Sinopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...as a matter of course, have become known to them, the young ladies withdrew to bed, still wondering upon which of their poor neighbours the hand of death had been so suddenly laid. Early next morning an express arrived announcing the unexpected death of the younger lady's grandfather, who resided in the same county, but at some distance. He had expired over-night, at nine o'clock. This was the hour at which the passing-bell had tolled. The two circumstances were, however, in nowise associated together in the minds of the family, and, in course of the day, inquiries were made by them, as to who had died in the little village on the previous day. The clerk returned for answer that there had been no death in the parish, and that no bell had tolled. A second message was sent, demanding who had obtained access to the Church overnight, as members of the family had listened for some moments to the unmistakable knell; to which the clerk replied most positively that no one had visited the church, nor had the keys been out of his possession. The mysteries of W-are not even yet exhausted. There is still living the aged daughter of a former tenant of the T family, who for some time rented the manor-house. She remembers, on leaving school in 1796, having the "haunted" room allotted to her for a bedchamber. It had been nailed up for many years, and the circumstance of its being once more tenanted by beings of mortal mould created no small excitement and speculation in the neighbourhood, many persons soliciting permission to attend the ceremony of opening the door. The young lady's rest was never disturbed by any unusual occurrence. The Rev. E. B, however, a gentlemen long resident in the neighbourhood, relates a singular anecdote current in the annuals of the o...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...as a matter of course, have become known to them, the young ladies withdrew to bed, still wondering upon which of their poor neighbours the hand of death had been so suddenly laid. Early next morning an express arrived announcing the unexpected death of the younger lady's grandfather, who resided in the same county, but at some distance. He had expired over-night, at nine o'clock. This was the hour at which the passing-bell had tolled. The two circumstances were, however, in nowise associated together in the minds of the family, and, in course of the day, inquiries were made by them, as to who had died in the little village on the previous day. The clerk returned for answer that there had been no death in the parish, and that no bell had tolled. A second message was sent, demanding who had obtained access to the Church overnight, as members of the family had listened for some moments to the unmistakable knell; to which the clerk replied most positively that no one had visited the church, nor had the keys been out of his possession. The mysteries of W-are not even yet exhausted. There is still living the aged daughter of a former tenant of the T family, who for some time rented the manor-house. She remembers, on leaving school in 1796, having the "haunted" room allotted to her for a bedchamber. It had been nailed up for many years, and the circumstance of its being once more tenanted by beings of mortal mould created no small excitement and speculation in the neighbourhood, many persons soliciting permission to attend the ceremony of opening the door. The young lady's rest was never disturbed by any unusual occurrence. The Rev. E. B, however, a gentlemen long resident in the neighbourhood, relates a singular anecdote current in the annuals of the o...
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