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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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Next
evening
Dr.
Carritte
arrived,
and
the
bolster
flew
at
his
head,
and
then
went
back
again
under
Esther's.
While
paralysed
by
this
phenomenon,
unprecedented
in
his
practice,
the
doctor
heard
a
metal
point
scribbling
on
the
wall.
Examining
the
place
whence
the
sound
proceeded,
he
discovered
this
inscription:--
Esther
Cox!
You
are
mine
to
kill.
Mr.
Hubbell
has
verified
the
inscription,
and
often,
later,
recognised
the
hand,
in
writings
which
"came
out
of
the
air
and
fell
at
our
feet".
Bits
of
plaster
now
gyrated
in
the
room,
accompanied
by
peels
of
local
thunder.
The
doctor
admitted
that
his
diagnosis
was
at
fault.
Next
day
he
visited
his
patient
when
potatoes
flew
at
him.
He
exhibited
a
powerful
sedative,
but
pounding
noises
began
on
the
roofs
and
were
audible
at
a
distance
of
200
yards,
as
the
doctor
himself
told
Mr.
Hubbell.
The
clergy
now
investigated
the
circumstances,
which
they
attributed
to
electricity.
"Even
the
most
exclusive
class"
frequented
Mr.
Teed's
house,
till
December,
when
Esther
had
an
attack
of
diphtheria.
On
recovering
she
went
on
to
visit
friends
in
Sackville,
New
Brunswick,
where
nothing
unusual
occurred.
On
her
return
the
phenomena
broke
forth
afresh,
and
Esther
heard
a
voice
proclaim
that
the
house
would
be
set
on
fire.
Lighted
matches
then
fell
from
the
ceiling,
but
the
family
extinguished
them.
The
ghost
then
set
a
dress
on
fire,
apparently
as
by
spontaneous
combustion,
and
this
kind
of
thing
continued.
The
heads
of
the
local
fire-brigade
suspected
Esther
of
these
attempts
at
arson,
and
Dr.
Nathan
Tupper
suggested
that
she
should
be
flogged.
So
Mr.
Teed
removed
Esther
to
the
house
of
a
Mr.
White.
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