tchen hich

    door opened , and Betsy with the night candlesticks , in her hand cam u H ave tily along seen . a man go out of the back door ? " asked my

    father . you u Y Law ou , have sir ! b een , sir ! t " sai the d B etsy tchen , turning and mi scarlet ht not . have seen

    him Indeed ! " said I miss , enquiring I have ly been . there ever , since g tea . " " , , the bell !

    street T u " here Jan You , so e w were fo I as stopped rgot some a long to thing to get whil put in the e B in answering e sti t the sy ck ' s s candles mann ready er . before " which " she did w not ent satisf to the y

    mebut my father did not observe it , and we returned into the , parlour try We ing found t . o soot mamma he little M sitting innie , up who , bu w t deadl sobbing y pale hyst ; Harriet erically , was

    Mamma " The fello shook w has her esca head ped us she , " said w my fa father ther . ' s fixed incred-, my ulity th " at I respecting wonder Lion never , " I app observed barked aritions !" , , pursuing so said nothing my own . train of thought ,

    " T " Dogs peech never see do m at ed g t hosts o exci ! t " Mi said nnie Harriet who in gasped an undertone out amidst .

    s , her host sobs I , He " It is dead was my in In uncle dia I ' s am ghost sure ! !" It was uncle George ' s

    g I saw Betsy , turn who and was stare drawing at the and window felt curtains that throug , at the h

    Minnie word " g she host would , " soon be in possession us , I of sure the story of the

    mysterious appearance .

    392 A Well-Authenticated Ghost Story.

    392 A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST STORY .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1864, page 392, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021864/page/32/