Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 10, 1888, Page 15

VISITS FROM ~ SPIRITLAND. The Strange Sightsa Some People Have Seen. THE DREAM OF AN ENGINEER. ¥e Wakes to Find Himsclf Strangling His Wife—-The Hadleas Man— The Headless Woman— A Noisy Ghost, A Headless Man. About two years ago a colored man by the name of L Bell was murdered in Columbus, O., says the State Journal, and the body placed on the track of the Cineinr Muskingum Valley rail- rond, evidently to have the impression go out that he had been run over by the cars. Diligent scarch was made by the detectives to discover the perpe- trator of this horrible , but to no purpose. The murde Imost been forgotten but oceasional ilent hours of the night, there a reminder of that occurrence. There are numer- ous persons, rumor has it.who have seen a hendless man walking up and down railrond track near the pl where Ball found. s crew on the night fr train on this have often seen the specter, and have told the story only to be laughed at. But a night or two ago a most reliable citizen, chancing to be near the railroad about 4 o’clock in the morning. saw the headless man and fol- lowed it in its slow and measured jour- up the railrord to the street cr , thence up the street, through an alley, and finally toa place very near the vllv building, where it stood a few minutes and then disappeared. While slow to believe in the existence of such things, there are some of our citiz who are bein®; convinced against their reason. A Little Ghost Story from Boston. A Boston letter to the Providence Journal says the following is one of the whost stories which are floating about in the general revival of all things spook- ish which has been upon us for u couple of winters: The lisses are a family as well known as any going out of Boston to the North Shore, where they have a beautiful summer home. Some years ago Mrs, Ess,a charming and cultivated woman dicdat Hartford, where she had been staying for a short visit. On the day of her death her family physician chanced to call at the house at the sea- shore to ask for the health of the absent lady, as he had heard of her illness at Hartford. He was assured that she was better and that a letter received that morning pronounced her out of danger As he was leaving the house he saw cross the ?uwn and enter the aside dopr. She passed with- in a score of feet from him, but gave no sign of being aware of his presence. He returned hastily to the house butno one had heard anyone enter by the side door, which indeed, proved upon exami- nation to be locked on the inside. The telegraph soon brought news of the death of Mrs. Ess, which had taken place in Hartford. The story is not un- ike many another one which has been told, but it derives weight and interest here from the standing of the family and the exctness with which the de- tails are vouched for. The Spooks of Wilmington. A special dispateh from Wilmington, ntly: At 12:30 o'clock a. alarm bell in the city ball ver sounded from box 12, in front of the hall. It struck twelve twice, and then struck all sorts of alarms. The fire department turned out, and after o vain search of half a hour went back to their houses. About fifteen minutes after the alarm was sounded many people on the strects were suddenly startled by a strange Light which apy Wt of the city on the line with - ently on the deep-red color, flashed several times against the horizon. The color was remarkable, and the unusual spectacle fasted three or four minutes. Noone seemed able to account for the phenomonon, and with the mystery of the fire alarm, remained unsolved. wis S T ire ht was of a and ating rays Mr. Volkavit Ghost. A Wilkesbarre (Pa.) special to the ’ delphia Press, of a recent date The ghost of Volkavitch, who xecuted April 3 ems to be wandering around the corridors of the jail to the great alarm of some of the more timid and superstitions inmat About 10 0’clock last night, while den Brockway ana Deputy Smith we sitting in the main office, they w suddenly surprised by loud ('x|,~f|um dor in which the L re kept. Upon dor the discovery that a prisoner named Johi nearly erazy with fright ov the al- leged visitation of murderer Volka- vitch’s ghost at the door of his cell, Not long after, Watchman MeDonald was ngain aroused by alarming srocecding from Jones’ new quarters. f¢ _went to him and found the cold beads of perspiration standing out on his forehesd and his limbs quaking violently. He asserted that Volka- viteh's ghost appeared to him, He was taken into another ceil with his brother who is confined in the jail. In the meantime his companion’ in the first cell ealled for MeDonald, and with his face showing signs of alarm he said that be had been disturbed by mysterious noises and the aup and down of the cover of the little table in his Another man also testified to sen the ghost. All the prison- ers were more or less excited over the event, and but few of them slept after the disturbance occurred. iving in was made Jones w ics The Mystery of' a Haunted House. Some weeks ago the IRev. Dr. Haron S. Messing of the Congreation Beth Israel purchased the house 708 O'Farvel street, between Hyde and Larkin streets, at what he thought was a great bargain, suys a recent issue of the San weiseo Examin Soveral days aftor bought Dr. Messing and his family moved into ite The first ni household, and one member in lar, were kept awa time, The particular s mann Messing, the Gruben of “'Big Bertha” fame, He is about twenty-five years old. At the broakfust table the next morning Her- mann related his uights ox- periencs nid that he had nearly all night by an A wing. The L was passed with like he you a made ndeayors Lo go to sleep, The grouns we en loudor than dur- ing the first n He told his parents that he would .ul piss auother the bouse firmly th ! Alvs. remounstrated with her husband i the house. the house was ner of Julius many fruitle helievo: Mossin chins viler you b » pla fr outinued for several nights, A néwnser of theorios had beon wdvanced gx 10 th . vause of the grouns. Dr. Messing thought that a lathe was loose, and that the wind caused 1t to creak, A carpenter was sent for, and he tore down a part of the ceiling in Hermann's a room. On poking his head through the hole, he saw the author of the groaning—it was the cat. Endeavors were then made to get pussy to come out; milk and meat were of- fered her, but she would not come. Onece she came to the hole, penter tried. to catch he jumped back out of reach. poked at her, and more milk and me brought, The carpenter went aw and pussy came out say t nd the room three times an d upon the walk below. How- nu-. at died. and she Some moving into had some re- rpenter, tofix a break y some plastering. had comploted his work ho went to lunch. It is probable that dur- ing his absence the ea awled into the hole and was, of cour: unable to getout when the carpenter repaired the wall, before Messing A Headless Lndy. While stopping one winter in a small village about fifty miles from Cin nati, near the Little Miami vi used to congregate in the corner store of evenings and talk over the exploits of the day and have a good time goner- ally, said a citizen to a Cincinnati En- quirer reporter recently. There was one of the number who was always on hand, who lived a mile and o half down the pike. He would always come up early in the evening and stay till about 10 before starting for home. The pike ran through a deep hollow about a half mile from the village. 1 had often heard it told that a horrible murder had been committed near that place, And that peopls had seen strange sights und hes sounds that would make their hair stand on end. paid no attention to such tales, as T don’t be- lieve in such things myself. Some of the villagers were most positive that they had seen and heard sufficient to satisfy them, and no money would in- duce them to go through that hollow after dark. The murder that was said to have been committed was that of a woman having her head cut off. Uncle Jack,as we called him,who lived down the pike, used to say he always whistled to_keep his courage up. This evening Uncle Juck more sober than usual. We often would ask him during the eve- ning, “What is the matter? Have you seen the headless lady?” But he would only shake_ his head and say nothing. About 8 o’clock it commenced” to snow, and by 10 it was about four inches deep. Asit drew near time for Uncle Jack to 't for home he would sigh and he wished he was at home. 'ome, boys, some of you go with him across the lml- low. He is afraid of the headless lady.” No one would go. *‘Come, Uncle Jack, I'll go; T am not afraid of ghosts.” As we got close to the hollow I began to whistle. Of course I wasn’t afraid, you know. Uncle Jack never said a word, but I could hear him sigh every fow steps. It was still snowing as we neared the hollow, which was lined on_ each side with tall trees. The snow hanging to the limbs made it look ruther gloomy. without any ghosts added to it. As we began to descend the hollow I began to feel like I didn’t weigh quite as much as 1 did on the hill. When we got about the middle of the hollow Uncle Jack, with a groan,sank down flat m the snow and said: Look,there it is! I turned, and, horror of horrors, there she stood,not more than three yards from us, without a head, the blood strenming down her shoulders, her hands covered with blood. As 1 turned where Uncle Jack was, expecting 1 the bloody hands _raised”up and it “Come, .I. k, and wo did Of course, T wasn’t seared nor afraid of chosts, but I went four miles round to get home, you bet - THE DANCEIR. m- ht, Ye berly to his friend Ju “what o divinity she is, gods! Her face! Her form!” The curtain had just risen in a well- known New York theatre upon a ballet, and the smiere danseuse,” posing prominently in the foreground, had called forth this ex ation. “I must meot her,” replied his com- panion, who had beon guzing raptly at her, **by some means for T have dreamed of justsucha face as that often and often, and I feel that she is my fate.” Kimberly laughed as loud as he dared, then he said +Oh, Wainwright! So you are caught in the toils of love at la You, the bored, blase, wearied man of the wor son of the pround Mme, Wainw who can date back orge the —you in love with o ballet g Jove it must go into the fashiona telligence column of the Times! laughed again. Then his friend broke out hotly: *I don’t care who she is or what she I love her, and meet her I m\|~l. d shall. But lot us dr ™ Willingly,” answe “But first tell me, old man, if you slu)ulll marry this protty’ member of the corps de ballet what would Miss I whom you were betrothed at | to be sure. birth, Miss Raemy I have never seen, and 1t is absurd to ‘think of binding a fellow fike that av the tender age of threo years. And though my purents do de- sire this connection I will 1 y none but her whom [ have seen to-n 5 “Ah, well,” and his friend sighed, g0 your way, but, Jack, we have al- ways been friends, and I have only sought to influence you for your owi good. So forgive me if I have said too much.” The warm heart of Wainwright was touched. ““No more apologies. for I was wrong to take ogenso so quickly.” With this the two se ted, Kim- berly to go back to his club and Wain- wright to haunt the stage door until his fair inamorata should appe: She soon came outand sprang quickly inton hired eab which was waiting. Wainwright jumped into a and ordered the driver to keep elose behind the one ahead. Tohi ise the car- rings he was following stopped front of a palatinl Fifth avenue mansion, whe New York banker of large for- tune lived. Here th alr unknown whizh drove away at once. Suddenl) she sereamed, Wainwright had time ouly to see that a ruffan, attracted by the glitter of her dinmonds, was o get them, before he sprang to stance, and dispatched the man fow well-aimed blows: When he ed to ask if she were hurt she ruously thanked him for his tim aid with tears in hey utify! and then ran within the house When the butler had closed the heavy hall doors, Wainwright pemained standing on the paveinent, rulfbing his and wondeed it it wereall a But no! there was a cab wait- He paid and dismissed the driver, and theu turned homeward, trying to left hor but the car- | A pole was | unravel the mystery. What could the premicre danseuse of the —— theater be doing at Mr. Raemy’s elegant man- sion? It was too much for him and he gave it up. But that night dreams of fair-haired, | blue-eyed ballet girls disturbed his rest and lett him the next day longing for evening to come that he might go to the theatre and see his beautiful un- known again. But he was doomed to bitter disappointment, and it was the same every night that week. In place of his enslaver was a black-haired viva- cious French woman, who pirouetted out the stage with more facility, il less grace than her predecessor. At last he resolved to end this sus pense, and one night boldly sent in his card to mademoisclle’s dressing-room. He received a courteous summons to en- ter, and was greeted in voluble French. He asked mademoselle if she could give him any information as to the name and address of the young demoselle who had taken her place one night. Jack Wainwright, with his sunny hazel eyes, and close-cropped, yellow ir, tall and aristocratic, was very hard inly this little Frenchwoman could not fong withstand the tender glances and delicate homage which he so well knew how to bestow, and under promise of strictest secrecy she rev :-:\lel the whole. She had been maid to her dear young lady some years ago, until she learned the fortune her feet might give her, and went on the stage. liven then she was a sort of eompanion to her former mistress, who looked upon her as a friend on account of her untiring devo- tion. Now her young lady had been away to school for some years, and when she got to the ¢ went the very fi day to see her. She found her almost prostrated with a severe attack of sick headache, but not daring to forfeit her engagement at the theater, for she was so dependent upon the salary for the support of herself and little girl, Vhien her young lady saw her friend in such a condition she proposed a plan which at first quite Ntuun\'& poor mad- emoiselle by its audacity. This was to go to the theater in mademoiselle’s place and put to some use the talent she 1ad for dancing, and which mademoi- selle had cultivated thoroughly. She had even taught her, as luck would have it. the very dances which were used that night. After repeated en- treaties, during which excitement mademoiselle’s headache grew steadily worse, she at last yielded, and the rest we know. Such was the story Jack W:lin\vriul\t heard, and then he asked ““her” name. Was destiny, after all, at work 1n this? The name he heard was ‘‘Pauline Raemy,” that of the girl whom he had s0 distinctly said he would not marry. All that was changed now, however, and it was with a happy heart that he heard, when he reached home, of the dinner his mother would give that night to introduce her son to his affi- anced. It seemed to him that she would not come. But at last Miss Raemy was an- nounced, and she entered. more beauti- ful than ever to the expectant lover, in a black-lace dinner dress, whose low neck and short sleeves showed the pol- ish whiteness of her skin. To him was given the honor of taking her in, and oh, how little aitention he paid to those dehicious pates and truflles that would have delighted the souls of so many epicures. After dinner was finished, leaving our friend Jack more in love than before, his mother considerately asked her son to show Miss Racmy the conservator; Scated in u remote corner, by a splash- ing four n, Miss Raemy suddenly broke the silence that had fallen upon them. “Mr. Wainwright,”” and her face was suffused xith blusnes, T have not yet thanked you for your goodness in ing me from that horrible man, ard not mentioning the occuy- > ieve to-night. And 1 cannot do sons I would. But Do not speak of it. 1 you that?” Andt tain himself no long forth pas me for spe you how I love you, how I worship you, and oh! 1 beg that you will not quite vefuse me hope, for youare the first woman for whom I have ever cared, and —do not consider me presumptous on our short acquaintance, for telling you how you have taken my heart by storm.” He looked at her imploringly. 5 dul not raise her eyes but said: “Oh, Mr. Wainwright, you kuow what you are s night when you savéd me I had done something for which I shall alw be ashamed, and if you knew you could Pauline—may I en he could con- and he brol Pauline, for| do not g, for the very at'Tlove you. Ay, I could and do it, for I know to what you refer. arest, [ loved you from the moment T ursweet face at that theater: as you did not, come after that, 1 at fought out her whose place you had taken, and she told me all. No will you tell me if T may hope a little that some day you will” like me enough to m. me? Yos, Jack,” she whsspered, so low that he must needs bend his head to hear; and then she said shyl SItwill not be so very hard, for I think I love you already.’ “Bless you, my darling, words! And, please God, never repent them.” And he gathered her close in his arms, and their hips met in a kiss that sealed their betrothal. * 2 R for those you shall o » Three months after all faskionable New York went to the wedding. And as Mr, Harry Kimberly went up to con- gratulate the bride, he said: “But it is too bad thut Jack should marry the premiere dansense,” Our English Language. F. A. Marsh in June Forum says: A universal la ust be a growth, Some nation ge must expand until it covers the whole world, Of late s the English language alone has Dbeen much spoken of as likely to grow ‘so great. Hardly any philosophic lin- guist attempts to forecast the future without some discussion of the destiny of English; and De Candolle calculates that within & hundred years English will be spoken by 860,000,000 men, ( man by 124,000,000 and French by em_- . At present the populations speaking the English langy or under the domination of E aking peoples number mof 105,000, or one-fourth of the popula- tion of the globe. The glish- speaking races occupy one-fourth of the dry land of the earth, and own nearly two-thirds of the tonnage of Lhe ships. They hive all art they preach to all nations; command one-half of the world’; gold. and silver, and distribute more than two-thirds of the biblegand testa- ments. More than pme-half of the ors mailed ; al service of-gne wo ang read by the English-speaking popu- lations. The expectation that English will come into universal useis not bas upon anything in the nature of the language, but rather on the character aud circumstances of the people. 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