SOME years ago, I, with my wife and family, lived in a house which
was undoubtedly haunted. One day, my wife was in the hall with the
baby in her arms when, suddenly, a figure in white appeared, and she
had to draw to one side to allow it to pass her. She saw the same
apparition on several occasions and, later, a nurse, who we had in
the house during my wife's illness, also saw it at different times.
One day she was in the bathroom when the figure appeared, walked
through the room, opened the door, and passed out. On another
occasion she was having breakfast in the nursery adjoining the
bedroom when she saw a figure in white standing in the doorway. She
thought it was my wife who had got out of bed against instructions,
and she immediately went into the room next door to “blow up” the
patient, and found she had never left her bed. Ultimately, I myself
saw it one evening when in the bedroom (the door of which was open)
brushing my hair before the mirror, I suddenly became conscious of
something unusual and saw a figure mount the stairs, pause at the top
and then proceed on its way upwards.
Subsequently, we were very much disturbed by loud hammerings which
always commenced immediately we went to bed at night, continued the
whole night through, but finished always immediately the servant got
up in the morning. These noises became so violent that we finally had
to give up the house. On making inquiries, I found that in the
vicinity of the spot where the house was situated, a young woman,
whose husband was a captain and had lost his life at sea, had lived
and had drowned herself in a pit not very far away, some years
previously.