A Ghost in Love
♦ ■ — A farmer, who had lately become a widower, was aroused at midnight by the loud barking* of his dog. On going t» it, the animal displayed extreme terror, whereupon tlie farmer took his. gun and proceeded to an inspection. All at once he saw a phaptom, clothed in .a white sheet, rise behind the hedge. The farmer turned - deadly pale, and his limbs shook with dismay He, however, contriver to ejaculate, " If you come from heaven, speak : if from the evil one' vanish !" " Wretch," exclaimed the -phantom, "I am Y our deceased wife, : come from the grave to warn you not to marry aria A — — , to whom -you are making love. The ML\9 only woman to succeed me is Her.riettaß Marry her or persecution, and eternal torment shall be youjr.doom." This strange address from the goblin, ' instead ot . dismaying the farmer, restored his courage. H6< accordingly Tushed to the p-hostly visitor, and, stripping off tl c .sheet, discovered the fair Henrietta B — herself, looking extremely foi ih. It iB-said that the farmer, admiring the girl's trick, has had the 1-ans published for his marriage with her
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 60, 30 October 1884, Page 3
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190A Ghost in Love Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 60, 30 October 1884, Page 3
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