The Alleged Haunting of B—— House by Various
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group of buildings on the hill above the house, but are, I
believe, all empty. We found, and adopted, a deserted cat, whose condition certainly testified to the nakedness of the land. There are two inhabited lodges far out of hearing. A gardener comes round to the houses about 10 or 10.30 P.M., but we have watched him, and know exactly what sounds he creates. _February 10th, Wednesday._--Mrs. W---- arrived this morning from London; also Miss Langton, who is "sensitive," but wholly inexperienced. In the evening, at 6 P.M., Colonel Taylor arrived. He is in No. 8. Miss Moore and I moved back into No. 1, and moved Mr. F---- into No. 3, the room reported (by the H----s) as specially haunted, where Colonel A---- and Major B---- had slept, and in our time Mr. L---- F----, who left last night. The wing is now ready for habitation, except that the pipes are out of order, and the "set-basins" useless, also the bath. (_N.B._--The fact that the pipes are all out of working order, and not a drop of hot water is to be had except in the kitchen, does away with a theory, which has been rather emphatically put forward, that "it is all the hot-water pipes.") We are anxious to test the wing. Only one story, Miss "B----'s," is connected with it, and if there has been any practical joking anywhere, I personally incline to think that was the occasion. The wing is new, built, they say, in 1883, and the "ghost" showed human intelligence in selection of doors and victims. (After my return to London I had a conversation with Mrs. G----, |
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