The Bussey’s Woods Ghost Mystery & The Murders of Franklin B. Evans
Dark Histories
The Inert Pose of Henry
The figure, which Henry by now had convinced himself was that of a ghost, had avoided his gaze and not allowed him to get a proper look. Can I describe this figure you will ask? And my reply is that I can, but not exactly in such a way as to satisfy the chief's business like interrogatory. It looked like painted air to begin with,. an artist sitting by my side and following my ideas might render it to the life or death. But he would have to blend his matter of fact pencil with the vague vehicles of spiritualistic imagination. After the figure spontaneously vanished, Henry collected his senses and made quickly for the warm light of his lodgings where he calmed down
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