_A Ghost Story_
_By_ E. THAYLES EMMONS
_A few weeks ago, while looking over some old papers which I found in
the desk of my deceased father, I chanced upon the following manuscript.
Whether it is a true record of some adventure in my father’s life, or
a bit of fiction which he had at some time prepared for publication,
I do not know; but I am inclined to believe that it is indeed a true
narrative. I have ascertained that such a man as Felix Sayres actually
did exist; that he was an intimate friend of my father, and that he died
in the strange manner described in the manuscript; but further than that
I know nothing. However, I submit the whole thing as I found it, without
change._
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As I picked up my morning paper, the first item to catch my eye was the
following: