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A WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST STORY. 83
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_" And the dog Lion , did he not bark at you ? " 66 , but I met a boy in the lane with a ask dog him " , which where I
recollect Mr . Clarke now lived , he : called Lion ; for I stopped to ci At Grange House / ' said he u four miles off ; this here be
, Gr " ange And Farm that . " is all ! why there is no more in it than in a
bu con t juring I bri trick htened , when you at know the recollection it , " said I , that half _disapjooin I could ted now ;
convince my g sisters up I had been right all along ; and mamma , too , who had been needlessly grieving for her brother . his I told
regre Mr . Morland tand volun so , teered rather t reproachfull o accompany y . He home expressed , and repeat great in the presence , of the whole family , the story he had just told me .
cc That would be charming , " I said , and we walked home speculating As we reached merril the y on garden the effect gate , his Betsy tale came would fly produce ing round . the
corner of the house to meet me . She paused an instant when especiall she saw Mr . Morland it is bad , but which the deli is g 'ht of t communicating in most uneduca news ted ,
people , overcam y en e her bashfulness , , and she rong exclaimed : " Oh ! , M M issus iss Emil has y , such a tt thing er * has happened brother since ' s dead you were the ;
for ver away y night missus the g ! _" t cam B , et s 'twas wi , his ghos eyes t ! wit I am her so ap sorr ron y
p y and I was enjoyed shocked the excitement at the news immensel ; not that y . I grieved much for my motherke
unclewhom I did not recollect ; but for my ' s sa . t T hen co , , i too ncidence , just before of m the uncle exp ' s lan a tion th , w i ould t was make very provoking it so much ;
harder to convince her y of the truth _, . thoug " It hts is , a _" curious but thoug contretemp h I canno s" t said intrude Mr . Morl w , I an w d , reading call short ly y ,.
as soon found as th it at is proper mother , and had tell shut my tale herself . " alone in her own my up room , so I joined my sisters .
giving " I see me a that reproach you ful know look poor , and un the cle letter is dead —" , " said Harriet , Ci Yes" whimpered Minnie * at the very time his spirit
appeared , !" , " Well , not exactly , " said after Harriet , fidgeting the . notewhich
from 6 C Exactl a brother y ! " officer I repeated " why , he died perusing in Junefull three , months was
before . " , , " India is a long way off , " observed Harriet , demurel three month y _.
journey Wheth for er a she spirit meant , I do by not that know that , as I it did was not a wish to pursue s *
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A Well-Authenticated Ghost Story. 83
A _WELL-AUTHENTICATED GHOST STORY . 83
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 33, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/33/
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