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SECOND SIGHT AND APPARITIONS 143
bottom of this mystery, and next morning went off
to the house agents. "Now that I've taken the
house on a three years' lease," he said, "you may as
well tell me what's wrong with it. Has anything
dreadful happened there?"
Old Lady and Prayer
The agent looked confused, and eventually admitted
that a baby had been murdered in the bathroom;
but that did not help my friend.
He was then firmly assured this was the only
event of interest connected with the house.
Going home he met one of his fellow-curates.
"Hullo," said the curate, "where are your
diggings?"
"I've taken a house," said my friend, "No 245,
Victoria Road."
"245! Why that was on my beat. I know that
house well.
I've good reason to."
Scenting a story, my friend asked "Why?"
"When I was on that district," was the reply,
"in that house lived an old lady of an incredible
age. She was always upstairs in her room, and I
used to visit her every week. She liked my coming,
and talking and reading to her; but if I attempted
to pray she got in a dreadful fury, and declared
she would not 'be prayed at. ' She slways shook
her stick at me.
' '
"I saw her last night," said my friend, "when I
was praying, and she shook her stick at me."
Impressions on the Ether?
I was so impressed with this first-hand story
that I told it to a most expert occultist whom I