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́Mr. A. M. W. Stirling, hosidos har distinotion as an author and her anolent lineage, is also what spirituslinte call a "sonuitivo.". That is the only explanation of the weird personal experiences 'Life's Little
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Her childhood was largely passed with some aunts, who lived in a big Yorkshire mansion, She was in bed one night with a feverish cold, unablo to sleep, and listening to prayers being road in the hall below.
"I heard the sharp oliek of pattons coming up the back stairs, and thon treading along the passage toward my room, Nort I heard tho door of my room pushed opon gontly, but I could see nothing on accountof tightly-drawn curtsine. Then the curtains' were pulled back, and in front of me stood a Fuhort, broad figure clad in a plain white nightdress buttoned up closely round the throat, and torminating in a small frill. Tho bair of the figure was very dark, and arranged in long coila wound closely about its hoad,"
Mrs. Stirling said she folt no fear ovon whon, "pulling tho bedclothes back, it began to pass | ita hands over my chost and arms, slightly pinching the flesh, or when it asked in a doop, mufled; voice. "Does it hurt?****
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P. W. D, L. F. A. M Huddoraflold 31 16 10 5 54 22 42 Wast Brom...30 19 4 7 48 26 42 Bolton.... ...31 16 8 7 57 29 40 Nowcastlo...33 12 15 6 48 30 39 Liverpool ...30 15 7 8 51 40 37 Sunderland ...32 16 4 12 49 41 36 Bury ...30-12 12 6 41 39 36 Birmingham..31 13 7 11 33 36 33 Manch. O....32 11 0 12 61 56 31 Tottenham.. 30 10 10 10 40 33 30 Notts C ...30 10 10 10 26 22 30 Cardiff ...31 11 8 12 43 40 30 Sheffield U. West Ham Burnley
31 9 L1 11 36 44 29 29 11 G 12 43 44 28 21 10 8 13 41 54 28 Blackburn..... 9 9.12 38 45 27 Aston Villa ...29 8 11 10 41 52 27. Leeds ...30 7 10 13 33 40 24 ...20 10 4 15 32 39 24 ...31 8 815 31 48 24 29 5 7 17 23 53 17 ...30 7221 25 61 16
DIVISION II.
Arional... Everton Notts F Proston
Derby ...30 10 6 5 63 26 44 Manch. U.....30 17 7.6 45 20 41 Lolcestor ...29 17 6 6 72 27 40 Cholson ...31 13 12 6 43 28 38 Portsmouth...30 10 13 7 39 40 33 "I should think it did!" I ros-
Clapton O. 31 12 8 11 33 29 32 panded indignantly: and between
Port Valo .29 13 5 11 34 37 31 bewilderment and pain I cried
Wolves 30 13 5 12 37 42 31 more loudly. Then without an-
Hull
...29 11 7 11 43 37 29 other word my mystorious visitor
WOMEN TRAVELLERS.
Southampton 29 911 9 27 29 29 turned and marched out of the
Every lady traveller knows how Wednesday...32 12 5 15 39 47 29 room leaving the door wide open."
The nurse, when she returned inconvenient it is at times to bo Bradford C....31 9 10 12 30 37 28 .. 31 10 8 13 20 40 28 after prayers, refused to believe without a remedy like Pinketton, Stockport
...31 10 8 13 27 43 28 the story, but was convinced when laxatives, kept ready in the hand Blackpool
A vial of these dainty little Oldham
...28 10 7 11 49 38 27 she found a day or two later that bag for immediate uso, ensures South Shields.30 8 11 11 33 33 27 the child's arms were a maga of black bruises. No explanation af daily comfort and an avoidanco Crystal P.29 11 5 13 33 39 27 of sick headachos, biliousness Middlesbr'gh 39 8 11 11 27 35 27 the incident was ever arrived at, and this ill-effects of strange or Fulham... ...30 9 9 12 31 42 27 and the house had no reputationl cooked foot. Pinkottes also Stoke of being hauated.
MOVING STICK. Another uncanny story con- cerns A stick which the author bos
...31 8 7 16 23 35 23
29 7 7 15 32 51 21 ...30 7 6 17 34 68 20
DIVISION H. (SOUTH.)
Swansea Swindon Plymouth Newport
oloor the skin and purify the Barnsley breath. Everywhere of chemists, Coventry or post from, 60 cent the vial, from the Dr. Williams' Modicine Co., long possessed. 60 Kiangas Read, Shanghai. It Comu from Jamaica, and had belonged to a witol doctor. "At the top is a hand with long, tapering fingers, but the thumb is absont, indicating that it is a magic stick, which the right porson can rulo. Alung the stom are two anakes, one in red woud with scales, the other black and shiny.
GYPSIES ATTACK POLICE. An exciting adventure befel six Millwall mombers of the Kent County Bristol C. Constabulary who, dressed in Southend plain clothes, wont to executo a Exotor... warrant for the arrast of thros Northants gypsies at an encompoo it near Brighton Churing, Ashford. About a dozen Charlton A Boarico was held at which members of the tribe ri shed out Watford
...28 16 5 52 22 39 30 16 6 8 48 27 38 30 15 7 8 47 27 37 30 15 7 8 48 20 37
.31 13 11 7 44 30 37 30 14 9 7 36 26 37 ...30 16 3 11 43 34 35 30 14 6 10 43 25 34 .31 15 3 13 36 32 33
.29 11 9 9 33 34 31
.29 10 10 9 31 30 30
...31 11 7 13 28 41 20
28 10 7 11 26 22 27
this stick was the principal pur-of a wood shouting "Kill them" Gillingham...30 10 8 12 29 36.28 former, but it spolt out foolish and a knife was seen to glitter in Reading answers to questions excopt to-the moonlight. The sergeant in Norwich wards the ond, when it announced charge was struck but bowled Q PR. that it came from ancient Egypt, lover bis man. One constable was Bristol R. and had formerly been employed held on the ground by the throat. Luton "for raising the Devil!"
The sergeant then drew his staff Abordare
28 8 11 9 37 35 27 29 9 7 13 31 42 25 ...28 8 8 12 28-36 24 ..31 5 14 12 31 47 24 28 0 5 14 33 44 23 ...32 7 6 19 25 69 20
Tho entertainment over Mrs. and said he would shoot. The Brentford Stirling forgot to put the stick bluff proved effective and the men Bournem'th...28 6 7 15 23 40 19 away, left it propped up on tho made off. At Ashford Police Court Morthyr soat of a chair. In the evening one gypsy was sonte cad to six hor husband went to fatch a book months' hard, labour and two o from the sitting room. Ho re-three months'. turnod shortly after without the
...29 6 4 19 27 47 16 DIVISION III (NORTH) Darlington ...30 19 7 4 63 21 45 Nelson ...
...27 17 4 6 49 30 38 N. Brighton...29 16 5 8 58 32 37 Southport .29 15 7 7 42 24 37 "The moonlight was brilliant apparition, while a third lady also Bradford ...30 13 10 7 63 32 36 and I wont straight to the table said that she saw it. where I had left my book. AR I
As all three watched, the phan-Lincoln
book, and looking vory white
This was the tale bo unfolded.
Rochdale
..30 15 6 9 56 41 36 ...30 13 7 10 39 40 33 .. 32 12 8 12 56 63 32 31 12 6 13 42 49 30
was looking for it I hoard a tom girl moved slowly from the Ashington curious knocking coming from doorway, and still smiling at Doncastor tho other end of the room. I them, glidod leisurely across the Halifax... ...28 10 8 10 35 35-28 looked round and in the moonlight room, passing through the chairs Crowo...
the
...29 9 10 10 36 52 28
I saw distinctly a stick resting on and tables on route, till on the Accrington ...30 10 7 13 47 55 27 she Chesterfield...28 10 6 12 35 31 26 the seat of your tapestry chair, further side of the room waving hackwards and forwards disappeared into the wall!"
Wigan ...
...30 8 10 12 42 48 26 and hitting the wooden back of An oven more creepy anecdote Walsall... ...319 814 32 41 26 the chair as it swung to and fro. concorns a drive which a friend Barrow...
...28 10 6 12 37 47 26 I stared at it for a fow moments, of
author's took in Durham
...28 8 10 10 33 47 26 Grimsby and then I admit I turned the country.
...30 9 7 14 34 43 25 and flod."
"Crossing a br.dgo I saw a Hartlopools...29 8 9 12 31 35 25 The odd thing is that Mr. Stir-man loaning over the parapot Tranmore ...27 9 4 14 39 41 22 ling was not ovon aware that his looking down into the stream. He Wrexham 31 7 7 17 26 49 21 wife possessed such a stick, had a bag by his side, and Rotherham ...29 5 6 18 30 62 16 affarod him a lift if he was going my way. Without a word he Another story was told to Mrs. mounted the cart, but did not Stirling by Miss Williamson, speak. I made efforts to draw whoso sister, Lady McClelland, him into conversation, but ho
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A couple of years ago she was I drove on steadily a considerablo staying in a private hotel in distanco, whon, roaching Lancaster-gato. She and Hómo village, I pulled up at the inn. The frionda were in the drawing-room ostlor at once came to my horse's at 9,30 p.m., talking on indifferent head. The stranger thereupon topics, when suddenly, in the got down and wont into the inn brightly-lighted room Miss Will-without a word of thanks.. iamson saw standing in the door- I said to the ostier: "Who's way a most lovely girl, who was that man who has just got down?" looking in hor direction with a Ho raplied: "I never saw any charming smile. Bbo was wearingman. He looked at me in sur- avory pretty dress. but what piise. "You came up alone, sirl" was most arrosting was bor I felt very uncomfortable, and oxtraordinary beauty and graco. Jauning the landlord, spoke to him;}
Miss Williamson was gazing at describing the stranger very pre- the newcomer, whon, with aoisaly. Ho looked norious, and shock, sho discovered that she said: "Come In, and follow me!" could soo through the form of tho I went upstairs with him, and beautiful girl. Horrified at the there on the bed lay the man I
"Don't you like the discovery, Miss Williamson could had given the lift to-doad. An women who talk a lot as well as not apoak, but almost simultane-inquest had just boon hold upon the other sort ?" ouly the lady by her side ex-his body. He had been found Intalmod. "Do you son that?" and] drowned in the stream close to
pointed in amazement at the' where I saw him."
She:
Ho: "What other sort ?"
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