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The second story was sent to us by the percipient herself, and is therefore a firsthand experience. Considering that she was only a schoolgirl at the time, it must be admitted that she made a most plucky attempt to run the ghost to earth. "A good many years ago, when I first went to school, I did not believe in ghosts, but I then had an experience which caused me to alter my opinion.
All at once, it flashed upon him, he remembered that person. That form, that face, belonged to Adèle Rougeant. He hastily left the graveyard and almost ran down the walk. One of the two persons who were standing near the gate said: "That man has seen a ghost." Frank smiled as he overheard the remark, and, thinking that the young lady had proceeded past the gate, he went in that direction.
Sara could hear it, too; and it sounded like the ghost of a dead breeze in a pine-top. As soon as Sara could take her ravished eyes from the sight, she looked down to see what was nuzzling about her shoe-buttons; and, just as she had suspected, it was the Snoodle, frisking and tumbling and rolling about her feet to make her notice him. And, indeed, when he was awake, the Snoodle was irresistible.
"'This is the anniversary! said one, in a hoarse whisper; and they went home to talk it over. "They agreed to say nothing about it; but when the next night still another saw the same occurrence, they made the story known. That was the beginning of the ghost legend.
I'm thinkin' they'd not be hurtin' white folks an' white folk don't hurt they." Finally the men sat back from the table for a smoke and chat while the dishes were being cleared away by Mrs. Gray and Bessie. "Now I were sure thinkin' Bob were a ghost," said Ed, as he lighted his pipe with a brand from the stove, "and 'twere scarin' me a bit. I never seen but one ghost in my life and that were "
He quotes Mariner, whose statement avers that there is a supreme Tongan being: 'of his origin they had no idea, rather supposing him to be eternal. Surely there is a difference in kind between an eternal, immortal God, and a ghost, though both are atua, or both are Elohim the unknown X.
The ghost was then summoned to appear, but it appeared not; it was summoned to knock, but it knocked not; it was summoned to scratch, but it scratched not; and the two retired from the vault, with the firm belief that the whole business was a deception practised by Parsons and his daughter.
She took a humble lodging and began to haunt the church like a ghost. But she did not condescend to any stratagem or underhand attempt to violate the grave, which, had she been capable of admitting such an idea, might possibly have been accomplished by the aid of a resurrection-man.
Again he read: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." He says that he BELIEVED what he found in the word of God, and by His grace sought to ACT ACCORDINGLY, and thus again records that he was blessed abundantly and his peace and joy in the Holy Ghost increased more and more. It will not be a surprise, therefore, that, as has been already noted, Mr.
They are bringing liberty to the oppressed, elevating the down-trodden, and are giving to all these divers tongues and kindreds their customs, traditions, and laws. She holds the truths which underlie the possibility of reunion, the validity of all Christian baptism in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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