SPECTRE OF THE MOAT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 425, 18 August 1908, Page 4

SPECTRE OF THE MOAT.

Murdered Girl’s Ghost.

Southwick, the pretty little seaside resort a few miles from Brighton, has found out that it has a ghost, and efforts are being made by the inhabitants td discover its identity.” The story of the discovery is told by a correspondent of the Hove Gazette, who states that one evening recently he visited the disused forts at Southwick in company with a friend. “ We walked round the moat,” he continues, “ and were looking through one of the narrow windows into a small room, whose walls used to echo with the songs and laughter of the soldiers stationed there, and suddenly (it was about 9.45 p.m., and darkness was just setting in) we saw a tali’ white form attired in a white sheet.

“It was horribly ghastly and grim. It seemed to come from the far end of the room and slowly approach us. I must say I was dreadfully afraid, and my young friend, who had just remarked, ‘ Oh, this would be a capital spot for a ghost,’ shook all over, and nearly fainted.

“ The figure was tall, and its covering, as far as one could see, was extremely thin. An old Southwick boatman told ns a wonderful yarn about a young soldier who had rowed a beautiful maiden over the bar late one night, and had cruelly murdered her there, and ever since her spirit has haunted the fort. “ I think there is no doubt that the peculiar spectral form which we saw in the room of the old fort was the spirit of the dead and long-forgotten maiden.”