Whites' house, the following should be men-
tioned —

"... A clasp-knife belonging to little Fred-
eric White was taken from his hand, while he
was whittling somethins:, by the devilish ghost,
who instantly stabbod Esther in the back with
it, leaving the knife sticking in the wound,
which was bleeding profusely. Frederic pulled
the bloody knife from the wound, wiped it,
closed it and put it in his pocket, which he had
no sooner done than the ghost obtained posses-
sion of it again and, quick as a flash of light-
ning, stuck it into the same wound. . . . *'

Some person tried the experiment of placing
three or four large iron spikes on Esther's lap
while she was seated in the dining-saloon. To



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the unutterable aBtonishment of Mx. White^
Frederic and other persons present, the spikes
were not instantly removed, as it was expected
they would be, but, instead, remained on her
lap until they became too hot to be handled
with comfort, when they were thrown by the
ghost to the far end of the saloon — a distance of
twenty feet. This fact was fully corroborated.
